In a speech last August, Kathleen Hicks listed the two most common questions about Replicator, her two-year pledge to buy thousands of drones and help the U.S. military compete with China.

The Pentagon unveiled a new round of aerial and maritime drones for Replicator, a massive effort to fast-track the delivery ...

In contrast, determined Ukraine’s drone production now tops 200,000 each month, with median costs below $1,000. The Pentagon tried to mimic that effort with a program called Replicator ...