The Replicator Initiative - Defense Innovation Unit
Nov 20, 2024 · The first iteration of Replicator (Replicator 1), announced in August 2023, will deliver all-domain attritable autonomous systems (ADA2) to warfighters at a scale of multiple thousands, …
DOD Replicator Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress
Sep 19, 2025 · 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. …
Pentagon’s Replicator 2 to focus on drone defense
Sep 30, 2024 · Replicator, unveiled last August, is the Defense Department’s key initiative to quickly field thousands of all-domain, attritable autonomous systems by August 2025.
Replicator (United States military) - Wikipedia
Replicator is the name of a United States Department of Defense program intended to pioneer ways to cheaply produce large amounts of weapons or systems for the U.S. military.
As a result of that assessment, I have determined that Replicator 2 will tackle the warfighter priority of countering the threat posed by small uncrewed aerial systems (C-sUAS) to our most...
Report to Congress on Defense Department’s Replicator Initiative
Aug 26, 2025 · 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: An inside look at the Pentagon’s ambitious drone program
Dec 19, 2023 · The idea behind Replicator — that the Pentagon should buy more, expendable systems rather than few, exquisite ones — has circulated for years.
Replicator Drone Initiative Earns Good Grades Two Years In
Aug 22, 2025 · The Replicator initiative, spearheaded by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), was launched to accelerate the deployment of thousands of low-cost, autonomous systems across land, …
DOD Innovation Official Discusses Progress on Replicator
Dec 12, 2024 · The Defense Department is integrating lessons learned from executing the first iteration of its Replicator initiative as it tackles the next phase of the effort to put cutting-edge capabilities in …
Replicator 2 effort aims to produce anti-drone defenses
Sep 30, 2024 · A second phase of Replicator—the Pentagon’s year-old, high-profile effort to buy thousands of cheap-ish autonomous weapons—aims to procure defenses against small drones.