Noah Robertson of DefenseNews reports that electronic warfare-resilient drones and software integration will play a key role in the next phase of the Pentagon’s efforts. Robertson writes:

The Pentagon unveiled a new round of aerial and maritime drones for Replicator, a massive effort to fast-track the delivery of unmanned weapons systems to the services.

Included in the batch are multiple drones from the Army’s company-level small unmanned aerial system, or UAS, program. The service had selected the Ghost-X, made by Anduril Industries, and the C-100, made by Performance Drone Works. […]

Replicator will also include Anduril’s Altius-600, a one-way attack drone on contract with the Marine Corps, and the enterprise test vehicle, or ETV. The latter drone has long been rumored as a Replicator candidate, with requirements like a 500-nautical mile range that fit the program’s parameters.

The Air Force and Defense Innovation Unit are considering four vendors for the ETV: Anduril, Integrated Solutions for Systems Inc., Leidos Dynetics and Zone 5 Technologies. […]

The statement said these will be able to resist jamming, which has destroyed countless drones during the war in Ukraine.

The Pentagon has also committed to announcing those awards at a later date.

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