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news | 6 Dec 2024
Austin: Defense Innovation Unit 'Moving at the Speed of Relevance'

Department of Defense

news | 14 Nov 2024
Defense & Aerospace Air Power Podcast Season 2 E42: Match Game

Defense and Aerospace Technology Report

news | 22 Oct 2024
DIU moves To Scale AI-Powered App That Links Defense Talent With Temp Work

DefenseScoop

news | 15 Oct 2024
Awarded Projects for the DOE/DOD Long-Duration Energy Storage Joint Program

U.S. Department of Energy

news | 17 July 2024
DIU Clearing More Drones for Military Use

National Defense Magazine

news | 21 June 2024
Defense Subcommittee Holds Field Proceeding on Military Innovation

House Appropriations Committee

news | 18 June 2024
AI-Equipped Underwater Drones Helping US Navy Scan for Threats

Bloomberg

news | 11 June 2024
'Not Just Another Jobs Board': DoD’s ‘GigEagle’ Initiative To ID Short-Term Pentagon Talent

Breaking Defense

news | 10 May 2024
Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program—Delivering Innovation-Fluent Contracting Officers

Defense Acquisition Univeristy

news | 6 May 2024
Replicator Initiative Overview
news | 2 May 2024
DIU FY23 Annual Report
news | 30 Apr 2024
Space Power: “The Biggest Enemy to National Security Are Continuing Resolutions”

Defense and Aerospace Technology Report

news | 20 Mar 2024
Podcast: Defense & Aerospace Technology Report With DIU’s Aditi Kumar

Defense and Aerospace Technology Report

news | 19 Mar 2024
Pentagon’s Innovation Unit Steps Up Role in Space Force’s Responsive Launch Program

SpaceNews

news | 12 Feb 2024
Space Force Seen as the More Agile Branch To Adopt New Tech

SpaceNews

news | 12 Feb 2024
The Bridge Builder

Foreign Policy

news | 25 Jan 2024
DOD Opens New Innovation OnRamp Hubs Across 5 States

DefenseScoop

news | 13 Dec 2023
U.S. INDOPACOM Joint Mission Accelerator Directorate Reaches Initial Operating Capability

PACOM

news | 12 Dec 2023
Readout of Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks' Visit to Silicon Valley, California

Department of Defense

news | 7 Dec 2023
AI’s Climate Impact Goes Beyond Its Emissions

Scientific American

news | 4 Dec 2023
Pentagon’s Commercial Tech Arm To Ramp Up Role in Military Innovation

C4ISRNET

news | 1 Dec 2023
Pentagon Forges New High-Tech Agreement With Australia, United Kingdom, Aimed at Countering China
news | 13 Nov 2023
AI as a Weapon To Defend the Seas From Illegal Fishing

Alaska Business Magazine

news | 8 Nov 2023
INDUS-X Investor Strategy Session Harnesses Private Capital for Start-ups

Department of Defense

news | 8 Nov 2023
US and Indian Defense Leaders Hold First-Ever Investor Strategy Session in New Delhi

DefenseScoop

news | 27 Oct 2023
DOD Graduates First Cohort of Acquisition Innovators

Department of Defense

news | 10 Oct 2023
Bridging the ICAP

U.S. Army AL&T

news | 5 Oct 2023
Consumer-Grade VR Gear Used To Train Fighter Pilots

CBS News

news | 28 Aug 2023
Indo-Pacific Command Moves To ‘Plug In’ Emerging Tech for DOD Through Key Programs, New Directorate
news | 28 Aug 2023
INDOPACOM Stands Up New Directorate to Better Connect Industry, DoD Innovation Efforts

Breaking Defense

news | 25 Aug 2023
Defense Innovation Unit Spinning Space Web for JADC2

National Defense Magazine

news | 7 Aug 2023
The Pentagon’s Embrace of Startups Could Fuel Hypersonic Tech
news | 31 July 2023
How Silicon Valley Is Helping the Pentagon in the AI Arms Race

Financial Times

news | 21 July 2023
Now at a ‘Tipping Point,’ Defense Innovation Unit Looks to Next ‘Phase’: Scaling Tech

Breaking Defense

news | 7 July 2023
Army Reserve Leads Way: Electric Vehicle Pilot Program With The Defense Innovation Unit

U.S. Army Reserve

news | 20 June 2023
Silicon Valley VCs Rush Into Defence Technology Start-ups

Financial Times

news | 12 June 2023
The Pentagon Wants To Retrofit Humvees To Drive Themselves

Popular Science

news | 2 June 2023
Defense Innovation Unit Eyes First Flight of Hypersonic Testbed

C4ISRNET

news | 2 June 2023
Insights From an Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program Fellow

NCMA

news | 23 May 2023
Making Synthetic Jet Fuel Near the Front Lines Is an Idea That Remains Worth Drinking To
news | 15 May 2023
Defense Department’s New Wearable Device Detects Illness Before Symptoms Appear

Federal News Network

news | 9 May 2023
New DIU Director Wants To Make the Pentagon’s Demand Signal Clear for Commercial Companies

DefenseScoop

news | 21 Apr 2023
The Terranaut Is a New Mine-Hunting Bot Designed for Beaches

Popular Science

news | 5 Apr 2023
How Power Is Blazing a Trail for America’s Space Effort — and for Nuclear Startups

GeekWire

news | 1 Apr 2023
The Department of Defense Must Embrace Commercial Technology Culture and Systems

NCMA

news | 30 Mar 2023
Equipping the Corps: Defense Innovation Unit With LTCOL Glenn McCartan

Marine Corps

news | 14 Mar 2023
Fine-Tuning the Work Needed To Adapt Commercial 5G to Military Communications

Via Satellite

news | 3 Mar 2023
Why the US military Plans To Start Making Its Own Jet Fuel

Popular Science