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news | 14 Sept 2021
CesiumAstro Prepares for First Satellite Launch

Built In Austin

news | 13 Sept 2021
U.S. Department of Defense Launches National Security Innovation Capital With $15M Congressional Appropriation
news | 7 Sept 2021
Marine Special Ops Command Hones its ‘Cognitive Raiders’

National Defense Magazine

news | 29 Aug 2021
On-Orbit, Active Phased Array Satellite Testbed Milestone Has Been Reached By CesiumAstro In Their Collaboration With The DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit

SATNEWS

news | 25 Aug 2021
Niels Olson Wins Sailor of the Year 2021
news | 13 Aug 2021
DIU creates AI app to help identify talent within the National Guard, reserve forces

Federal News Network

news | 13 Aug 2021
Using technology to detect and stop illegal fishing: DIU’s new prize competition

Federal News Network

news | 13 Aug 2021
Astra to fly upgraded rocket on next launch

SpaceNews

news | 12 Aug 2021
Defense Innovation Unit’s Space Portfolio working to improve maritime domain awareness

Government Matters

news | 4 Aug 2021
Can We Spot Illegal Fishing Fleets from Space?

Defense One

news | 4 Aug 2021
DIU’s Butow Pushes Space Force Case On ‘Tactical ISR’ Mission

Breaking Defense

news | 29 July 2021
Rocket Lab Returns to Flight with US Space Force Launch
news | 27 July 2021
Anduril Nabs DIU ‘Service’ Contract For Counter-Drone AI

Breaking Defense

news | 22 July 2021
U.S. Government and Nonprofit Organization Host Prize Competition to Leverage the Latest Technology to Detect and Defeat Illegal Fishing
news | 1 July 2021
Defense Innovation Unit’s Secure Cloud Management Prototypes Completed with Success Memos
news | 29 June 2021
App Aims to Match Reserve, Guard Talent With DOD Needs

Department of Defense

news | 29 June 2021
The US-China Race for AI Predominance, and the Future of AI Military Innovation - with Michael Brown of the US DIU
news | 25 June 2021
DIU rethinking cyber endpoint protections through advanced deception tools

Federal News Network

news | 25 May 2021
CesiumAstro unveils plan to test active phased array in orbit

SpaceNews

news | 19 May 2021
Ball Aerospace and Microsoft demonstrate satellite-to-cloud data processing

Via Satellite

news | 17 May 2021
Defense Innovation Unit selects ABL Space to launch DoD mission

SpaceNews

news | 16 May 2021
Silicon Valley reboots its relationship with the US military

Financial Times

news | 14 May 2021
DIU is making an Uber-like app for talent management in DoD

FedScoop

news | 4 May 2021
DoD fortifying cloud connections to work better, faster with companies

C4ISRNET

event | 3 May 2021
How to Pitch to DIU
news | 22 Apr 2021
AI leaders: DoD must be more transparent with startups

C4ISRNET

news | 21 Apr 2021
Why the Military is Leading the Charge on 5G

Nextgov

video | 19 Apr 2021
DIU Makes it Easy for Commercial Companies to Work with DoD
news | 21 Mar 2021
Interesting ideas exist to shorten "DoD-created valley of death" and fuel innovation, says DIU director

Government Matters

news | 16 Mar 2021
Politico Pro Q&A: Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit

Politico

event | 16 Mar 2021
The Next 5 Years of Defense Innovation with Eric Schmidt, Michael Brown, and Dr. Amy Zegart
news | 15 Mar 2021
Relativity Space wins U.S. military contract for 2023 launch

SpaceNews

news | 4 Mar 2021
Advice For DIU At Five: Don’t Just Grow, LEAD

Breaking Defense

news | 26 Feb 2021
Away From Silicon Valley, the Military is the Ideal Customer

The New York Times

news | 26 Feb 2021
Smarter software could help Air Force cut fuel bills by a million gallons per week

Federal News Network

news | 25 Feb 2021
DIU sees another year of growth in spending, tech transition

FedScoop

news | 24 Feb 2021
DoD innovation arm delivers much-needed secure drones to the federal government

C4ISRNET

news | 16 Feb 2021
Rapid Response: Public-private opportunities, with Defense Innovation Unit's Mike Brown

Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman

news | 16 Feb 2021
US Government to Stop Buying Chinese-made Drones

Voice of America

news | 15 Feb 2021
FEATURE-3D-printed homes build hope for U.S. affordable housing

Reuters

news | 9 Feb 2021
Air Force Buys Streaming Data Warehouse for Pathfinder, JADC2 Concepts

Nextgov

news | 9 Feb 2021
Skydio poised to supply first tranche of short-range recon drones to US Army

Defense News

news | 4 Feb 2021
DoD's Innovative Acquisition Tactics for Medical Tech (Podcast)

GovernmentCIO Media & Research

news | 3 Feb 2021
DIU Boosts Cyber Workforce With Acquisition Accelerator

GovernmentCIO Media & Research

news | 28 Jan 2021
DIU Scaling Up Commercial Cyber Threat Deception Platform

Nextgov

news | 11 Jan 2021
Defense Innovation Unit Chief on Keeping the Office Relevant

Defense News

video | 18 Dec 2020
From Tanks to Teleportation #9 - Smashing (Data) Silos
video | 18 Dec 2020
From Tanks to Teleportation #8 - The Innovation Policy Perspective