Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) has announced announces that the firm’s subsidiary — Teal Drones (Teal) — has been selected by the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit […]
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Implementing DoD’s Replicator Initiative to accelerate all-domain attributable autonomous systems to warfighters at speed + scale
In August, Department of Defense (DoD) Deputy Secretary of Defense, Kathleen Hicks, announced the Replicator initiative, a DoD-wide process to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities to warfighters at speed […]
SDA’s agreement with SpiderOak for Rapid Resilience Command and Control Research
The Space Development Agency has awarded SpiderOak, a leader in space cybersecurity software, an Other Transactional Authority agreement to research integration of the company’s OrbitSecure software suite into the agency’s […]
Red Cat receives DoD “Blue UAS” Approval for Teal 2 sUAS to be added to cleared list
Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) has announced that the company’s new, military-grade sUAS, the Teal 2, has received clearance from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to be designated […]
DIU + USSF to leverage commercial industry for TacRS
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) is exploring the ability of commercial providers to rapidly deliver both launch and on-orbit operations infrastructure. The USSF’s Space Systems Command‘s (SSC) Space Safari Program […]
Muon Space awarded additional funding from AFLMC + DIU to collect space weather data
Muon Space has been awarded an option to their contract with Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC)’s Weather Systems Branch and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to collect ionospheric […]
Hypersonix U.S. Patent issued for SPARTAN scramjet
Hypersonix has been awarded a U.S. patent for technology used in the company’s SPARTAN scramjet design. U.S. Patent Number US11639700B2 protects, for close to 20 years, some key features of […]
Astra’s new launch add-on contract with Department of Defense
Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) announced today that it has been awarded a launch contract add-on for Rocket 4’s first test flight with the U.S. Department of Defense (the […]
DIU awards 1st contracts for prototyping hypersonic systems
As the Department of Defense (DoD) pursues joint research and development on hypersonic defense programs, the Department’s ability to test those systems is critical. Currently, testing is limited to land- […]
Hypersonix to partner with launch provider Rocket Lab for initial hypersonic test vehicle launch
Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU’s) hypersonic and high-cadence testing capabilities (HyCAT) project and its mission partners are prototyping a suite of modern, low-cost, high-cadence, dual-use airborne testing platforms (vehicles) that provide […]