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CesiumAstro coordinated with the Defense Innovation Unit to launch its first two satellites in September 2021 on a rideshare with Landsat-9.
In coordination with the Defense Innovation Unit, CesiumAstro is launching its first two satellites in September 2021 on a rideshare with Landsat-9.
Small launch providers working with the Defense Innovation Unit must demonstrate they can deploy payloads in mission-designated orbits on relatively short notice.
The Defense Innovation Unit is headquartered in Silicon Valley and was created to work with commercial companies to bring new technologies into military programs.
ABL Space Systems was selected by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit on 2021-05-17 to launch a military payload.
The Defense Innovation Unit invested in space surveillance startup LeoLabs, which tracks satellite activities in low Earth orbit with a network of phased-array radars.
Under Michael Brown, the Defense Innovation Unit supported emerging space launch companies Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit, and Relativity Space and selected those companies to launch experimental Department of Defense payloads.
The Obama administration created the Defense Innovation Unit in 2015 to build ties with startups and venture investors and help transition private-sector technologies to military programs.
Capella Space has contracts serving several U.S. intelligence and Department of Defense agencies, including the Defense Innovation Unit, the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy.
Relativity Space is the third launch provider selected by the Defense Innovation Unit for the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative since the program started in 2017.
The Defense Innovation Unit was created in 2015 to accelerate the insertion of commercial technology into military hardware.
The Defense Innovation Unit advocates migrating to a model where the government develops modular systems using commoditized satellite buses and components.
L3Harris Technologies completed a technology demonstration under a Defense Innovation Unit prototype contract for the U.S. Space Force satellite communication system.
Lockheed Martin completed a multi-band multi-mission phased array antenna prototype under the Defense Innovation Unit 2019 contract.
L3Harris’s prototype multi-band multi-mission phased array antenna was one of three prototypes developed under a Defense Innovation Unit 2019 contract.
Atlas Space Operations completed a multi-band multi-mission phased array antenna prototype under the Defense Innovation Unit 2019 contract.
Skydio is part of DIU’s Blue sUAS program.
Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, and L3Harris received contracts from the Defense Innovation Unit in April 2019 to develop phased array antenna prototypes.
Gen. John Hyten spoke on a live virtual forum hosted by the Defense Innovation Unit on 2020-09-21.
The DIU-led report concluded that U.S. participation in a cislunar economy will require security and a stabilizing military presence.