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news | 27 Sept 2021
Austin Space Tech Firm CesiumAstro Sends Its First Satellites Into Orbit on Atlas V Rocket
news | 21 Sept 2021
AFRL’s Golden Horde ‘Gladiator’ Drones To Compete Virtually
news | 17 Sept 2021
The Daily Scoop Podcast: September 17, 2021

FedScoop

news | 16 Sept 2021
DIU's newest office is off and running investing in hardware innovations

Federal News Network

news | 14 Sept 2021
CesiumAstro Prepares for First Satellite Launch

Built In Austin

news | 13 Sept 2021
U.S. Department of Defense Launches National Security Innovation Capital With $15M Congressional Appropriation
news | 10 Sept 2021
Department of Defense Guidance on Procurement of UAS

Department of Defense

news | 7 Sept 2021
Marine Special Ops Command Hones its ‘Cognitive Raiders’

National Defense Magazine

news | 29 Aug 2021
On-Orbit, Active Phased Array Satellite Testbed Milestone Has Been Reached By CesiumAstro in Their Collaboration With The DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit

SATNEWS

news | 25 Aug 2021
Niels Olson Wins Sailor of the Year 2021
news | 13 Aug 2021
DIU Creates AI App To Help Identify Talent Within the National Guard, Reserve Forces

Federal News Network

news | 13 Aug 2021
Using Technology To Detect and Stop Illegal Fishing: DIU’s New Prize Competition

Federal News Network

news | 13 Aug 2021
Astra To Fly Upgraded Rocket on Next Launch

SpaceNews

news | 12 Aug 2021
Defense Innovation Unit’s Space Portfolio Working To Improve Maritime Domain Awareness

Government Matters

news | 4 Aug 2021
Can We Spot Illegal Fishing Fleets From Space?

Defense One

news | 4 Aug 2021
DIU’s Butow Pushes Space Force Case On ‘Tactical ISR’ Mission

Breaking Defense

news | 29 July 2021
Rocket Lab Returns to Flight With U.S. Space Force Launch
news | 27 July 2021
Anduril Nabs DIU ‘Service’ Contract For Counter-Drone AI

Breaking Defense

news | 22 July 2021
U.S. Government and Nonprofit Organization Host Prize Competition to Leverage the Latest Technology to Detect and Defeat Illegal Fishing
news | 1 July 2021
Defense Innovation Unit’s Secure Cloud Management Prototypes Completed With Success Memos
news | 29 June 2021
The U.S.-China Race for AI Predominance, and the Future of AI Military Innovation - With Michael Brown of the U.S. DIU
news | 29 June 2021
App Aims to Match Reserve, Guard Talent With DOD Needs

Department of Defense

news | 25 June 2021
DIU Rethinking Cyber Endpoint Protections Through Advanced Deception Tools

Federal News Network

news | 25 May 2021
CesiumAstro Unveils Plan To Test Active Phased Array in Orbit

SpaceNews

news | 19 May 2021
Ball Aerospace and Microsoft Demonstrate Satellite-to-Cloud Data Processing

Via Satellite

news | 17 May 2021
Defense Innovation Unit selects ABL Space to launch DoD mission

SpaceNews

news | 16 May 2021
Silicon Valley reboots Its relationship With the US military

Financial Times

news | 14 May 2021
DIU is Making an Uber-like App for Talent Management in DOD

FedScoop

news | 4 May 2021
DOD Fortifying Cloud Connections To Work Better, Faster With Companies

C4ISRNET

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How to Pitch to DIU
news | 22 Apr 2021
AI Leaders: DOD Must Be More Transparent With Startups

C4ISRNET

news | 21 Apr 2021
Why the Military Is Leading the Charge on 5G

Wall Street Journal

video | 19 Apr 2021
DIU Makes it Easy for Commercial Companies to Work with DoD
news | 21 Mar 2021
Interesting Ideas Exist To Shorten "DOD-Created Valley of Death" and Fuel Innovation, Says DIU Director

Government Matters

news | 16 Mar 2021
Politico Pro Q&A: Michael Brown, Director of the Defense Innovation Unit

Politico

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The Next 5 Years of Defense Innovation with Eric Schmidt, Michael Brown, and Dr. Amy Zegart
news | 15 Mar 2021
Relativity Space Wins U.S. Military Contract for 2023 Launch

SpaceNews

news | 4 Mar 2021
Advice for DIU at Five: Don’t Just Grow, LEAD

Breaking Defense

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

news | 16 Feb 2021
U.S. 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 U.S. Army

Defense News

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

Wall Street Journal

news | 4 Feb 2021
DoD's Innovative Acquisition Tactics for Medical Tech (Podcast)

GovernmentCIO Media & Research