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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Peter Grasso, an aviation communication technician with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, controls a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System to conduct counter unmanned aerial surveillance aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 14, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert)

DIU confronting C2 challenge for counter-drone phase of Replicator

"For Replicator 2, we have a similar challenge with command and control across these systems, so we're starting that now. And so we're going to get ahead…
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin talks to DIU personnel at the unit’s headquarters in California, Dec. 6, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

Austin jets to DIU after inking new counter-drone strategy

The visit came a day after Austin issued a new classified strategy laying out the department’s contemporary approach for countering intensifying uncrewed system threats to U.S. military…
John Healey MP, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom hosts Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia and Lloyd Austin Secretary of Defense, United States (U.S.) at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich, London, the United Kingdom (UK) to review progress in and reaffirm their commitment to the AUKUS partnership, Sept. 26, 2024. (Photo by Brandi Vincent)

AUKUS shares results of inaugural Electronic Warfare Challenge

DIU, Australia’s Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator and the United Kingdom’s Defence and Security Accelerator collectively launched this EW challenge in March as part of AUKUS Pillar 2.
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A representative from an unmanned aerial system manufacturer demonstrates capabilities for the Ascent Spirit UAS during a West Coast Blue UAS Industry Day at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 20, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Arroyo Jr.)

What’s unique about DIU’s new prize challenge to extend the Pentagon’s drone supply

Some U.S. service members will help decide what technologies are ultimately cleared for wider use, according to the official overseeing the Blue UAS Refresh Challenge.
The main gate of the United States European Command (EUCOM) headquarters at the Patch Barracks is seen in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on July 29, 2020. (Photo by THOMAS KIENZLE/AFP via Getty Images)

DIU embed works to help Eucom modernize against real-world threats

Col. Glenn McCartan, the first-ever Defense Innovation Unit embed within U.S. European Command, talked to DefenseScoop about the work he's been doing.
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