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.
Schilling Robotics has announced the expansion of its operations team with the addition of Don Revelino as director of quality, health, safety, and environmental (QHSE), Randy Baker as director of engineering services, and Michael Moody as supplier development manager.
Revelino brings to Schilling over 24 years of experience in high-technology product manufacturing, focusing on advanced quality systems, assembly technology, and new product design quality. With his legacy of success in executive-level quality and reliability control in the electronics field with Intel, NEC, JDS Uniphase and TDK, his expertise is directly relevant to Schilling's initiative to improve its QHSE systems. He earned his BS. degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University at Sacramento and has published numerous technical articles on advanced printed circuit assembly and quality.
Baker brings to Schilling 12 years of experience in the engineering services field with Litton APD, Kavlico, and Pentair. As such, his expertise in developing, implementing, and auditing engineering and quality business practices makes him a distinctive asset to the Schilling engineering and operations teams. He holds a BA from California State University at Santa
Barbara.
Moody brings to Schilling 27 years of experience in fast-paced electronic manufacturing with leading companies including GE Aerospace, St Jude Medical Center, Cummins, and Pentair
Water. Moody's diversity of experience gained at these companies will enable him to substantially augment Schillings' capability to match the technical and product reliability requirements of its customers with the most effective suppliers available. Moody has a BS in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University.
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.