"The delivery of commercially available Company-Level Small UAS with support from the Replicator initiative will allow American soldiers to rapidly experiment, learn and innovate with these systems," said Army Chief Gen. Randy George.
“The delivery of Replicator systems to the warfighter began earlier this month. This shows that warfighter-centric innovation is not only possible; it’s producing real results,” Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said in a statement.
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
"This is a critical step in delivering the capabilities we need, at the scale and speed we need, to continue securing a free and open Indo-Pacific" said Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said in the future the service's LASSO drone program will see "entry points for other vendors, potentially, because there's so much innovation in that space."