Ukraine saved the US army from a strategic mistake
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Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:12:09 +0200
What is known about the Replicator programExperts draw attention to the fact that a year ago the US Department of Defense launched the Replicator program, writes Air And Space Forces Magazine.At that time, the Pentagon intended to saturate its troops with unmanned aerial vehicles and means of countering enemy drones.As Aditi Kumar, deputy director of the departments defense innovation division, explains, the first phase of this project has begun the supply of thousands of lowcost autonomous platforms to the troops.
It is planned to be completed in six months.The second stage will begin in July 2025 the supply of antidrone systems.What is Ukraine doing hereSpeaking about the problems of implementing the Replicator program, Kumar admitted that Ukraines experience was very useful for the US Department of Defense.
According to her, the point is that Ukrainians are updating the software of their drones extremely quickly.Ukraine is doing everything possible to ensure that they do not lose their effectiveness in the conditions of a dynamic battlefield.
The experience of Ukraine was very useful for us, demonstrating that software updates should occur within three to four weeks, which is incredibly fast and costeffective, Kumar emphasized.
She also added that the US Department of Defense allocated insufficient funding for software updates in American weapons, so the updates were not rapid.According to him, this practice must now change.
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