Defense Innovation Unit (@DIU

Defense Innovation Unit

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Defense Innovation Unit

@DIU_x

Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) accelerates commercial technology for national security. Retweet does not imply endorsement

United States

Joined August 2015

Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 11
Proud to partner with Navy RCO to proliferate containers across oceans and atolls. As @USNavyCNO says, “If it fits in a container, I want to fight it anywhere in the world.” We can neither confirm nor deny whether this includes sharks with lasers.
Breaking Defense
@BreakingDefense
Jul 10
DIU, Navy launch containerized payload competition breakingdefense.com/2026/07/diu-na…
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 10
DIU, alongside our cooperative agreement partner @ARI_Innovation (Applied Research Institute), is issuing a Request for Information to identify potential locations for Defense Innovation OnRamp Hubs. Proposals are open via Sam.gov until July 31, 2026. Learn more
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 9
Our Specular MIST Prize Challenge is open through July 22. Apply now: diu.mil/work-with-us/s…
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Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 8
Our Specular MIST Prize Challenge is now live. DIU, in collaboration with the Department of the Navy Rapid Capabilities Office (DONRCO) and Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, seeks to identify innovative, scalable, and cost-effective solutions to address modern maritime
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 7
Our Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) solicitation is now live. The math of modern warfare is changing, and our force design must change with it. For decades, the Joint Force has relied on low-density, high-value, “exquisite” (>$30M) manned and unmanned aircraft. In a high-end
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 3
American innovation hits different. From the lightbulb and GPS to the polio vaccine and flight, we have always been a nation of fast-moving disruptors. Eleven years ago, DIU was founded in that exact spirit: a rebellion against antiquated processes. We bridge the gap between
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Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 1
Space is a congested and contested operational environment, and the @DeptofWar is preparing to respond swiftly and dynamically to threats and other force protection needs on orbit. Last week, @RocketLab, DIU, and our partners at USSF Space Systems Command's (@USSF_SSC) Space
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 2
Correction: The first photo is of a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg SFB, not of the VICTUS HAZE Electron launch.
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 2
"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." - George Washington
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jul 2
Gauntlet 2 of the Drone Dominance Program is on the horizon. Following a grueling qualifier, we’ve invited 19 vendors to compete for 60,000 orders for small, lethal one-way attack UAS. Drones will compete in day and night operations across one or both mission areas: Long Range
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Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jun 30
As always, DIU stands ready to support our Army and Joint Force partners with a new unmanned way to fight. Our Autonomous Resupply Vehicle (ARV) effort is already underway, developing advanced uncrewed maritime solutions. Phase 1 down-selects are in progress as we speak.
Defense News
@defense_news
Jun 29
As the Army contends with a shortage of boats in the Pacific, it's looking at autonomous watercraft to fill the gaps. defensenews.com/news/your-mili…
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jun 26
Quantum Sensing advancements will arm the Joint Force with absolute precision. To our adversaries: We will see -- and understand -- everything on the battlefield. (diu.mil/work-with-us/o…)
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jun 23
Today, we're launching “Farseer,” a multi-phase initiative designed to transition mature quantum sensing and timing technologies directly to the Joint Force. Farseer seeks innovative commercial solutions to prototype and demonstrate advanced, quantum-enabled sensing and timing
Department of War Announces Initiative to Revolutionize ISR via Quantu
From war.gov
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jun 23
The Secretary of War led the ceremonial swearing in of DIU Director Owen West at the Hotel Del, the site of Susanne and Owen’s first ever formal: the 1994 USMC Ball, leading to unit probation for a year.
Defense Innovation Unit
@DIU_x
Jun 18
Drone Dominance Program Gauntlet Phase II qualifiers conclude this week at Camp Grayling, Michigan. This high-stakes test pits 49 companies and 79 unique unmanned aerial systems against rigorous mission scenarios, including long-range strikes and close-quarters tactical
Drone Dominance Program Receives First Order, Gauntlet II Gets Underwa
From war.gov