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Replicator initiative

also referred to as: replicator

6 statements across 4 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 5, 2024 by Kathleen Hicks · said 14 times in 5 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by Sharon Weinberger (4), Morgan Brennan (3), Kathleen Hicks (2), Brian Schimpf (2), Matt Cronin (1), Doug Beck (1)

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Mar 5, 2024
Prediction Held up
Hicks: Replicator system details will be submitted to Congress within days
“The system level information comes forward in the next several days, as I said in my remarks.”
Kathleen Hicks Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 13:51 Collaborative Disruption at DoD: Kathleen Hicks in Conversation with Sharon Weinberger
Mar 5, 2024 positive
Prediction Partly held up
Hicks: DoD is on track to meet August 2025 Replicator target
“I'm confident we're doing everything on track to get there. We're gonna meet that goal.”
Kathleen Hicks Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 2:19 Collaborative Disruption at DoD: Kathleen Hicks in Conversation with Sharon Weinberger
Mar 5, 2024 positive
Opinion
The DoD Replicator program is achieving unprecedented procurement speed
“They are moving at a wildly faster pace than they have before. They're using the power of, you know, senior leadership to mobilize and force change into the department that otherwise would kind of move and incrementally adopt these new things over a very slow …”
Brian Schimpf Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 7:07 Securing America's Future: How Technology Companies and Washington Are Building A Safer World
Mar 5, 2024 bullish
Prediction Partly held up
Hicks: DoD aims to field thousands of autonomous systems within 24 months
“Replicator's goal has always been simple and straightforward, to field thousands of attributable autonomous systems in multiple domains within 18 to 24 months, and to prove ways to burn down risk and rapidly and safely overcome barriers to scaling.”
Kathleen Hicks Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 14:18 Collaborative Disruption at DoD
Mar 5, 2024 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Hicks: DoD completed initial Replicator planning in five months
“What we did in five months normally takes DOD two to three years.”
Kathleen Hicks Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 15:58 Collaborative Disruption at DoD
Mar 7, 2024 positive
Assertion Supported
Beck: Pentagon Replicator program on track to deliver in 18-24 months
“Today speaking here at the conference that the deputy mentioned, we are on track. To deliver that capability within that time frame, and that's 18 to 24 months, something that ordinarily would take three or four years.”
Doug Beck Mar 7, 2024 ▶ 23:12 From Silicon Valley to the Pentagon: The Future of Defense Innovation
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