U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Peter Grasso, an aviation communication technician with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, controls a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System to conduct counter unmanned aerial surveillance aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 14, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert)
"For Replicator 2, we have a similar challenge with command and control across these systems, so we're starting that now. And so we're going to get ahead…
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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)
PROMONTORY, Utah (May 27, 2021) – U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs successfully conducted a test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor as part of the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike offensive hypersonic strike capability and the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)
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)
A Ukrainian drone operator who gave the name Artem pilots an attack drone as Ukrainian soldiers of the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade test fly a Ukrainian-made Vampire drone, with six rotors, night vision and thermal imaging capabilities, and capable of carrying four 82mm artillery shells, near the southern frontline on February 21, 2024 in Ukraine. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)
"Recent conflicts have highlighted the asymmetric impact low-cost, one-way unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have on the modern battlefield," DIU says in its solicitation.
Oct 3, 2024
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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)
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, 5th Air Force commander, inspects an F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron, Misawa Air Base, Japan, prior to flight during exercise COPE North 20 (CN20) at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 28, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger)
Barracuda-500 (Anduril photo)
An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright)