Pentagon on Track to Field Thousands of New Drones Next Year

Published on August 7, 2024

WASHINGTON—Pentagon leadership is on track to field thousands of new uncrewed vehicles next year as part of a wider effort to develop a more resilient military. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks described the achievement as a key milestone in the Pentagon’s Replicator Initiative, which seeks to use non-traditional industry partners to scale the use of drones throughout the military in a diverse array of roles. “We stand at the dawn of a new golden age of defense innovation and production, and we have only just begun,” Hicks said at an Aug. 7 exhibition hosted by the nation’s largest defense trade association....

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