Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks boards the USS Constellation in Baltimore, Md. Sept. 20, 2024, for the naming ceremony of the future submarine USS Baltimore. Hicks accepted the offer of becoming the sub’s sponsor from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) | DefenseScoop
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks boards the USS Constellation in Baltimore, Md. Sept. 20, 2024, for the naming ceremony of the future submarine USS Baltimore. Hicks accepted the offer of becoming the sub’s sponsor from Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) | DefenseScoop
The Pentagon’s ambitious new Replicator initiative is not a new program of record and DOD has no plans to request new money to fund it in fiscal 2024, according to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon's Replicator initiative includes plans to field thousands of drones in the next two years or less, as part of a broad new scheme to counter China’s massive, military modernization efforts.| DefenseScoop