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Pentagon Plans To Spend $1 Billion On Replicator Over Next Two Years

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, March 12th, 2024

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Pentagon Plans To Spend $1 Billion On Replicator Over Next Two Years

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks answers questions from members of the press during a briefing on the DOD FY2025 budget from the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 11, 2024. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

The Pentagon plans to spend $1 billion over the next two years on its Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems by August 2025, a senior official said on Monday. While the Pentagon is not disclosing many specifics on Replicator as part of its fiscal year 2025 budget request rollout, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks told reporters the department is looking to spend around $500 million in FY ‘24 and $500 million in FY ‘25 on the effort.…

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