‘It’s alive’: Biden-era Replicator drone initiative lives on as DAWG, looking at bigger UASs

Replicator lives, top Pentagon officials said, though under a new name and with more of a focus on fielding larger attack drones.

Replicator was launched by Biden-era Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and aimed to acquire thousands of low-cost ‘attritable’ drones, particularly for the Pacific, within two years. But the ambitious effort was met with criticism, including from lawmakers, and its fate was left in question, especially amid other drone initiatives announced by the new Trump administration.

But Adm. Samuel Paparo, the four-star chief of Indo-Pacific Command, said Replicator is far from dead. 

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