
As industry awaits the debut of military service program of record requests for Replicator in the upcoming fiscal 2026 budget, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said on Wednesday that accelerating military-civilian affirmations that systems meet field requirements has been key in the effort thus far. "There's no secret behind Replicator's success--it's really about re-examining processes to be more efficient," she posted on X. "Instead of waiting weeks, for instance, for a combatant command, then the Joint Staff, then a military…