What's next for the Pentagon after the Replicator programme?
Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
Demand for range and endurance capabilities commonly associated with military UAVs is increasingly coming from the commercial sector.
Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) was the hot topic of the Commercial UAV Show as a number of companies displayed their commercial BVLOS platforms and business solutions.
This included aircraft such as UAVE’s Prion Mk3 which boasts a range of over 1,000km and a flight endurance of 12 hours enabled by BVLOS technology.
Designed for scientific research and law enforcement applications, the company claims that the platform represents an economically viable opportunity for businesses and organisations to utilise autonomous, long
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Although the Replicator initiative has made several accomplishments, there are still multiple gaps to plug across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and its services.
Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
Teledyne FLIR is highlighting the emerging requirements for 'recoverable and re-usable' loitering munitions across the contemporary operating environment during this week’s SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida.
High-performance maritime industry player Kraken Technology Group, based in the UK, has used the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida this week to debut its K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to the North American market.
Red Cat and Palladyne AI recently conducted a cross-platform collaborative flight involving three diverse heterogeneous drones.