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

Federal News Network

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

The New York Times

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

event | 24 Feb 2021
The Next 5 Years of Defense Innovation with Eric Schmidt, Michael Brown, and Dr. Amy Zegart
news | 16 Feb 2021
US Government to Stop Buying Chinese-made Drones

Voice of America

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

Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman

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

Reuters

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

Defense News

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

Nextgov

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

news | 17 Dec 2020
CISA, DIU partner on acquiring commercial technologies

FedScoop

news | 17 Dec 2020
DOD, DHS Collaborating on Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions

Department of Defense

news | 9 Dec 2020
The Future of Flight Training is a Gamer Headset that Watches You Play

Defense One

news | 8 Dec 2020
Ultra-Low Cost Simulation Program Augments Pilot Training

Department of Defense

news | 18 Nov 2020
Admiral: Submarine-Launched UAS Proving 'Awesome Capability'

Seapower

news | 30 Oct 2020
Defense Innovation Unit to out to prove AI, automation can keep up with the speed of cyber

Federal News Network

news | 23 Oct 2020
Navy EOD Lays Out Strategic Plan for Modernizing Domain Awareness, Force Protection Against Peer Threat

USNI News

news | 23 Oct 2020
Army Financial Management Office Partners with DoD for AI Solutions

Department of Defense

news | 23 Oct 2020
Pentagon's Silicon Valley Hub is Helping NORAD Monitor US Airspace

Air Force Magazine

news | 9 Oct 2020
Politico Pro Q&A: Brig. Gen. Steven Butow, DIU space portfolio director

Politico

event | 8 Oct 2020
Work and Scale within the $100B Defense Market
news | 7 Oct 2020
Pentagon funds autonomous sea barge for rotocraft to land, refuel and rearm

FlightGlobal

news | 29 Sept 2020
SECDEF Tours Navy EOD to Assess Unmanned Capabilities

Seapower

news | 24 Sept 2020
How the space economy can catch up with hog bellies and soy beans

Quartz

event | 22 Sept 2020
The Next 5 Years of Defense Innovation with VCJCS, Gen John Hyten
news | 2 Sept 2020
United States Air Force RSO Selects C3.ai as Strategic AI Platform

StreetInsider

news | 1 Sept 2020
Navy Places Order for Additional VideoRay ROVs for Explosive Ordnance Disposal

Seapower

news | 1 Sept 2020
Microscopes Powered by Google’s AI Could Change Cancer Diagnostics

Defense One

news | 27 Aug 2020
DIU Making Transformative Impact Five Years In

Department of Defense

news | 24 Aug 2020
Defense Innovation Unit Teaching Artificial Intelligence to Detect Cancer

Department of Defense

news | 20 Aug 2020
The U.S Government grounded DJI - but here are the five it just approved

The Verge

news | 20 Aug 2020
The Pentagon can now buy US-made small drones from these five companies

C4ISRNET

news | 20 Aug 2020
Pentagon approves Five Drone Makers for Military Sales

Wall Street Journal

news | 7 Aug 2020
The Pentagon is failing to scale emerging technology, senior leaders say

FedScoop

news | 3 Aug 2020
Tamr Helps U.S Air Force Wrangle Data

datanami

news | 29 July 2020
How Disposable Trash Haulers May Become Orbital Outposts for the Pentagon

Newsweek

event | 28 July 2020
State of the Space Industrial Report 2020
news | 28 July 2020
DoD Needs Plans to Protect Commercial Space Industry, Says New Study

Breaking Defense

news | 15 July 2020
The Pentagon Moves to Launch Its Own Experimental Mini Space Station

TheDrive

news | 10 July 2020
DoD hands out $84 million in recovery funds for small drone makers and a space firm

Defense One

event | 9 July 2020
Decoding the DoD Innovation Alphabet
event | 25 June 2020
Work and Scale within the $100B Defense Market
news | 1 June 2020
This Bot Hunts Software Bugs for the Pentagon

Wired

news | 29 May 2020
ZScaler CEO on Q3 Earnings, Defense Department contract

CNBC