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Rocket Lab Launches HASTE Vehicle With MDA And DIU Payloads

Rich Abott — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:12:01 +0000

Rocket Lab [RKLB] on Tuesday announced the successful launch of a suborbital mission using its HASTE launch vehicle with missile defense technology payloads operating for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) […]

DIU Seeks Demonstrable Long-Range High-Capacity Payload UUVs

Rich Abott — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:30:10 +0000

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Thursday launched a new Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) initiative to find more uncrewed vessels that can demonstrably hold high-capacity payloads for extended ranges for […]

Siemens Energy Selected For DIU LOC-NESS Naval Energy Project

Rich Abott — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:36:31 +0000

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), working with Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships, selected Siemens Energy to develop a prototype maritime energy storage system to be installed on a Navy platform. […]

DIU Awarded Three Prototype Contracts For Uncrewed Ops

Rich Abott — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:12:17 +0000

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) this week announced that earlier this year it awarded three contracts for vendors to build a database that allows unmanned systems to operate in disconnected […]

DIU Seeks Commercial Solutions For Navy’s Improved Energy Resilience

Rich Abott — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:19:32 +0000

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday issued a solicitation seeking large-scale commercial solutions to provide the Navy with improved energy resilience with a better cost structure. The notice said […]

Five U.S.-Made sUAS Cleared by DIU for Government Use

Brian Garrett-Glaser — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:20:23 +0000

With Congress poised to ban all U.S. government purchasing of Chinese drones and components, the Department of Defense is leveraging its small UAS prototyping efforts with industry to offer trusted […]