Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing all DOD components to embrace the Software Acquisition Pathway and use commercial solutions opening and Other Transaction agreements to speed up the procurement of digital tools for warfighters.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon's secretive X-37B orbital test vehicle is scheduled to launch for another mission next month, this time with a focus on demonstrating laser communications and a quantum inertial sensor.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon’s first tranche of systems for its secretive Replicator initiative includes counter-drone assets in addition to different-sized unmanned surface vessels and loitering munitions, DefenseScoop has learned.| DefenseScoop
Defense Innovation Unit Director Doug Beck made a multi-day trip to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s headquarters in Hawaii to discuss Replicator and other tech pursuits.| DefenseScoop
Doug Beck unveiled his strategic vision for DIU 3.0 in a 9-page plan.| DefenseScoop
Col. Glenn McCartan, the first-ever DIU embed within U.S. European Command, talked to DefenseScoop about the work he's been doing.| DefenseScoop
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is standing up a new program to approve advanced manufacturing companies in order to scale defense tech production.| DefenseScoop