The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon revealed several of the drones it plans to buy through Replicator. The agreement, which falls under AUKUS Pillar II, aims to leverage the three nations’ combined hypersonics funding, facilities and experience. Novel systems include a portable operations center, unmanned surface vehicles for finding mines, and underwater drones for disabling them. SPECIAL FEATURES Defense News, the official media partner of AUSA, is covering the top stories and headlines coming out of AUSA Annual 2024.
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The program comes amid growing concern from Pentagon and other government leaders about GPS vulnerability.
New technologies can lower the bar for manufacturing dangerous weapons, while also helping watchdog organizations in detecting treaty infractions.
The announcement comes a week after the Pentagon revealed several of the drones it plans to buy through Replicator.
Novel systems include a portable operations center, unmanned surface vehicles for finding mines, and underwater drones for disabling them.
“It means looking at how best to handle storage, maintenance and loading ammunition,” an Italian Navy official said.
Officials in Kyiv are studying options for allowing Ukrainian arms makers to export weapons as long as the needs of local forces are met first.
"This will help prevent systemic collapse of the core communication network in potential future conflicts,” said the CEO of Tron Future.
The Army may request approval from Congress to reprogram fiscal 2025 funding for initial Replicator 2 systems.
The Air Force’s information warfare organization, 16th Air Force, has been working over the last year to ramp up its sensor and AI capabilities.
Three brigades are experimenting with new tech and tactics that could shape how they deploy to tomorrow's fights.
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