The Pentagon's new Replicator drone program will play a crucial role in supporting Air Force Central Command's Task Force 99 operations, according to the command's top official. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks last month announced the Replicator program and said it would rapidly produce a swarm of autonomous drones to counter the Chinese military. Task Force 99 "nests very well with DEPSEC Hicks' Replicator effort that she recently announced," Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, AFCENT commander, told reporters at a Defense...
