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The most recent solicitation from the Defense Innovation Unit is for commercial vehicles for in-space logistics.
In June 2019 SpinLaunch received an other transaction authority (OTA) award from the Defense Innovation Unit to examine using SpinLaunch's services for responsive satellite launch.
DIU released a solicitation on 2020-01-13 seeking proposals from U.S. operators of small satellite constellations capable of observing the Earth’s surface in day, night, and adverse atmospheric conditions.
STP-27VP was awarded to VOX Space under the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative (RALI), a $25,000,000 congressional add-on appropriated in 2017 and 2018 for the Space Test Program and the Defense Innovation Unit.
DIU plans to award one or more DAPS contracts within 90 days.
DIU received 25 proposals for the Dismounted Assured PNT System (DAPS) after soliciting vendor ideas.
DIU posted high-resolution images of 550,230 buildings from 10 different countries obtained from Maxar’s DigitalGlobe Open Data Program.
The DIU-funded launch was originally scheduled for 2019 from the continental United States but was moved to 2020 and relocated to Guam after further discussions with the Air Force.
Under the Defense Innovation Unit contract, Virgin Orbit will launch an Air Force experimental satellite from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam.
Virgin Orbit received a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit in November 2017 to launch an Air Force experimental satellite.
SpinLaunch received an other transaction authority cost-sharing contract from the Defense Innovation Unit on 2019-06-19.
The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center requested Defense Innovation Unit assistance in 2017 to work with emerging small launch providers following a $15,000,000 Congressional insertion for the Rapid Agile Launch Initiative.
The Defense Innovation Unit will work with four selected companies to develop how the Department of Defense would procure small launch services.
The Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Innovation Unit produced a 2019-05-30 report titled "State of the Space Industrial Base: Threats, Challenges and Actions."
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, through its subsidiary Expace, will provide the Kuaizhou-11 at a rate of $5,000 per kilogram to LEO, which the AFRL-DIU report characterizes as five times less expensive than comparable launch capabilities.
DIU is trying to reduce the time it takes to award contracts from 90 days to 60 days.
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) was created in 2015 to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology to solve national security problems.
As of 2019-05-21, DIU had one contract that looked like it may reach award in 60 days.
DIU is working to reduce the time required to task satellites, obtain data, and deliver data to military users.
Capella Space has received half of the $11,000,000 Defense Innovation Unit contract and expects the other half by the end of 2018.