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Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)

DIU solicitation: CUAS Low Cost Sensing Challenge

May 20, 2025

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), in collaboration with the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), seeks to identify solutions for scalable, cost-effective, unmanned aircraft system (UAS) detection, identification, and tracking. This challenge […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Business Moves, Counter Drone (CUAS), Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Funding, Government, Military, News, Solicitation

SES Space & Defense to provide hybrid space-based architecture to U.S. Department of Defense

May 19, 2025

SES Space & Defense joins the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Hybrid Space Architecture Network initiative. SES’s Hybrid Space Architecture II project will showcase an automatically orchestrated secure integrated multi-orbit network […]

Filed Under: , an Earth Observation (EO) satellite for the Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), Agencies, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Government Agencies, LEO / GEO / MEO, News, SmallSat, smallsats

Rocket Lab awarded new HASTE launch contract for the DoD by Kratos

April 23, 2025

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has been selected by Kratos to launch a full-scale, hypersonic test flight for the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Government, HASTE Missions, HASTE Rocket, Hypersonic, Hypersonic Technologies, Hypersonic Weapon System, Hypersonics Capabilities, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Leidos, Military, Multi-Service Advanced Capabilities Hypersonic Testbed (MACH-TB), News, Rocket Lab, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense, Wallops Island, Wallops Launch Complex

Umbra selected by SpaceWERX as participant in STRATFI program to develop next generation spacecraft

April 8, 2025

Umbra has been selected for a Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) opportunity by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the Department of the Air Force—STRATFI is designed to accelerate the transition of […]

Filed Under: Business Moves, Contracts, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of the Air Force, Military, Military Contracts, News, SmallSat, Smallsat Contract, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Modeling, SmallSat Technologies, smallsats, SpaceWERX, STRATFI (Strategic Funding Increase), STRATFI Contract, Umbra

Firefly Aerospace awarded DoD contract for responsive on-orbit mission with Elytra spacecraft

April 7, 2025

Firefly Aerospace has been awarded a contract to perform a responsive on-orbit mission with the company’s Elytra spacecraft in support of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit […]

Filed Under: Agencies, BLue Ghost Lunar Lander (Firefly), Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Department of Defense Information Network, Elytra spacecraft (Firefly), Firefly Aerospace, Government, LEO, Military, Military Agencies, Military Contracts, Military Defense, News, SmallSat, smallsats, U.S. Department of Defense Tagged With: Featured

Sidus Space and Arkisys ‘leap forward’ in space operations in 2025

March 25, 2025

Arkisys™, a provider of on-orbit services on a stable long duration platform to support ISAM applications, announces the successful collaboration with Sidus Space, sending the iSSI™ post launch connectable interface to LEO on […]

Filed Under: Arkisys, Arkisys Applique, Assembly, Business Moves, Contracts, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), In-Space Servicing Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM), International Space Station (ISS), LizzieSat, Low Earth Orbit (LEO), Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, On-Orbit, On-Orbit Services, Payloads, Post Launch Acceptance, Power Electronics, Robotic Systems, Sensors, Sidus Space, Space Platform with a Purpose™ (Sidus), Space Sensors, Spacecrat Servicing, SpaceX Transporter-13 Mission, Sustainable Space Domain, Upgrade, User Interface

Defense Innovation Unit: Thinking forward with commercial help

February 6, 2025

By Chris Forrester Gary Henry, Senior Advisor at the Defense Innovation Unit.   With 27-years in the USAF (“and I would do it all over again in a heartbeat”), Mr […]

Filed Under: Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Tagged With: SmallSat Symposium Updates

Blue Origin’s New Glenn reaches orbit after successful Thursday launch, “Today marks a new era”

January 16, 2025

New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today’s NG-1 mission, accomplishing our primary objective. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 […]

Filed Under: Blue Origin, Booster, Booster Recovery, Business Moves, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Milestone, Military, National Security Space Launch, NG-1 Mission (Blue Origin), On-Orbit Mission, On-Orbit Testing, Orbital Logistics Tagged With: Featured

Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch adjusted to Thursday with a weather proviso

January 15, 2025

In this afternoon’s email the following message, “The vehicle looks good for tonight’s window, but we’re watching weather closely as clouds build over the Space Coast. If we’re unable to launch, […]

Filed Under: Blue Origin, Blue Ring Paylaod (Blue Origin), Booster, Booster Recovery, Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral SFS, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Hydrogen-Fueled, Launch Delay, Launch Vehicle, Liquid Oxygen, Military, National Security, NG-1 Mission (Blue Origin), Orbital Logistics, Prototypes, Rocket

Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch delayed again until Monday due to rough waters

January 11, 2025

Blue Origin is opting to delay again the launch of New Glenn due to unfavorable weather conditions. Blue Origin’s spokesperson said, “Sea state conditions are still unfavorable for booster landing. […]

Filed Under: Blue Origin, Business Moves, Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral SFS, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Department of Defense (DoD), Droneship, Hardware, Hot Fire Test, Hydrogen-Fueled, Integrated System Test (IST), Launch, Liquid Oxygen, Milestone, Military, National Security Space Launch, New Glenn, Orbital Logistics, Pathfinder, Prototypes, U.S. Space Force

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