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Space

DoD Innovation Unit Funding Small Imaging Satellites

By Marc Selinger

Friday, June 23rd, 2017

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The first space project of the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) involves funding commercial small satellites that are designed to collect synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, according to a DIUx official.“When we started, there were zero U.S. commercial providers of SAR,” said Air Force Col. Steven Butow, West Coast military lead for DIUx. “We’re launching a capability to look at patterns of life, one of those things that could serve as peacetime, early indications and warnings of things that…

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