Via the NG-USI effort, the Navy aims to create a “sphere of technological excellence” with members of industry and not-for-profit organizations to rapidly develop prototype solutions.

A Pentagon spokesperson declined to share whether an interim DRPM-UxS director has been named.

Shield AI said its Hivemind software will “serve as the AI pilot for the LUCAS program, enabling groups of drones to coordinate, maneuver, and adapt together to…

Officials released a source-sought notice for the ANCHOR initiative.

The Swarm Forge initiative is one of the “pace-setting” projects that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for earlier this year.

The U.S. military and tech companies have demonstrated drone swarms before, but officials are touting this latest exercise as the first time they’ve attacked simulated targets, armed…

Responses to a new request for information about the technology are due to the sea service by the end of October.

The Defense Department has remained secretive about Replicator since its inception. 

Questions have swirled about the new administration’s vision for the initiative and whether there are plans to transform or terminate it.

The organization is on the hunt for low-cost unmanned surface vessels that could go into production next year