Defense Innovation Unit

Overland AI Awarded $18.6 Million-ceiling Prototype OT to Develop Autonomous Navigation for U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicles

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Environment, DIU, Palantir Technologies, Risk, Artificial intelligence, Sand, Overdrive, GPS, Transport, Software, Defense Innovation Unit, Human, Robotics, Argo AI, RCV, Ice, RTX, SpaceX, Palmer Luckey, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, DARPA, Army, Medical device

The 24-month award calls for Overland AI to join the Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways (GVAP) program to develop a prototype autonomy stack for the U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV).

Key Points: 
  • The 24-month award calls for Overland AI to join the Ground Vehicle Autonomous Pathways (GVAP) program to develop a prototype autonomy stack for the U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle (RCV).
  • Experts from the U.S. Army and DIU selected Overland AI, along with Anduril Industries and Palantir Technologies, to begin prototyping for the Robotic Combat Vehicle’s Software Pathways line of effort.
  • While the other contractors will focus on developing systems integration software, Overland AI will adapt its proven OverDrive solution to prototype autonomous vehicles capable of traversing complex terrain in contested areas without GPS support.
  • Overland AI delivers state-of-the-art robotics and autonomous vehicle solutions for any terrain and any conditions.

SpaceBilt and Phison Skyrocket to International Space Station in 2025

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Monday, April 8, 2024
Aerospace, Hardware, Manufacturing, Data Management, Technology, Radiation, SOC, SSD, Risk, X1, CASIS, International Space Station, Moon, Space Symposium, Linux, Defense Innovation Unit, ISS, Solid-state drive, NVIDIA, ISS National Lab, Integrated circuit, Engineering, Liss, Video game

SpaceBilt Inc., today announced it has partnered with Phison to fly the Large in Space Server (LiSS), the world’s first 100 terabyte plus data storage and edge compute center to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025.

Key Points: 
  • SpaceBilt Inc., today announced it has partnered with Phison to fly the Large in Space Server (LiSS), the world’s first 100 terabyte plus data storage and edge compute center to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2025.
  • SpaceBilt and partner Novium will provide demonstrations of a mockup space station at the Space Symposium from April 8 - 11, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Phison is supplying the technical expertise to enable SpaceBilt to access engineering data associated with the performance of the X1 SSD drives in the radiation and vacuum environment of space.
  • Phison’s upcoming SpaceBilt flight to the International Space Station marks a return to space for the company.

AgEagle Aerial Systems Announces Letter to Shareholders From Grant Begley

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Sale, DOD, Privately held company, Artificial intelligence, Research, Environmental monitoring, Education, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Interim, DOE, Defense Innovation Unit, Security, Federal Aviation Administration, Military, Government, Farmer, CFO, AUVSI, Surveying, Geographic information system, Forestry, UT–Battelle, Management

WICHITA (Kan.), March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS) a leading provider of best-in-class full stack drone, sensors and software solutions for customers worldwide in the commercial and government verticals, today announced a letter to shareholders from Chairman Grant Begley.

Key Points: 
  • WICHITA (Kan.), March 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (NYSE: UAVS) a leading provider of best-in-class full stack drone, sensors and software solutions for customers worldwide in the commercial and government verticals, today announced a letter to shareholders from Chairman Grant Begley.
  • Those heritage drones provided agricultural support, ultimately proving to be foundational to the company name AgEagle.
  • Today, AgEagle is proud to offer best-in-class products; eBee X, eBee TAC, and newly available eBee VISION.
  • Your AgEagle of today is now providing, Worldwide, the proprietary line of eBee-branded high performance, fixed-wing drones for professional use.

Joby Widens USAF Partnership, Will Deliver Two eVTOL Aircraft to MacDill AFB

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
EV, Electric Vehicles, Contracts, Alternative Vehicles, Fuels, Technology, Drones, Automotive, Defense, Air, Transport, Other Technology, Aerospace, Military, Manufacturing, MacDill Air Force Base, Aircraft, United States Central Command, Agility, Learning, Noise, Partnership, JoeBen Bevirt, Aviation, Acquisition, Defense Innovation Unit, United States Air Force, USAF, Joby Aviation, Air Mobility Command, Multimedia, Federal Aviation Administration, Government, Army, Airline

Personnel will test and train with the aircraft based at MacDill AFB, on base and in the surrounding area.

Key Points: 
  • Personnel will test and train with the aircraft based at MacDill AFB, on base and in the surrounding area.
  • Joby delivered its first aircraft to Edwards Air Force Base in California in September 2023, with a second aircraft expected to be placed on the base this year.
  • In 2020, Joby became the first eVTOL developer to receive military airworthiness approval for its pre-production prototype aircraft.
  • Joby will continue to train USAF pilots and maintainers, and other government partners, on this new category of electric aircraft.

U.S. Department of Defense Selects Allonnia to Remediate PFAS

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Environment, Technology, Chemicals, Plastics, Other Technology, Military, Manufacturing, Green Technology, Government Technology, Recycling, Defense, EPOC, AFFF, SAFF, Biotechnology, PFAS, Biophysical environment, Partnership, Research, Metal, Groundwater, Defense Innovation Unit, EPA, CO2, Plastic, Water, Soil, Mining, Environmental remediation

The project is an effort to deploy EPOC Enviro’s SAFF units at a DoD military installation in Pennsylvania and remediate PFAS in impacted water sources.

Key Points: 
  • The project is an effort to deploy EPOC Enviro’s SAFF units at a DoD military installation in Pennsylvania and remediate PFAS in impacted water sources.
  • This project will use SAFF to treat PFAS-impacted groundwater and generate small volumes of PFAS concentrate, which will then be used for the demonstration of multiple destruction technologies.
  • This project will evaluate the extent to which SAFF is a cost-effective, commercial, off-the-shelf treatment system for PFAS-impacted water relative to alternative technologies.
  • Since 2011, ESTCP has funded hundreds of research and demonstration projects to address this issue and develop potential commercial treatment solutions.

Skydio Begins Delivery of X10D Small UAS to Defense Customers; Debuts Dynamic Channel Switching

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Technology, Other Defense, Drones, Software, Hardware, Robotics, Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, Defense, Allied Nations, X10, Autonomous system, Teledyne Technologies, ISR, Interoperability, IOP, Government, National security, Communication, Defense Innovation Unit, Artificial intelligence

Skydio also announced dynamic channel switching to monitor signal interference and move to a clearer channel to improve wireless transmission signal quality during flight, ensuring troops maintain communication with the drone to accomplish their mission.

Key Points: 
  • Skydio also announced dynamic channel switching to monitor signal interference and move to a clearer channel to improve wireless transmission signal quality during flight, ensuring troops maintain communication with the drone to accomplish their mission.
  • Skydio also plans to offer dynamic channel switching soon to customers already using the X10.
  • “The arrival of X10D to customers is truly a milestone moment for Skydio and the allied defense and government community,” said Mark Valentine, President of Global Government at Skydio.
  • To learn more about the future of defense technology with Skydio X10D, please visit: skydio.com/x10d

Muon Space Establishes Communications, Confirms Health of Weather Satellite

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Soil, Atmosphere, Satellite, Weather, Climate, NASA, Biophysical environment, DIU, Environmental monitoring, Vital signs, Vandenberg Space Force Base, Defense Innovation Unit, GPS, SpaceX, RF, COSMIC, CYGNSS, LEO, Partnership, Communications satellite

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Muon Space, an end-to-end Space Systems Provider revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, proudly announces the successful deployment and operational status of its second ESPA-class satellite, MuSat2. Launched aboard SpaceX's Transporter-10 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on March 4, MuSat2 is equipped with advanced software-defined radio frequency instrumentation to gather new insights for DoD weather programs.

Key Points: 
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Muon Space , an end-to-end Space Systems Provider revolutionizing the way Earth is monitored from space, proudly announces the successful deployment and operational status of its second ESPA-class satellite, MuSat2.
  • "Muon Space's investment in cutting-edge, software-defined technologies, as demonstrated in MuSat2's RF payload, underscores our commitment to enabling rapid deployment of new space sensing capabilities for our customers," said Pascal Stang, CTO of Muon Space.
  • "Muon Space is leading a revolution in applying the power of LEO satellite constellations to the most urgent problems facing the planet."
  • AFLCMC's Weather Systems Branch then awarded Muon Space an option to their contract in July 2023.

WindBorne Systems Breaks World Record for Most Accurate Global Weather Forecasts with New AI Forecast Offering, “WeatherMesh”

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Software, Research, Professional Services, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Data Analytics, Satellite, Science, Engineering, Climate Change, Other Science, Manufacturing, WMO, ECMWF, NCAR, Cyclone, Architecture, NOAA, Pear VC, ENS, NWP, AI, Air force, Weather, Intelligence, Multimedia, Pressure, Temperature, Forecasting, Aviation, Transport, DIU, The Air Force (album), Government, Public sector, Radiation, Travel, Risk, Carbon, Wind, Khosla Ventures, Climate change, Safety, Observation, Defense Innovation Unit, Atmospheric Research, Footwork, Pacific Ocean, Humidity, Office, Uncertainty, Insurance, Machine learning, Agriculture, Movement, Deep learning, Accuracy and precision, Video game

The new weather model now generates the most accurate global weather forecasts through innovative deep learning and data techniques.

Key Points: 
  • The new weather model now generates the most accurate global weather forecasts through innovative deep learning and data techniques.
  • The model also surpassed the gold-standard for traditional physics-based weather modeling, known as numerical weather prediction (NWP), held by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF)’s medium-range model (ENS).
  • As extreme weather becomes more frequent and severe in the wake of climate change, demand for more accurate forecasts is growing.
  • WindBorne is revolutionizing end-to-end weather intelligence by fusing the power of essential, proprietary data with unprecedentedly accurate, operation-ready forecasts.

DATAcc by DiMe Launches Digital Strategy for Standardized Measurement of Physical Activity

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Analog Devices, Bangladesh Technical Education Board, Digital health, Merck, National Institutes of Health, Exercise, Health, Defense Innovation Unit, COPD, Patient, Dime, Research, Partnership, Medical imaging

BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community (DATAcc) by the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) released a core set of digital measures for physical activity, providing a roadmap for leveraging digital tools to measure the '6th vital sign.' Researchers and healthcare professionals can now better assess and address the impact of exercise on an individual's well-being. The measures were developed in partnership with industry leaders following a cross-disciplinary, evidence-based research project. New resources – including ontologies, a decision tool, and illustrative scenarios – provide specific support to clinical researchers, healthcare providers and decision-makers, and digital health technology developers to effectively implement these new core measures.

Key Points: 
  • Core measures and other resources are now available to support an industry standard for digitally measured physical activity, increasingly recognized as the '6th vital sign'
    BOSTON, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Digital Health Measurement Collaborative Community ( DATAcc ) by the Digital Medicine Society ( DiMe ) released a core set of digital measures for physical activity , providing a roadmap for leveraging digital tools to measure the '6th vital sign.'
  • The importance of physical activity to health has long been recognized, and technology exists today to seamlessly measure it in the broad population.
  • "This new core set of digital measures for physical activity will advance the industry by reducing duplicative efforts and speeding the path to discoveries that will benefit the patients we aim to serve," said Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of DiMe.
  • Building off this momentum and extending its portfolio of digital measures work , DATAcc is now convening a project team to build the business case for digital endpoints.

Aalyria, U.S. Gov’t, ESA & Others Conduct Demonstration of Technology That Enables Hybrid Space Architecture and CJADC2 Capabilities

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Monday, February 12, 2024
Defense, Technology, Other Defense, Contracts, Software, Atmosphere, Motion, Multimedia, Spacetime, API, Eutelsat, XVIII Airborne Corps, Government, SATCOM, Australian Space Agency, NRL, Viasat, HSA, Defense Innovation Unit, Exercise, Department of Defence, Orbit, Unitary state, Intelsat, NTN, ESA, European Space Agency, Partnership, Communications satellite

The U.S. Government and Aalyria recently conducted the first demonstration of a key technology that enables two long-sought capabilities for civilian and defense purposes: Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) and Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) concept.

Key Points: 
  • The U.S. Government and Aalyria recently conducted the first demonstration of a key technology that enables two long-sought capabilities for civilian and defense purposes: Hybrid Space Architecture (HSA) and Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) concept.
  • Realizing HSA and CJADC2 enables secure, resilient, and low-latency data communications networks anywhere on the globe.
  • “For the first time ever, Hybrid Space Architecture and CJADC2 capabilities have been demonstrated in all domains and orbits.
  • Spacetime’s innovative digital twin technology enables it to look ahead in time and space to determine future motion, potential obstructions, data requirements, and more.