"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.

The service is reaching out to industry in search of potential solutions.

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

The unit performs intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities and experiments with cutting-edge technologies.

The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting industry to support its Counter NEXT initiative.

Anduril, Integrated Solutions for Systems, Leidos Dynetics and Zone 5 Technologies were chosen to compete in the Defense Innovation Unit's Enterprise Test Vehicle project.

Shield AI put a technology known as reinforcement learning-based artificial intelligence onto the VISTA aircraft that recently flew Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall.

DefenseScoop was briefed on the agency’s recent Project Condor effort.

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall recently flew aboard the VISTA aircraft to witness close-up engagements with an F-16.

A stated goal of Replicator is to accelerate programs and field thousands of “attritable autonomous” systems across multiple domains by August 2025, to help the U.S. armed…