The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has dispatched the initial batch of “Replicator” program drones to the ...

Hicks has sat in all of the Pentagon’s major meetings on it. She’s read every story published about the program, prepared in ...

Anduril joined the program in its second tranche, dubbed Replicator 1.2. The company’s Ghost-X and Performance Drone Works C-100 unmanned aerial systems were selected, along with the Altius-600 ...

The first tranche of Replicator was created to link surface, subsurface drones and loitering munitions to create a “hellscape” that would prevent the Chinese invasion. The second tranche ...

Replicator’s goals of drone deployment and business development process change are both worthy objectives. But given the Pentagon's antiquated culture, is two years enough time to procure more ...

The US is advancing its military capabilities by integrating suicide drones into its Replicator initiative, aiming to bolster its autonomous systems to address China's growing military influence ...

At stake is the military's ability to adjust to the future of war and compete with China, its main rival.

In a speech last August, Kathleen Hicks listed the two most common questions about Replicator, her two-year pledge to buy thousands of drones and help the U.S. military compete with China.