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.
E2E has successfully completed an over-the-air flight test of its newly launched UAS-I satellite communication node for UAS.
E2E is developing the solution in order to establish safe operational procedures for small UAS undertaking beyond visual line-of-sight missions. The company aims to make SATCOM available to these platforms as a resilient form of communication in order to extend the reach of UAS operations.
The trial, which took place in Salisbury, UK, saw live telemetry data downloaded while waypoint and flight commands were sent to the UAS over Inmarsat L-band.
Barry Ross, CEO of E2E, said: ‘We have created an ultra-light, less than 1kg communications node which will open the sub 20kg sUAS market for future beyond visual line-of-sight operations, now having the availability to utilise satellite communications.’
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.