Cheap Cruise Missiles, UAVs Picked For Next Replicator Tranche

Leidos Dynetics rendering of an Enterprise Test Vehicle prototype.

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The Pentagon will buy new low-cost cruise missiles and UAVs as part of the second tranche of its Replicator initiative, aimed at quickly bringing on autonomous systems. The new systems under Replicator 1.2 will be delivered by August 2025, two years after the program was first announced by Deputy...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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