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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pentagon’s lead innovation officer wants a bigger, faster and better funded repeat of Replicator, a program intended to field ...

The Army is eyeing a mix of existing and new technology to potentially scale through the second iteration of the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, including systems that use artificial intelligence ...

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 second phase of the Pentagon’s make-more-stuff-quickly effort will kick off in the 2026 budget request, a memo says. A second phase of Replicator—the Pentagon’s year-old, high-profile effort to ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday ordered top Pentagon and military officials to launch a new initiative known as Replicator 2 that will focus on countering drones, following the first effort ...

From left, Skydio CEO Adam Bry demonstrates the company's autonomous systems technology for Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks and Doug Beck, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, during a ...