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Muon Space was awarded an option to its contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit to collect ionospheric data on the MuSat-2 satellite mission.
The original $2,800,000 contract awarded in 2022 to Muon Space by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit requires Muon Space to deliver terrestrial weather products to the Air Force 557th Weather Wing from a space-based prototype microwave sensor.
Defense Innovation Unit published a solicitation on 2023-06-30 asking companies to submit proposals by 2023-07-17.
Defense Innovation Unit is a Department of Defense agency created to bring commercially developed technology into military programs.
The Space Force is funding the $50,000,000 Tetra-5 experiment co-sponsored by the Defense Innovation Unit to help inform a procurement strategy for in-orbit refueling.
National Security Innovation Capital was established in 2021 within the Defense Innovation Unit to support early-stage startups developing dual-use technology.
Astra Space, Inc. has been awarded a launch contract add-on for Rocket 4’s first test flight with the U.S. Department of Defense facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit.
Astra Space, Inc. has been awarded a launch contract add-on for Rocket 4’s first test flight with the U.S. Department of Defense facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit.
On 2023-05-16 Astra Space, Inc. was awarded a launch contract add-on for Rocket 4’s first test flight by the U.S. Department of Defense, facilitated by the Defense Innovation Unit.
The Department of Defense and the U.S. Space Force have created an ecosystem of organizations that fund research and prototyping projects, including the Defense Innovation Unit, SpaceWERX, AFWERX, and the Space Enterprise Consortium.
Any Department of Defense organization can procure launch services from Rocket Lab through the Defense Innovation Unit’s Solutions Catalog following the prototype’s success.
In September 2022, the Defense Innovation Unit issued its first hypersonics solicitation in partnership with the Director of Hypersonics and the Test Resource Management Center within the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering.
The first of the Defense Innovation Unit and SpaceWERX missions is scheduled to launch in early 2024.
DoD organizations can procure launch services from Rocket Lab via DIU’s Solutions Catalog due to the prototype’s success.
Doug Beck founded and led DIU’s Joint Reserve Directorate (JRD) and was the first JRD Commander from 2015 to 2019.
DIU was established in 2015 to tap technologies from the commercial market for military applications.
DIU selected Hypersonix from 63 respondents to its September 2022 HyCAT solicitation.
The Department of Defense and the Department of the Air Force have created Defense Innovation Unit, AFWERX, and SpaceWERX to work with startups.
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit and NASA are funding space station testing of the intelligent Space Systems Interface developed by Germany’s iBoss GmbH and Skycorp.
The Defense Innovation Unit is seeking proposals for commercial services to deploy and operate payloads in cislunar space beyond Earth geosynchronous orbit.