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All Events News Project Spotlights
news | 20 May 2020
DIU Showed Significant Strides in 2019 After Further Entrenching Itself in DoD

Federal News Network

news | 20 May 2020
What Google's New Contract Reveals About the Pentagon's Evolving Clouds

Defense One

news | 18 May 2020
Q&A with Isotropic Systems CEO on New Defense Innovation Unit Contract

Via Satellite

news | 7 May 2020
DIU's Innovation Efforts Continue to Expand, Annual Report Shows

FedScoop

event | 7 May 2020
How to Solve Your Service's Challenges with Commercial Technology
news | 27 Apr 2020
Defense Market a Safe Haven for Space Companies During Pandemic

SpaceNews

news | 24 Apr 2020
The US government is helping get cash to private space companies, replacing frozen venture capital

CNBC

news | 31 Mar 2020
COVID-19 Readiness: DIU Continuity of Operations
news | 5 Mar 2020
3-D Printed Homes: A Concept is Turning Into Something Solid

The Washington Post

news | 21 Feb 2020
Cyber Command Awards $50M Threat Intelligence Contract to Recorded Future

FedScoop

news | 18 Feb 2020
A Space War In Silicon Valley? Why The UAV Fiasco Is Shaping Future Space Investment

Forbes

news | 12 Feb 2020
Defense Digital Service Grows its counter-UAS portfolio, opens DDS West

FedScoop

news | 12 Feb 2020
Rogue Squadron Transitions from Defense Innovation Unit to Defense Digital Service

Defense Digital Service

news | 11 Feb 2020
Defense Innovation Unit Shifts into Higher Gear

National Defense Magazine

news | 3 Feb 2020
The Pentagon is Spending Millions on Hunter Drones With Nets

Defense One

news | 30 Jan 2020
As Tech Startups Catch DoD's Eye, Big Investors are Watching

Defense News

news | 24 Jan 2020
Capella Readies New Satellites for Fast Image Flow to Earth

Forbes

news | 15 Jan 2020
DIU Supports Counter Drone 2 Evaluation of C-UAS Technology
news | 2 Dec 2019
California has 33 million acres of forest. This company is training artificial intelligence to scour it all for wildfire

The Washington Post

news | 22 Oct 2019
Will Blood-Bearing Delivery Drones Transform Disaster Relief and Battlefield Medicine?

Forbes

news | 14 Oct 2019
LeoLabs' New Radar Tracks Tiny Space Debris

Breaking Defense

news | 4 Oct 2019
Military Algorithm Can Predict Illness 48 Hours Before Symptoms Show

Nextgov

news | 26 Sept 2019
A Pentagon Experiment to Process the Torrent of Data from Space

C4ISRNET

news | 17 Sept 2019
DIU Supports Black Dart 2019 Evaluation of C-UAS Technology
news | 26 Aug 2019
Missile Defense Radar Upgrades Could Spur Improvements Across DoD

Air Force Magazine

news | 12 Aug 2019
Assessing Building Damage from Satellite Imagery
news | 2 Aug 2019
SRS FUSION, the U.S. Navy's Next Generation ROV

Ocean News & Technology

news | 16 July 2019
Startups or Targets? Silicon Valley Has Let its Cybersecurity Guard Down, Experts Say

Fortune

news | 21 June 2019
Could These 5 Projects Transform Defense?

C4ISRNET

news | 20 May 2019
Hacking Acquisitions

Airman Magazine

news | 4 May 2019
Meet the Big-Thinking Space Startups That Want to Transform the Universe with Tiny Satellites

Fast Company

news | 2 May 2019
The US Army is Still Looking for its Perfect Quadcopter Drone

Popular Science

news | 29 Apr 2019
DIU is Helping the Army Put More Backpack-Sized Drones in the Battlefield

Nextgov

news | 3 Apr 2019
Rocket Lab to Launch Air Force Satellites

SpaceNews

news | 21 Mar 2019
More than Music & Movies: the SXSW Defense Track
news | 13 Mar 2019
Startups Highlight Ease and Benefits of Working with DoD
news | 24 Jan 2019
Defense Innovation Unit Seeks Latest Commercial Technology at CES 2019
news | 22 Nov 2018
Why the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Need to Get on the Same Page

Foreign Policy

news | 5 Nov 2018
Changing the Story: Agile Software Development and Acquisition for the Air Force

Airman Magazine

news | 15 Aug 2018
How the Pentagon Joins Forces with Silicon Valley Startups

PBS NewsHour

news | 5 July 2018
The U.S. Air Force Learned to Code - and Saved the Pentagon Millions

Fast Company

news | 2 July 2018
Army Leverages Machine Learning to Predict Component Failure

Defense Systems

news | 21 Feb 2018
The Pentagon Wants Your Help Analyzing Satellite Images

Wired

news | 30 Nov 2017
Refueling Over Afghanistan? There's an App for That

Aviation Week

news | 11 Aug 2017
Defense Secretary James Mattis Envies Silicon Valley's AI Ascent

Wired

news | 10 Aug 2017
Defense Secretary Mattis Sees Growth for Silicon Valley Defense Unit

Reuters

news | 9 Aug 2017
Pentagon's Silicon Valley Unit Helps Target Terrorists

Bloomberg

news | 2 Aug 2017
The U.S. is Funding Silicon Valley's Space Industry to Spot North Korean Missiles Before They Fly

Quartz