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DIU Sees Opportunities to Help DoD with Responsive Launch, LEO Networks

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, August 23rd, 2019

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DIU Sees Opportunities to Help DoD with Responsive Launch, LEO Networks

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is set on improving military access to space with commercial contracts, with a focus on responsive launch capabilities and contributing to a department-wide effort to build a mesh network of sensors in Low-Earth Orbit. Four years after its inception, DIU has lost the “X” once positioned at the end of its name for “experimental” and pushed forward with a mission to accelerate the Defense Department’s adoption of commercial technology through rapid…

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