The Department of Defense (DoD) is 16 months into its ambitious Replicator One initiative, with just eight months left to reach its 24-month goal. […]
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The Pentagon announced today that it is sunsetting its organization that developed, evaluated, recommended, and monitored generative AI capabilities across the Defense Department (DoD) – dubbed Task Force Lima – and is replacing it with a new AI Rapid Capabilities Cell (AI RCC). […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is seeking generative artificial intelligence technologies to help the military with planning processes, according to an Aug. 23 solicitation to industry. […]
The U.S. Navy and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) are making waves in maritime technology with their latest venture into small unmanned surface vehicles (sUSVs), partnering with a mix of mid-size, non-traditional, and venture-backed companies to fast-track these advanced vessels from concept to capability. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Inspector General (IG) has set its sights on the department’s high-stakes Replicator initiative as the subject of its next review. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has revealed how it will be spending the $938 million Congress allocated it at the end of March for fiscal year (FY) 2024. […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has tapped Maj. Gen. Steven Butow to serve as its military deputy, effective June 1. […]
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) have solidified their collaboration to further accelerate the rapid adoption of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) at the Defense Department (DoD). […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) launched the first solicitation under its new emerging technology portfolio on May 9, focusing the first lines of effort on quantum sensing tech and hypersonics. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced today that it secured $500 million for the first tranche of capabilities in its ‘Replicator’ initiative. […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have announced a new collaboration between the two organizations that aims to embrace innovative technologies for bolstering national security. […]
The Pentagon is on track to meet 2025 deadlines for the first iteration of its Replicator Initiative that aims to accelerate the delivery of innovative capabilities at speed and scale to warfighters, a senior official at the Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) said on Jan. 24. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) innovation arm has been working hard and fast since 2015 to leverage emerging commercial technologies to better enable warfighters, but the lead of the unit said today that the defense organization is not yet where it needs to be to successfully deter a potential conflict with China. […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) – which operates within the Department of Defense (DoD) to accelerate the military’s adoption of leading commercial technologies – is looking to industry for space-based solutions that can supply and augment communications capabilities. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) expects to go public later this month with the first of a series of solicitations to the private sector for help with the Defense Department’s (DoD) Replicator initiative that aims to quickly roll out thousands of inexpensive autonomous systems to counter China’s military mass. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is teaming up with the U.S. Space Force in a newly issued solicitation focused on creating a “tactically responsive” space system prototype that can be deployed and utilized within 24-hour notice. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for industry help to improve its polygraph-related credibly assessment (CA) capabilities through a new solicitation that asks for solution upgrades. […]
The process of fixing the Defense Department’s (DoD) innovation adoption problem needs to begin at the congressional level, former defense officials and industry executives said this week at an Atlantic Council event. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced on April 4 that Doug Beck, a vice president at Apple, will serve as the new director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) awarded four contracts on Nov. 2 to help build the “internet of space” and connect ground communications systems with diverse satellite networks. […]
Two Defense Department (DoD) organizations are partnering to improve global weather sensing applications by contracting for industry development of ground, air, and space-based technologies, according to a press release from Oct. 26. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has appointed Mike Madsen to serve as acting director starting Sept. 2, when current DIU Director Mike Brown departs, a DIU spokesperson told MeriTalk. Madsen will remain as acting director until a permanent director is selected. […]
When the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) wanted to use artificial intelligence to help military doctors detect cancer, the agency turned to a frequent collaborator: Google Cloud. […]
What are the essential elements of innovation partnerships between government and the private sector to harness the technology that can tackle the toughest problems facing America? On July 21 – we’re going to find out. The countdown to MerITocracy 2022: American Innovation Forum is on. […]
A memorandum of understanding unveiled today between the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) will help speed the transition to GSA contract vehicles for Federal civilian agencies a range of technologies that have already been successfully prototyped by DIU. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) will undergo a change in leadership later this year, as DIU Director Michael Brown plans to retire when his current term ends September 2, a DoD spokesperson confirmed to MeriTalk. […]
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is testing and getting ready to deploy a new artificial intelligence matching application aimed at finding talented military personnel who can take on short-term assignments supporting a variety of Defense Department (DoD) projects. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is seeking technical, analytical, and training solutions to address key digital fingerprint security gaps which can allow adversaries to gain access to sensitive DoD information. […]
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) published a comprehensive framework on responsible usage of artificial intelligence (AI) to help Federal officials and contractors align technology and AI programs with the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Ethical Principles for AI. […]
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is looking for commercial solutions to counter Global Positioning System (GPS) spoofing of DoD’s global navigation satellite system (GNSS) by nation-state adversaries, according to a request for solutions DIU posted. […]