Now launching - the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) & NSIN - National Security Innovation Network Present: Blue UAS Refresh Challenge. Companies with unmanned aerial systems (#UAS) technologies may submit their platforms, components, capabilities, or software for the potential to be included on the Blue UAS or Blue UAS Framework list. Finalists will have the opportunity to take part in a demonstration event at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), in 29 Palms, California. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eyUxgqGk
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
Armed Forces
Mountain View, California 74,471 followers
Accelerating commercial technology for national security.
About us
ACCELERATING COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY We're a fast-moving Department of Defense organization that contracts with commercial companies to solve national security problems. Like or retweet does not mean endorsement.
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https://www.diu.mil
External link for Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
- Industry
- Armed Forces
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, California
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 2015
- Specialties
- Innovation, Problem Solving, Partnership, Problem Solving, Creativity, Entreprenuership, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Autonomy, Human Systems, IT, Space, Defense, and Energy
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Employees at Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
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Scott Sumner
Defense Innovation Unit | AI/ML | A.T. Kearney
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Lara Azzam
Defense Innovation Unit, Energy Sector
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Jeff Klugman
Portfolio Director - Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning at Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)
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Mike Callahan
Sr. Energy Advisor and Energy Program Manager at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Island Energy Initiatives Leader at the National Renewable…
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Job alert! The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Innovation Unit seeks a public affairs strategist to serve as its Director, Strategic Communications. This person will be the subject matter expert for strategic communication strategies and engagement plans for the organization within the federal government and United States Department of Defense, and with external stakeholders. DIU is focused exclusively on accelerating the adoption of commercial technology to transform military capability and capacity, while growing the national security innovation base. Applications are open now though August 5. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/guwYRHMq
Public Affairs Specialist (Director, Strategic Communications)
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Job alert! The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD (R&E)) is seeking candidates for the position of Director, Security (Supervisory). Applications are open now through August 5. Typical work assignments may include: - Developing, implementing, and maintaining security programs that enhance physical protection and safeguard sensitive or classified information - Assessing the reliability, loyalty, suitability, and trustworthiness of individuals with access to sensitive or classified resources. - Providing well-informed recommendations to upper management on complex and sensitive security issues. Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gCKwbCWj
Director, Security (Supervisory)
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#ContractingOfficers, There’s still time to apply! One week to be exact! To keep pace with #commercial product cycles and adopt commercial procurement best practices, the Defense Acquisition University and Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) joined forces to develop and implement the Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program (#ICAP). Under #ICAP, United States Department of Defense acquisition personnel will work on Service-aligned projects, alongside a DIU #contracting officer and project team as well as commercial solution providers on a variety of projects. Participants will also take virtual classes on Other Transactional (#OT) authorities through DAU’s OT Credentials Program. Don’t wait — apply today! Click the link below to learn more and apply. Applications will be accepted until August 7! https://www.diu.mil/icap
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It was an honor to host General Eric M. Smith, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, at our Mountain View office last Thursday. The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Unit team was proud to update General Smith on how we are addressing critical operational capability gaps for the USMC through commercial technology demonstrations. These demonstrations highlighted several key projects, including the Autonomous Amphibious Response Vehicle (A2RV), Analysis, Research, Collection, Heuristics, & Engagement Resource (ARCHER), Blue UAS, Integrated Communications, and Hybrid Space Architecture. Thank you, General Smith, for visiting us in Silicon Valley! Ooh-rah! #innovation #commercial #technology #nationaldefense
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Scalability is one of the guiding principles of DIU 3.0 and the mission to deliver outsized strategic impact and technology innovation across the United States Department of Defense. “Our efforts are about taking innovation and connecting it with scale so we can get to impact,” said Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Director Doug Beck, speaking during the recent The Aspen Institute National Security Forum. Efforts to enable scaling includes DIU staffing embeds across the combatant commands, engaging across the DoD with the engines of scale, and with a diverse cadre of companies within the commercial technology sector, here in the U.S. and abroad The discussion, “Start-ups to the Rescue: The Next-gen Industrial Base,” highlighted some of the opportunities and continued challenges working with the DoD. Great to see a growing group of DIU portfolio companies and other startups working in this area that attended this event! Vannevar Labs TurbineOne Forterra Anduril Industries Gecko Robotics Govini Pyron. Watch the entire conversations here: https://lnkd.in/e3JDhvRF
Start Ups to the Rescue: The Next Gen Industrial Base
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Applications for the next #ICAP cycle close on August 7. Apply now! Under this competitive program, #DoD acquisition personnel will work on Service-aligned projects, alongside a DIU contracting officer and project team as well as commercial solution providers on a variety of projects. ICAP participants will also take virtual classes on Other Transaction (OT) authorities through Defense Acquisition University’s Credentials Program.
Are you an acquisition professional who’s ready to harness commercial technology innovation? The DoD’s Immersive Commercial Acquisition Program is looking for new applicants. The fellowship will teach participants how to be change agents in the use of flexible acquisition methods, complementing the DoD's more traditional defense acquisition pathways with disruptive tech-sector innovation with focus, speed and scale.
Immersive Program Arms DOD, Builds Acquisition Professionals' Innovation Skills
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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for IE and Leidos held a ribbon-cutting to introduce “Service Base Charging” for DIU’s Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) project that was prototyped at Dover Air Force Base. Service Base Charging integrates physical and digital infrastructure to enable cost effective, efficient, resilient power and service delivery systems. Base and facility personnel driving government and private EVs can now charge up and use charge cards to transact at point-of-sale on base. This effort was initiated in August 2023 to deploy 32 Level 2 chargers (64 ports), 1 Level 3 charger (2 ports) and one 500 kW Battery Energy Storage System that can now transition at bases around the country. Additional exciting project updates coming soon. #energy #ElectricVehiclePower
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The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has up to twenty unpaid, part-time volunteer student intern positions for the 2024-2025 Academic Year. These internships provide invaluable experience as fully integrated members of the DIU team, assisting with operational support, engagement, and research and writing in support of the United States Department of Defense-wide policy and strategy on accelerating commercial innovation. Internships will be primarily remote in Mountain View, CA or Arlington, VA (Pentagon) and will be 10-20 hours per week between October 2024 and May 2025 (minimum of 10 weeks). Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/exBz4eYg #internship #defense #defensetech
Volunteer Student Internships - Academic Year 2024-2025 - Defense Innovation Unit - Career Page
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Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), along with partners with Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., Auterion Government Solutions, AX ENTERPRIZE, LLC, Skydio, and Somewear Labs, recently conducted flight operations while enabling critical data sharing via a multi-network device. The three-day event was held at a 300-acre NY UAS Test Site test site, and demonstrates the future of airspace management for drones to securely operate anywhere in the world. The flights evaluated the integration of select Blue Unmanned Aerial System (#UAS) platforms with the Collaborative Low-Altitude UAS Integration Effort (CLUE) Uncrewed Traffic Management (UTM) system. This system, developed by AFRL, provides a way to enable the safe, secure, and efficient operations of UAS within the national airspace system through testing on this FAA-designated UAS test site. "As the usage of small UAS aiding warfighting functions continues to expand, it is becoming increasingly important to confidently distinguish between trusted UAS for DoD missions and UAS in our airspace," said David Michelson, Autonomy Portfolio Director at DIU. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eqVwGebk
Successful Flight Ops Conducted Between UTM System, Blue UAS Platforms
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