NGA buys maritime data to help Indo-Pacific Command, via first-ever CSO
Two senior officials briefed DefenseScoop on how the intelligence agency is thinking about innovating its acquisition processes.
Advertisement
Showing 10 of 76 results
-
The crew of USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) inspect the holds of a Philippine-flagged transshipment vessel in the North Pacific Ocean on March 31, 2023. The team returned to Guam on April 9, 2023, following the 30-day patrol supporting the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency’s Operation 365 and Operation Rematau to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir) Tech -
This illustration photo taken on January 30, 2023 shows a phone screen displaying a statement from the head of security policy at META with a fake video (R) of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calling on his soldiers to lay down their weapons shown in the background, in Washington, DC. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) Tech Why DIU is looking to speedily buy deepfake-detection technology
A new partnership opportunity comes as U.S. adversaries are using such tech for fraud, disinformation, and other malicious activities.
-
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) Weapons DIU helping Navy find cheaper drone interceptors
The Defense Innovation Unit is soliciting industry to support its Counter NEXT initiative.
-
Abraham Denmark, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for AUKUS, left, Adm. James F. Caldwell Jr., director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, right, Royal Australian Navy Vice Adm. Jonathan Mead, director-general of the Australian Submarine Agency, Royal Australian Navy Lt. William Hall, Royal Australian Navy Vice Adm. Mark Hammond, Chief of Navy, and Erik Raven, Under Secretary of the Navy, pose for a photo during a United States Naval Nuclear Power School (NPS) graduation ceremony at Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC), July 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dart D. De La Garza) Emerging Tech Pentagon’s top AUKUS adviser and coordinator steps down
The AUKUS alliance is steering trilateral defense technology cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
-
Steven Butow greets U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III at the DIU offices in Mountain View, California. (Photo courtesy of DIU) Emerging Tech DIU gets new military deputy
The Defense Innovation Unit filled another key position.
-
Chairman Ken Calvert (R-CA) (L) and full committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) (R) appear at a House Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on April 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., and Department of Defense Comptroller Michael McCord are on Capitol Hill to present the 2025 budget request for the Defense Department. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Emerging Tech House appropriators propose more than $1.3B for DIU, other tech acceleration initiatives
A fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill was released by the House Appropriations Committee.
-
ETV design rendering from IS4S. (Source: Integrated Solutions for Systems, Inc.) Emerging Tech DIU taps 4 vendors to vie for Air Force’s drone test vehicle program
Anduril, Integrated Solutions for Systems, Leidos Dynetics and Zone 5 Technologies were chosen to compete in the Defense Innovation Unit’s Enterprise Test Vehicle project.
-
NAVAL BASE CORONADO (May 15, 2024) – Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) from Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 (USVRON 3) operate remotely in San Diego Bay ahead of the unit’s establishment ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Claire M. DuBois) Weapons Navy stands up new robo-ship squadron as Pentagon pursues Replicator systems
USVRON Three, commanded by Capt. Derek Rader, will oversee a fleet of small uncrewed surface vessels.
-
Aditi Kumar
Most Inspiring Up-and-Comer Aditi Kumar took the role of deputy director for strategy, policy, and national security partnerships at the Defense Innovation Unit last October. In this role, Kumar supports DIU’s collaboration with the military departments, the Joint Staff, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense to deliver capabilities at scale to meet warfighter […]
-
(DOD / Lisa Ferdinando) Emerging Tech Military services face sustainment burdens from Replicator systems
The Pentagon aims to field thousands of “attritable autonomous” systems across multiple domains by August 2025 to help the U.S. armed forces counter China’s military buildup.