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.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has launched a subsidiary in Aberdeen, Scotland, called Kawasaki Subsea (UK) Limited, to support the production, sale and post-sale servicing of AUVs, the company announced on 1 February.
The company intends to increase its market presence and construct a business network for the North Sea oil and gas fields through the new subsidiary.
Kawasaki is developing an AUV equipped with a robot arm to support subsea pipeline inspections for launch in 2020. The AUV fuses submarine and industrial UGV technologies, and will meet growing demand for pipeline maintenance in offshore oil and gas fields.
Kawasaki also intends to launch operations and maintenance services businesses using AUVs in the future and expand out from pipeline inspection applications.
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.