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Since Replicator's inception, the Pentagon has awarded contracts for 30 different hardware and software efforts with more than 50 major subcontracts.

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said the Pentagon plans to propose Replicator 2.0 funding in its fiscal 2026 budget.

There appears to be an urgency both to harden Taiwan’s defenses and to prove that the Pentagon can quickly act when given the chance.

The program meant to counter China by helping the Pentagon quickly buy thousands of drones. It's nearing the halfway point of an August 2025 deadline.

The industrial base cannot be considered in isolation. It needs to be a part of the holistic way the Pentagon does acquisition.

The announcement, while still leaving questions open, marks the first time the Pentagon has publicly discussed any system for its drone program.

A modicum of sunlight and oversight would help ensure that future Pentagon budget increases prioritize the nation’s best interests.

The House's China panel is pushing Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to add several biotech firms to the Pentagon list of Chinese military companies.

“In standing up this office, the department is giving cyber the focus and attention that Congress intended,” said Sasha Baker, a Pentagon official.

The deputy secretary of defense and Pentagon comptroller outlined for the first time how much Replicator will cost and where that money may come from.

Scale AI's chief executive, Alexandr Wang, last year told Congress that “outdated data-retention and -management policies” were hamstringing the Pentagon.

The effort will emphasize the software needed to connect the systems the Pentagon is looking to field over the next 18 months, a DIU official said.

The Feb. 13 event will focus broadly on scaling autonomous systems and deepening connections among DIU, the commercial sector and other Pentagon offices.