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.
Echodyne has joined the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) industry team to test and demonstrate commercial UAS operations in the next phase of the US Department of Transportation/FAA UAS Pilot Program (UPP), the company announced on 17 January
The UPP demonstration will use Echodyne’s EchoGuard airspace management radar. The radar’s MESA technology enables a UAS traffic management system to detect and track commercial UAS and manned aircraft, to enable safe operations in the national airspace.
The NPUASTS UPP will focus on advanced airspace, UAS and sensor technology for safe commercial UAS operations, including beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS), night operations, daisy-chained visual operations and higher altitude flights.
Echodyne radars will initially be focused on BVLOS operations as well as supporting other testing plans.
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.