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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
Insights From an Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program Fellow

NCMA

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

C4ISRNET

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

news | 24 Feb 2023
Space Force Lacks Agility To Tap Into Commercial Innovation

National Defense Magazine

news | 22 Feb 2023
DIU Partnership Leads to Valuable Contracts For Weather Team

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

news | 21 Feb 2023
The Defense Innovation Unit Says Its Positively Sailing Into Its 8th Year in Business

Federal News Network

news | 20 Feb 2023
How AI Can Actually Be Helpful in Disaster Response

MIT Technology Review

news | 7 Feb 2023
The Secret Sauce: A Conversation With DIU and ModalAI About Becoming Blue

AUVSI

news | 1 Feb 2023
Ukraine Proves U.S. Troops Need Quick Access to Commercial Technology

Defense One

news | 25 Jan 2023
Pentagon Tech Hub Reports Strong Year With 17 Projects Fielded

Defense News

news | 25 Jan 2023
DIU's FY22 Year in Review
news | 24 Jan 2023
DIU Asks Industry for Help Getting Hypersonic Test Jet Closer to Lift Off

Breaking Defense

news | 19 Jan 2023
Defense Innovation Unit Eyes Partnerships for Drone-Vetting Effort

C4ISRNET

news | 11 Jan 2023
Space Force Official: To Beat China, U.S. Has To Spend Smarter

SpaceNews

news | 9 Jan 2023
Startups Thrive With Contracts Via Defense Innovation Office

Bloomberg Government

news | 27 Dec 2022
How DIU is Supporting Cyber Command

DefenseScoop

news | 7 Dec 2022
Defense Innovation Unit Seeks Commercial Options To Deploy Satellites in Deep Space

SpaceNews

news | 29 Nov 2022
What’s Ahead for Navy Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Programs?

Defense News

news | 22 Nov 2022
The Defense Innovation Unit Explores Batteries for Electric Tactical Vehicles

Federal News Network

news | 18 Nov 2022
Defense Innovation Unit Explores Pacific Northwest’s National Security Tech Frontier

GeekWire

news | 16 Nov 2022
Marine Corps Testing Amphib Mine Hunters

National Defense Magazine

news | 7 Oct 2022
Driving Change in Defense Acquisition

U.S. Army AL&T

news | 22 Sept 2022
The U.S. Military Is Buying Electric Jet-ski Robots

Defense One

news | 15 Sept 2022
The Defense Innovation Unit’s ‘Private Money’ Approach Aims To Produce Reusable Hypersonic Test Aircraft Fast

Forbes

news | 8 Sept 2022
Pentagon Must Rethink Incentives, Outgoing DIU Chief Says

Defense News

news | 2 Sept 2022
Report: U.S. Has Work To Do To Compete With China in Space in the Long Run

Fast Company

news | 2 Sept 2022
Pentagon Seeks Commercial Tech for Hypersonic Test Vehicle

Defense News

news | 22 Aug 2022
Why the Pentagon Remains Both the Best and Worst Customer for Tech Innovators

SC Magazine

news | 19 Aug 2022
Pentagon's Bridge to Tech's Private Sector

Axios

news | 8 Aug 2022
Can Tech Reshape the Pentagon?

Economist

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