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news | 27 Feb 2023
Department of Defense to Prototype Commercial Batteries To Electrify Future Military Platforms
news | 24 Feb 2023
Space Force Lacks Agility To Tap Into Commercial Innovation

National Defense Magazine

news | 23 Feb 2023
AUVSI Launches Green UAS Cybersecurity Certification Program For Commercial Drones
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 | 15 Feb 2023
Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Joint Project Manager for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical and the Defense Innovation Unit Join Forces
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Video: WEST 2023: How Ukraine Has Changed the Game for Our National Security

WEST Conference

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 | 20 Jan 2023
UPDATE to the Blue UAS 2.0 Cleared List: Access to Broader Variety of Capable Unmanned Aerial Systems Now Available
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 | 29 Dec 2022
Navigating the Future of Global Technology Competition: The Fast Follower Strategy
news | 27 Dec 2022
How DIU is Supporting Cyber Command

DefenseScoop

news | 13 Dec 2022
Sneak Peek: DIU’s FY2022 Year-in-Review
news | 12 Dec 2022
NCMA, DIU Announce Partnership To Scale Agile Acquisition Tools to Department, U.S. Government Organizations To Meet Tomorrow’s Challenges
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 | 8 Nov 2022
Department of Defense To Prototype Commercial Cold Regions Microgrid Solution for Future Military Platforms
news | 2 Nov 2022
Creating the Digital and Hardware Infrastructure for the Internet of Space
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November 15: DIU Pacific Northwest Roadshow
news | 26 Oct 2022
​​Defense Innovation Unit and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Weather Systems Branch To Improve Global Weather Sensing Capabilities
news | 20 Oct 2022
Department of Defense Prototyping Electric Vehicle (EV) Chargers To Meet New Government Electric Ground Transportation Initiatives
news | 12 Oct 2022
DIU, USMC Prototyping Two State-of-the-Art Autonomous Amphibious Response Vehicles to Clear Explosive Hazards
news | 11 Oct 2022
DIU Successfully Transitions Prototypes to Counter Foreign Malign Influence
news | 7 Oct 2022
Driving Change in Defense Acquisition

U.S. Army AL&T

news | 4 Oct 2022
ICAP Finalists Selected
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 | 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 | 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