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news | 27 Sept 2022
New Industry Cyber Effort To Help Strengthen UAS Industrial Base Launched
news | 23 Sept 2022
Providing Rapid Technology Assessment and Evaluation Capability
news | 22 Sept 2022
The U.S. Military Is Buying Electric Jet-ski Robots

Defense One

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Powering The Future: DIU at the 2022 Pentagon Energy Expo
news | 15 Sept 2022
The Defense Innovation Unit’s ‘Private Money’ Approach Aims To Produce Reusable Hypersonic Test Aircraft Fast

Forbes

news | 14 Sept 2022
UPDATE to the Blue UAS 2.0 Cleared List: Access to Broader Variety of Capable Unmanned Aerial Systems Now Available
news | 8 Sept 2022
Pentagon Must Rethink Incentives, Outgoing DIU Chief Says

Defense News

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

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 | 25 Aug 2022
DIU Turns 7!
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State of the Space Industrial Base 2022
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 | 17 Aug 2022
Commercial Tech for GNSS Disruption Detection to be Highlighted in Upcoming Military Exercises
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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
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
DIU and Partners Open Defense Innovation Office in Chicago To Tap Into Midwest Technology and Talent
news | 21 Apr 2022
GigEagle: Agile Talent Development for the DoD
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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