L3Harris Technologies demonstrated the capacity of a phased array antenna prototype to support the U.S. Space Force’s Satellite Communications Network during a recent exercise at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado.
Read More »Errol Farr Named Government Business Development VP at Auterion
Errol Farr, former senior director of strategy and business development at AeroVironment, has joined Auterion to serve as the drone software company's vice president for government business development. Farr will oversee business development activities related to Auterion's offerings to security and defense customers, the company said Wednesday.
Read More »Eric Frahm: DIU, USAF Aim to Overcome Pilot Training Limitations With Commercial Tech
Eric Frahm, a program manager at the Defense Innovation Unit, has said modern technology could help the U.S. Air Force to address learning, data and scalability limitations in the service branch's Joint Immersive Training System, GCN reported Wednesday.
Read More »Immervision to Develop sUAS Wide-Angle Camera Under DIU Program
The Defense Innovation Unit has tapped Immervision to build a wide-angle computer vision camera for small unmanned aerial systems.
Read More »DIU Soliciting AI/ML Suite for Surface Hazard Detection
The Defense Innovation Unit is looking for a suite of sensors, artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for locating, detecting and determining hazardous objects, conditions or degradation on surfaces.
Read More »Vertosoft & DataRobot Win OTA to Advance Federal Financial Transactions; Chet Hayes Quoted
Vertosoft and DataRobot have been awarded an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to support the Army’s Office of Financial Operations and Information and the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s (OSD) Comptroller to resolve financial and accounting errors without human intervention. DataRobot will integrate its enterprise AI platform with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software to categorize unmatched transactions.
Read More »Enlitic to Help VA, DHA Test AI-Based Medical Imaging Platform
Enlitic has secured an other transactional award from the Defense Innovation Unit to deploy an AI-based diagnostic imaging technology for a pilot program that will take place at multiple treatment centers run by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Health Agency.
Read More »Lisa Porter, Former DoD R&E Deputy Undersecretary, Rejoins Riverside Research Board of Trustees
Dr. Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense, has returned to the Riverside Research board of trustees, the company reported on Monday. Porter has nearly 25 years of experience in the defense and technology industries and is currently the co-president and co-founder of LogiQ.
Read More »Defense Innovation Unit Taps LookingGlass for Data Analytics Prototyping
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has secured a prototyping contract from the Department of Defense's innovation arm to develop an analytics technology intended to help users examine cybersecurity threat data.
Read More »Analyst1 to Help DoD’s Innovation Org Develop Cyber Threat Intell Platform
Analyst1 has been selected help the Defense Innovation Unit transform cybersecurity operations through the development of an enterprise-grade technology that will work to automatically process threat intelligence data.
Read More »DIU Seeks Rideshare Launch Services for Lightweight LEO Spacecraft
The Department of Defense is looking for commercially available launch services to help send lightweight payloads to low-Earth orbit.
Read More »LogicHub to Develop Cybersecurity Automation Tech for Air Force
The Defense Innovation Unit has selected LogicHub to develop a machine learning-based technology to automate detection of and response to cybersecurity threats within the Air Force Network.
Read More »Three Companies Awarded DIU Unmanned Orbital Outpost Study Contracts
The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded contracts to three companies to study concepts for small, unmanned space stations in low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews reported Sunday.
Read More »Sierra Nevada Gets DIU Contract to Design Autonomous Space Outpost
The Defense Innovation Unit has awarded Sierra Nevada Corp. a contract to create an unmanned orbital outpost prototype based on the company's space transport vehicle design. SNC said Tuesday it will repurpose the 16-foot Shooting Star hardware that was originally designed to function as a Dream Chaser spaceplane attachment under NASA’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 program.
Read More »DIU Issues Solicitation for AI-Based sUAS Tech Prototyping Effort
The Department of Defense’s innovation arm is looking for artificial intelligence technologies and concepts that can support autonomous maneuver and navigation functionalities for small unmanned aerial systems.
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