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U.S. Defense Innovation Unit

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The Defense Innovation Unit awarded Astra a contract with a ceiling of up to $44,000,000 to support development of Astra’s tactically responsive launch system.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2024Department of Defense Awards Astra Contract Valued Up to $44 Million

The DIU contract supports advancing and scaling production capabilities of Astra’s tactical launch system to achieve the prototype objective of launching Rocket 4 to orbit or suborbit from the United States, Australia, or other locations.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2024Department of Defense Awards Astra Contract Valued Up to $44 Million

The Spaceport Company’s offshore launch vessel was funded by a $2,500,000 contract from the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: defense innovation unitTechnical ProductSep 3, 2024Evolution Space tests rocket on Spaceport Company sea-based platform

Sidus Space, Inc. has completed a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contract deliverable and achieved flight heritage status for Arkisys Applique aboard LizzieSat-1.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitNarrative GeneralJun 4, 2024Arkisys Applique mission aboard LizzieSat-1 supported by DIU funding

The DIU is an organization within the U.S. Department of Defense established to accelerate the adoption of commercial technology solutions into the U.S. military.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitNarrative GeneralJun 4, 2024Arkisys Applique mission aboard LizzieSat-1 supported by DIU funding

The Spaceport Company received $1,500,000 last year from the Defense Innovation Unit program National Security Innovation Capital in support of a Liftboat concept for converting offshore oil rigs into floating launch sites.

Mentioned as: defense innovation unitNarrative GrowthMay 29, 2024Sea-based launch startup scores $2.5 million Pentagon contract

The Defense Innovation Unit contract announced on 2024-05-28 will fund development of a prototype ocean-going launch complex built on a repurposed U.S. Navy torpedo recovery vessel.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipMay 29, 2024Sea-based launch startup scores $2.5 million Pentagon contract

The Spaceport Company landed a $2,500,000 contract from the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitNarrative FinancialMay 29, 2024Sea-based launch startup scores $2.5 million Pentagon contract

iDirect Government won a contract from the Defense Innovation Unit to build an operational 0.005 kg co-channel interference mitigation solution prototype.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitNarrative GeneralMay 22, 2024iDirect Government to build 5G co-channel interference mitigation prototype for DIU

Blue Origin and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) announced the DarkSky-1 mission to demonstrate flight systems including space-based processing capabilities, telemetry, tracking and command hardware, and ground-based radiometric tracking.

Mentioned as: Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)Technical ProductMay 3, 2024ATLAS Space Operations to support Blue Origin’s Blue Ring DarkSky-1 mission

The Helix Mesh Rider Radio is developed for defense use cases with sponsorship from the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitNarrative GeneralApr 18, 2024Evolve Dynamics,+ Doodle Labs partner for anti-jamming resilience in the new SKY MANTIS 2 UAV

SSC Space Safari partnered with DIU to leverage DIU’s commercial market expertise and Commercial Solutions Opening and Other Transaction authority to rapidly award contracts.

Mentioned as: DIUOrg RelationshipApr 15, 2024SSC awards Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) contracts

DIU awarded a contract to Rocket Lab National Security valued at $32,000,000 for VICTUS HAZE.

Mentioned as: diuOrg RelationshipApr 15, 2024SSC awards Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) contracts

The United States Space Force’s Space Systems Command Space Safari Program Office partnered with the Defense Innovation Unit and SpaceWERX to execute the VICTUS HAZE on-orbit space domain awareness demonstration.

Mentioned as: Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipApr 15, 2024SSC awards Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS) contracts

A second Muon Space satellite launched 2024-03-04 on the SpaceX Transporter-10 rideshare flight as a prototype weather satellite for the U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipApr 11, 2024Muon Space banks on Space as a Service

In 2022, Santa Clara-based SpaceBilt flew a prototype Microchip PolarFire RISC-V Linux operating system-based avionics package and data server to the ISS to support flight qualification of robotic connectors, sponsored by CASIS and funded by the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: defense innovation unitNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2024SpaceBilt and Phison Partner to Send Groundbreaking Space Server to the ISS in 2025

The 100-terabyte LiSS server is a risk-reduction prototype for Spacebilt’s planned 1.2-petabyte server being developed under a multi-orbit logistics vehicle Other Transaction Authority agreement with commercial customers and the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2024Spacebilt and Phison to send powerful data server to ISS

The Defense Innovation Unit received $945,000,000 in the defense spending bill passed 2024-03-21, four times its prior-year appropriation.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipApr 8, 2024Budget woes just a blip for unstoppable space industry growth

The Pentagon’s Test Resource Management Center co-funded the sensor upgrade project with the Defense Innovation Unit.

Mentioned as: Defense Innovation UnitOrg RelationshipMar 27, 2024On-orbit servicing mission planned for military satellite in 2025

DIU expanded its agreement in January 2024 to include Katalyst Space in the Modularity for Space Systems program.

Mentioned as: U.S. Defense Innovation UnitNarrative GeneralMar 27, 2024On-orbit servicing mission planned for military satellite in 2025
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