Replicator, unveiled on August 28, 2023, is a Department of Defense (DOD) initiative, led by DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), to field thousands of uncrewed systems by August 2025. Replicator’s ...

Defense officials consistently tout the Replicator initiative — an ambitious effort to “swarm” thousands of attritable, inexpensive drones at a break-neck pace to counter China — as a great success.

The next iteration of the Pentagon's Replicator initiative will center on countering threats posed by enemy drones. (Rhita Daniel, U.S. Marine Corps) The second iteration of the Pentagon’s Replicator ...

The Department of Defense aims to transform the battlefield with advanced autonomous systems through its ambitious and potentially game-changing Replicator initiative. This program seeks to rapidly ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it will add two new types of drones and more networking software to its ambitious Replicator initiative aimed at rapidly putting ...

The U.S. Department of Defense's Replicator program, aimed at fielding thousands of low-cost, autonomous drones by August 2025, has begun delivering its first systems. The program emphasizes speed and ...

The contractor supplying Switchblade loitering munitions to the Defense Department under the first phase of the Replicator initiative has delivered “hundreds” of systems to a customer who has fielded ...

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has chosen Carlsbad, California-based Viasat to provide command and control connectivity across unmanned systems in support of the DIU’s Replicator effort, according ...

Replicator, unveiled on August 28, 2023, is a Department of Defense (DOD) initiative, led by DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), to field thousands of uncrewed systems by August 2025. Replicator’s ...

The Defense Innovation Unit is exploring low-collateral counter-drone systems and plans to issue a solicitation in the coming weeks. (Rhita Daniel, U.S. Marine Corps) The second iteration of the ...