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A report coauthored by the Defense Innovation Unit, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the U.S. Space Force concluded that the first nation to establish transportation infrastructure and logistics capabilities serving GEO and cislunar space will have superior ability to exercise control of cislunar space, the Lagrange points, and the resources of the moon.
The Defense Innovation Unit is a Defense Department organization based in Silicon Valley that works with commercial vendors developing technologies relevant to national security.
The DIU-led report specifies that the U.S. Space Force would provide surveillance, aids to navigation, and assistance when required in cislunar space.
The DIU-led report concluded that U.S. participation in a cislunar economy will require security and a stabilizing military presence.
The Space Force science and technology roadmap will reflect findings from the July report 'State of the Space Industrial Base 2020: A Time for Action to Sustain U.S. Economic & Military Leadership in Space' produced by the Defense Innovation Unit and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Arkisys received $366,000 from DIU for the Orbital Outpost project in March.
DIU’s July 2019 call for proposals for the Orbital Outpost project required a minimum of one cubic meter of internal volume, 80 kg of payload capacity, and one kilowatt of power.
DIU issued a second award to Nanoracks for $389,900 in late 2019 for the Orbital Outpost project.
Procurement records on beta.SAM.gov show DIU awarded Sierra Nevada Corporation $439,100 for "Phase 1: Orbital Outpost Prototype Project" in February.
On 2020-05-18, Isotropic Systems announced a contract with the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.
The Defense Innovation Unit was established in 2015 to help the U.S. military gain rapid access to innovative commercial technologies.
Isotropic Systems announced an antenna evaluation and development contract with the Defense Innovation Unit on 18 May 2020 in Reading, UK.
The DIU review of Isotropic Systems’ beamforming antenna technologies and circuits is intended to enable fusion of multi-band, multi-orbit commercial and military satellite capacity to deliver intelligence data at the tactical edge over a single platform.
Participants in the 2020-05-04-7 conference workshop included officials from the Defense Innovation Unit, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the U.S. Space Force, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the National Space Council, NASA, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, academia, and the private sector.
The Defense Innovation Unit, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the U.S. Space Force led the four-day State of the Space Industrial Base 2020 program.
Defense Innovation Unit was created in 2015 to speed up adoption of commercial technology across the Department of Defense.
Numerica provides space data and analytics services to the U.S. military under multiple contracts from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Space and Missile Systems Center, and the Defense Innovation Unit.
Firms working under Defense Innovation Unit contracts have received letters stating the DIU Director has determined their work in support of national security is part of the essential critical workforce as defined by the Department of Defense.
The Defense Innovation Unit does not announce contract awards but has funded startups and established companies working on launch vehicles, Earth observation, space situational awareness, and satellite communications.
The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit solicits pitches from the space industry for next-generation technologies.