{"id":68317,"date":"2024-03-21T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/03\/21\/replicator-gets-200-million-in-newly-released-defense-spending-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:57:15","slug":"replicator-gets-200-million-in-newly-released-defense-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/03\/21\/replicator-gets-200-million-in-newly-released-defense-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Replicator gets $200 million in newly released defense spending bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Replicator, the Pentagon\u2019s effort to buy and field thousands of drones by next August, is closer than ever to its first round of funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress just released the final text of its long-delayed fiscal year 2024 Pentagon spending bill. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/billsthisweek\/20240318\/Division%20A%20Defense.PDF\" target=\"_blank\">In it, the Replicator program would get $200 million.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number is less than half of the $500 million Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks predicted earlier this month for her trademark program, which is focused on countering China. But it would square with the amount requested in a reprogramming package sent to Congress in early February. That request, in which the Pentagon asks lawmakers to allow it to move money around for new priorities, was reportedly $300 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would be a two-track funding approach, somewhat in line with Hicks\u2019 comments at an event hosted by the Ronald Reagan Institute this Wednesday. Hicks framed appropriations and reprogramming as two paths, but only \u201calternative\u201d ones and not intended to work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need one of those two pathways to move forward,\u201d she said, noting further funding for Replicator \u2014 $500 million \u2014 is already written into the Pentagon\u2019s FY25 budget request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same event, Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/unmanned\/2024\/03\/20\/first-round-of-replicator-to-heavily-feature-army-systems-bush-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">first systems bought in Replicator mainly come from his service<\/a>. Multiple outlets reported earlier this year that the AeroVironment Switchblade 600 is among those.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some in Congress are still frustrated at the lack of transparency from the Pentagon on the initiative. One Senate aide, speaking to Defense News on the condition of anonymity, said that Pentagon officials briefed on Replicator earlier this month, mentioning specific systems for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019ll have to get better over the next six to eight months,\u201d the aide said. \u201cWe need to get more into the details.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new bill addresses this shortage. It would require Hicks to brief lawmakers within 60 days of its passage. 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