Scott Bowman on defense initiatives
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“Replicator is the first initiative that the Department of Defense has taken up to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks. Dr. Hicks has made it a mission to bring in these types of capabilities to be able to deter China and also defeat our adversaries in that theater.”
On , Scott Bowman, Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President of Global Engineering at AEROVIRONMENT INC, spoke about defense initiatives during Autonomous weapons going to be 'much bigger part of warfare in the future': Aerovironment CEO on CNBC Television.
About Scott Bowman
Scott Bowman, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Global Engineering at AeroVironment, appeared on CNBC's "Mad Money" on September 17, 2024, alongside Chairman, President and CEO Wahid Nawabi. During the segment, Bowman discussed the company's role in the Department of Defense's Replicator initiative, stating that the program is "the first initiative that the Department of Defense has taken up to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks." He added that Hicks "has made it a mission to bring in these types of capabilities to be able to deter China and also defeat our adversaries in that theater." Bowman also commented on broader trends in defense spending and warfare. He characterized the Pentagon's current stance as "not tolerating expensive stuff anymore" and seeking "precision without a huge amount to the taxpayers." He described a "fundamental shift in warfare" toward "distributed intelligent robotic systems loading munitions, small drones," which he said "is going to be a much bigger piece of the warfare in the future," citing conflicts in Ukraine and the Pacific as examples.