Quantum sensors hold promise to serve as the core for new systems for positioning, timing and navigation (PNT) that could provide an alternative, or even replace, today's Global Positioning System satellites.
In this exclusive op-ed, Rep. Ken Calvert, the head of the House Appropriations defense subcommittee, calls for bolstering defense innovation in Congress.
Though there’s a change of command, DIU will maintain involvement with the DCMA to “inform and align vendors on evolving Blue List expectations."
Gen. Dan Caine called for greater collaboration between the Pentagon and industry — building on the Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit — to speed up new technology, especially for globally integrated command and control.
“Today, warfighters lack the unmanned systems needed to train for combat and prevail if called upon to use them,” DIU director Doug Beck said.
Muon Space CEO Jonny Dyer told Breaking Defense that while the five-year-old startup is working in both the civil and defense sectors, the growth trend is on the defense side.
Cybersecurity skills must evolve in near-real time as Zero Day threats continue and AI provides new challenges.
“We anticipate that hundreds of companies will apply for verification,” a DIU spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
The “Digital OnRamp” will use Large Language Models to recommend which companies’ technologies might meet a given DoD organization’s needs.
HSA is aimed at creating a "hack-proof" internet in space comprising commercial and government SATCOM birds to underpin the Defense Department's Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control concept to link sensors and shooters in real time.
The LCD systems will “help to minimize risk to friendly forces, civilians, and infrastructure in the homeland and abroad,” DIU said in the release.
Blending superior optics, advanced stabilization and AI-powered autonomy in a compact and rugged system, ASELFLIR 600 delivers unmatched intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
The war in Ukraine, especially the lightning-fast EW struggle, has shown the value of subscription-style services for communications, L3Harris’s president of communication systems told reporters.
“Projecting power abroad demands ensuring power at home and this program aims to deliver that,” said DIU’s Andrew Higier.
Chip Walter argues in this op-ed that more funding should be given directly to the combatant commands via the Defense Innovation Unit Fielding line.
“We are excited about the non-traditional companies who are providing low-cost, adaptable, long-range, UAS platforms with the potential to maximize operational flexibility for the Joint force,” said DIU’s Trent Emeneker.