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First Units Using Initial Replicator Systems Now, As Hicks Seeks Congress’ ‘Trust’ For Program

First Units Using Initial Replicator Systems Now, As Hicks Seeks Congress’ ‘Trust’ For Program
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during the 2024 NDIA Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition in Washington, D.C., Aug. 7, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

A first group of U.S. military units completed new equipment training and started operating on the initial attritable autonomous capabilities delivered under the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, the department’s no. 2 civilian official confirmed on Wednesday. “We’ve been operating Replicator’s attritable autonomous systems in real time in multiple regions of the world. And we’re learning valuable lessons about ways to use [all-domain attritable autonomous systems] (ADA2) that we didn’t even consider at first,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said during remarks…

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