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But left unanswered was how the program would be funded, what role industry would play and why the program was coming now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Defense News Conference on Wednesday, Hicks answered many of those questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, Replicator will not need new money. Instead, she said the program will pool already funded programs from the military services. Defense Innovation Unit Director Doug Beck, she said, is already canvassing the services for programs to bring forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not creating new bureaucracy, and we will not be asking for new money in [fiscal 20]24,\u201d Hicks said. \u201cNot all problems need new money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She acknowledged this approach might generate skepticism. How can a Department of Defense initiative promise lasting innovation without establishing a program of record?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hicks argued the attention of leadership will compensate. Replicator, she said, falls under the charge of the Deputy\u2019s Innovation Steering Group, or DISG, chaired by Hicks and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Their ability to trim red tape, she said, will accelerate the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, Replicator is focused on competing with China. But its arrival doesn\u2019t mean the Pentagon has new intelligence on China\u2019s intentions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve said before that conflict with the PRC is neither imminent nor inevitable,\u201d Hicks said. \u201cThat remains our assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Replicator, according to Hicks, has two overarching goals. 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