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Space Industrial Base Update
news | 8 Aug 2022
Can Tech Reshape the Pentagon?

Economist

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Atlanta Roadshow
news | 28 July 2022
Commercial Space Industry Providing Tools To Advance and Augment Space Domain Awareness Visualization and Analytics
news | 25 July 2022
DOD Signaling Demand for Satellite Support Services in Geostationary Orbit

SpaceNews

news | 14 July 2022
Into the ‘Outernet’: Secure ‘Internet in Space’ Key to Future Space Force Hybrid Architecture

Breaking Defense

news | 13 July 2022
Rapid AI Innovation Is a Pentagon Priority

Government CIO

news | 7 July 2022
The Internet of Space
news | 1 July 2022
AI in Defense

Emerj

news | 9 June 2022
DOD and New Space New Mexico Conclude 4th Annual Space Conference To Advance Prosperity, Sustainability, and U.S. Space Leadership
news | 2 June 2022
UPDATE to the Blue UAS 2.0 Cleared List: Access to Broader Variety of Capable Unmanned Aerial Systems Now Available
video | 31 May 2022
Private Companies Track the War in Ukraine in Real Time

PBS Newshour

news | 27 May 2022
How Cultural Artifacts Impede DoD's Ability to Go Big on AI

FCW

news | 25 May 2022
AISUM Completes Flight Test 1
news | 17 May 2022
Powering the Future of Space Exploration: DIU Launching Next-Generation Nuclear Propulsion and Power
video | 17 May 2022
NEXUS22: Breaking the Defense Barrier for Commercial Autonomy
news | 16 May 2022
Accessing Non-Traditional Technology Vendors Just Got Easier Thanks to New Partnership Between DIU and GSA
news | 14 May 2022
Inside the Pentagon’s Quest to Help Create Cheap Drones for Soldiers

Popular Science

project spotlight | 12 May 2022
DIU and JAIC Successfully Implement Machine Learning Solutions to Resolve Accounting Discrepancies in the DoD’s Financial Management Enterprise
news | 25 Apr 2022
Defense Innovation Unit to Provide Update on Blue UAS, Components and New Opportunities at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2022
news | 21 Apr 2022
GigEagle: Agile Talent Development for the DoD
news | 21 Apr 2022
DIU and Partners Open Defense Innovation Office in Chicago To Tap Into Midwest Technology and Talent
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Upcoming Event: Midwest Roadshow
news | 7 Apr 2022
Satellite Companies Join the Hunt for Russian War Crimes

Politico

news | 5 Apr 2022
​​Defense Innovation Unit and U.S. Army's Installation Management Command Begin Construction of Three 3D-Printed Barracks at Ft. Bliss
news | 4 Apr 2022
Defense Innovation Unit and PMS-408 Partner To Bring Advanced Mine Detection Capability to the Fleet Two Years Ahead of Schedule
news | 23 Mar 2022
DIU and the Defense Acquisition University Launch an Immersive Commercial Acquisition Training Program
article | 7 Mar 2022
Department of Defense to Prototype Robotic Arms for Modular Space Systems
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DIU at SXSW
news | 2 Mar 2022
Skycorp To Test “USB for Space” Cable Outside ISS

SpaceNews

news | 23 Feb 2022
The Pentagon is Working on an Algorithm To Detect Covid Early

Politico

news | 13 Feb 2022
Defense Innovation Unit Focusing on Partners and Allies To Get Leading-edge Tech to Warfighters Fast

Government Matters

news | 9 Feb 2022
Defense Innovation Unit Closes in on $1B in Contracts

Air Force Magazine

news | 9 Feb 2022
DOD's Commercial IT Innovation Hub to Deploy Google Secure Cloud Offering

NextGov

news | 8 Feb 2022
U.S. Drone Maker Skydio Wins Production Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) for U.S. Army Short Range Reconnaissance Program

sUAS News

news | 5 Feb 2022
Reigniting the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Partnership

TechCrunch

news | 31 Jan 2022
xView3 Winners Announced
news | 27 Jan 2022
Defense Innovation Unit Highlights 2021 Technology Transition Efforts

Defense News

news | 26 Jan 2022
DIU FY 2021 Annual Report; A Preview into FY 2022
news | 16 Dec 2021
Leading the Defense Innovation Unit: A Conversation With Michael Brown

Federal News Network

news | 10 Dec 2021
Defense Innovation Unit Issues Guidance for Responsible use of Artificial Intelligence

Federal News Network

news | 6 Dec 2021
US Space Industry ‘Tactically Strong’ but Lacks Long-Term Investment, Study Finds

Breaking Defense

news | 6 Dec 2021
DIU Director: Look Beyond Reform To Keep the Technological Edge

fcw.com

news | 6 Dec 2021
AI Weekly: Defense Department Proposes New Guidelines for Developing AI Technologies

Venture Beat

video | 6 Dec 2021
Watch — Mike Brown Flash Talk Aspen Security Forum 2021
news | 6 Dec 2021
Surge in Public Sector Business Growth Continues for C3.AI

FedScoop

news | 22 Nov 2021
Department of Defense To Prototype Commercial Hybrid Conversion Kits for Tactical Vehicles
news | 15 Nov 2021
DIU Operationalizes Responsible AI Guidelines in Practice