Source: Getty Images Pentagon’s newly elevated Innovation Steering Group preps for first Replicator event DefenseScoop obtained a memorandum that charters the Deputy's Innovation Steering Group to "rapidly evaluate, identify, and execute innovative solutions for key operational problems facing the Joint Force… Sep 25, 2023 By Brandi Vincent
A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the No. 3 Squadron, arrives to receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-46A Pegasus from the 13th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron over Australia during Talisman Sabre 23, July 26, 2023. Talisman Sabre is the U.S.’s largest bilateral exercise in Australia that demonstrates the capability to rapidly deploy and operate to accomplish a wide range of missions alongside joint and allied partners in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.) Australia looks to DOD in shaping its new Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator Officials involved in the accelerator recently put out their inaugural “problem statement” call to industry. Sep 20, 2023 By Brandi Vincent
(Getty Images) Hicks unveils DOD’s new ‘Replicator’ initiative to counter China via autonomous tech The Pentagon plans to field thousands of autonomous systems — like uncrewed aircraft and underwater drones — in the next two years or less. Aug 28, 2023 By Brandi Vincent