Under the Arizona sun, mothballed aircraft glisten in perfect rows at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. In the brackish calm of the James River, reserve ships drift, their gray hulls streaked with rust. Both rest in quiet suspension, reminders that hardware decays without care. Future force design will share this truth: Hardware degrades if it is not sustained. Procurement is the flashy step, sustainment the sticky one.Replicator is the Pentagon’s catalyst to deliver new capability at speed and scale. The Defense Department and steward, Defense Innovation Unit, have broken down Replicator into multiple lines of effort. Replicator is fielding thousands ofThe post Replicator 3 Should Be the Sustainment Revolution appeared first on War on the Rocks.