A senior Defense Innovation Unit official said today that Congress is being briefed about the Replicator initiative, adding that military services are working on selecting specific systems suitable to meet the Pentagon’s requirements for thousands of small, “attritable,” autonomous drones. Aditi Kumar, deputy director for strategy, policy and national security partnerships at DIU, who spoke at an event hosted by the Hudson Institute today, said Replicator “capabilities” were selected in December by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. “[After capability selection]...
