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Grady: Going After Drones Is ‘First Instantiation’ Of Replicator Initiative

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Grady: Going After Drones Is ‘First Instantiation’ Of Replicator Initiative
Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks with Capt. Jeff Betz, commanding officer of the Mariner Skills Training Center Atlantic, during a tour of the facility, June 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James D. Mullen)

Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reiterated on Wednesday that the Pentagon’s initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems over the next two years is only the “first instantiation” of the new Replicator initiative, with similar technology efforts to follow. “[It’s] really, really exciting. The ability to mobilize industry in 18 to 24 months to generate thousands of these attritable autonomous systems is a game changer. And that’s just the first use of this…

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