Kathleen Hicks Archives

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks boards the USS Constellation in Baltimore, Md. Sept. 20, 2024, for the naming ceremony of the future submarine USS Baltimore. Hicks accepted the offer of becoming the sub’s sponsor from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

DOD taps ‘integrated software enablers’ to help fully realize ambitious Replicator plans

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks shed new light on the initiative and capabilities it is accelerating.

4 days ago By Brandi Vincent

Entrance to CDAO’s RAI forum, Oct. 29, 2024 in Reston, Virginia. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Nearly 60 militaries now endorse U.S.-launched pledge on ‘responsible AI’

The Pentagon's CDAO is hosting an invite-only responsible AI forum for industry, academia and international partners.

Oct 29, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Stetson Manuel, an infantryman and Robotics and Autonomous Systems platoon sergeant from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 29th Infantry Regiment, 316th Cavalry Brigade, carries the Ghost-X Unmanned Aircraft System after its flight during experimentation at Project Convergence – Capstone 4, March 11, 2024 at Fort Irwin, Calif. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Charlie Duke)

Army moves to rapidly field Anduril’s Ghost-X drones via Replicator

The uncrewed systems are said to align with lessons learned from conflict environments like Ukraine and the Pacific.

Oct 17, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

River entrance of the U.S. Department of Defense. (Getty Images)

Pentagon announces $984M in loans available for U.S. firms developing ‘critical’ tech

The Department of Defense is set to issue nearly a billion dollars in loans to private companies to scale the production of technologies the department has deemed…

Oct 1, 2024 By Billy Mitchell

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sept. 13, 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Austin unveils aims to push counter-UAS tech in Replicator 2.0

DefenseScoop has exclusive details on what's to come under Replicator 2.0 via a memorandum signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Sep 30, 2024 By Brandi Vincent Mikayla Easley

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)

Air Force secures its first Replicator system as part of second tranche

Multiple sources indicated to DefenseScoop that the Air Force put forth drones in its Enterprise Test Vehicle program for the Pentagon's Replicator initiative.

Sep 6, 2024 By Mikayla Easley

Mariners aboard research vessel Bold Horizon recover a launched large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (Dive-LD by Anduril) in San Diego Bay during Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 24.1, March 05, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Ian Delossantos)

Second Replicator tranche to include Anduril’s autonomous underwater drones

The company previously announced plans to launch a new factory to speed up the manufacturing of Dive-LD uncrewed systems.

Aug 14, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks speaks on Aug. 7, 2024, at NDIA’s Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference and Exhibition. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

DOD puzzling out capability focus area for Replicator 2.0

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks provided the latest update on this high-stakes modernization initiative.

Aug 7, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon IG moves to assess high-stakes Replicator initiative

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General issued a memo to multiple military and civilian components solidifying its official plans for the new review.

Jul 29, 2024 By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Soldiers from the Fort Hood, Texas-based 2nd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, and the Vilseck, Germany-based 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, participate in closing ceremonies for Iron Sword 2014 in Pabrade, Lithuania, Nov. 13. More than 2,500 troops from nine NATO countries, including Canada, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, the United States and the United Kingdom, participated in the two-week, multinational combined arms exercise, aimed at enhancing interoperability and ensuring readiness to complete offensive and defensive operations. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson)

Hicks urges NATO to grow industrial capacity, adopt Replicator-like systems

“We need to more rapidly and responsibly adopt new technologies wherever they can add military value — like ... all-domain attritable autonomous systems,” U.S. Deputy Secretary of…

Jul 9, 2024 By Brandi Vincent