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

SpaceNews

news | 14 Mar 2024
Wrap Up: Defense Innovation Unit’s Week at SXSW 2024
news | 10 Mar 2024
Defense Innovation Unit and Office of the Director of National Intelligence Form Strategic Partnership to Advance National Security
news | 8 Mar 2024
Joint Defense Innovation Workspace Expands Presence in Austin
news | 7 Mar 2024
Defense Innovation Unit Awards Multiple Contracts To Provide Drag Reduction Technology for Legacy Aircraft
news | 28 Feb 2024
DIU at Pacific Operational Science and Technology (POST) 2024
news | 27 Feb 2024
DIU Leadership Joins Latest INDUS-X Summit in New Delhi, India
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DIU at SXSW: Connecting Technology and Talent From Around the World for National Security
news | 15 Feb 2024
DIU Hosts Government, Commercial Tech Leaders at Defense Innovation Summit
news | 12 Feb 2024
The Bridge Builder

Foreign Policy

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

SpaceNews

project spotlight | 8 Feb 2024
U.S. Navy Selects Vendors for Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Program
news | 7 Feb 2024
DIU 3.0: Scaling Defense Innovation for Strategic Impact
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INDUS X Educational Series: Gurukul Program
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DIU-DAU Innovation Sparks Series Finale: Building Capability with DIU
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DIU Summit: Deploying & Scaling Autonomy for Strategic Impact
news | 25 Jan 2024
DOD Opens New Innovation OnRamp Hubs Across 5 States

DefenseScoop

project spotlight | 14 Dec 2023
GEARS Project Brings Autonomy to the U.S. Army’s Sustainment Fleet
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

video | 11 Dec 2023
Video: How The DoD Is Leading a Talent Revolution and Modernizing the Defense Learning Experience
news | 7 Dec 2023
Department of Defense To Prototype Commercial Lithium Batteries for Soldier Power, Aviation, and Ground Vehicles
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 | 30 Nov 2023
Implementing the Department of Defense Replicator Initiative to Accelerate All-Domain Attritable Autonomous Systems To Warfighters at Speed and Scale
project spotlight | 27 Nov 2023
DIU, Air Education and Training Command Partner To Develop Modern, Data-Enabled Virtual Pilot Training Capabilities
news | 20 Nov 2023
DoD’s Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, DIU Partner To Advance Remediation of PFAS at U.S. Defense Installations
news | 17 Nov 2023
Defense Innovation Unit Participates in Largest Modeling, Simulation, and Training Event - I/ITSEC 2023
news | 13 Nov 2023
AI as a Weapon To Defend the Seas From Illegal Fishing

Alaska Business Magazine

news | 13 Nov 2023
Update: Low-Cost, High Cadence Testing for the Hypersonic Community
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

project spotlight | 6 Nov 2023
UUV Production Contract Awarded to Support U.S. Navy Lionfish Program
news | 31 Oct 2023
DIU Hosts Ukraine, NATO Partners, Private Sector for a Future of Unmanned Aerial Systems Forum in Warsaw
news | 27 Oct 2023
DOD Graduates First Cohort of Acquisition Innovators

Department of Defense

project spotlight | 26 Oct 2023
Capitalizing on Commercial Technology To Promote Cybersecurity Across the DoDd
news | 10 Oct 2023
Six Government Contracting Professionals To Participate in the 2023-2024 Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program
news | 10 Oct 2023
Bridging the ICAP

U.S. Army AL&T

news | 6 Oct 2023
Defense Innovation Unit Welcomes Two Senior Deputies to Continue Scaling Innovation Impact for the Department of Defense
news | 5 Oct 2023
Consumer-Grade VR Gear Used To Train Fighter Pilots

CBS News

news | 4 Oct 2023
INDUS-X Maritime ISR and Underwater Communications Challenges Launched
news | 3 Oct 2023
Defense Innovation Unit Partners with Departments of the Air Force, Navy and Office of the Secretary of Defense to Extend Duration Storage for Installations (EDSI)
news | 29 Sept 2023
U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, the Defense Innovation Unit, and Industry Advance DoD Installation Energy Resilience with Geothermal Energy Solutions
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ICAP Ceremony and DAU Webinar With Doug Beck
project spotlight | 27 Sept 2023
Quantum Sensing Enters the DoD Landscape in First-of-a-kind, High-Performance Atomic Gyroscope Space Demonstration
project spotlight | 25 Sept 2023
The Department of the Air Force and Defense Innovation Unit Partner on Electric Vehicle Support Equipment Project
video | 19 Sept 2023
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