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Ukraine Using Technologies Developed Through Defense Innovation Unit

Ukraine Using Technologies Developed Through Defense Innovation Unit
A 5 Skydio X2D and a Shield AI Nova 2 drone are pictured in flight at Camp Roberts, Calif. during the first flight test in May of the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) Artificial Intelligence for Small Unit Maneuver (AISUM) project (Auterion Government Solutions, Inc. Photo)

Ukraine has benefited from commercial technologies developed for U.S. military and other federal government use through the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU)--technologies that include synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled batle damage assessment, according to Michael Brown, the director of DIU. Founded in 2015, the Silicon Valley-headquartered DIU aims to bring in start-ups and smaller companies to work with the Pentagon on six emerging technology areas--space, AI, autonomy, cyber, human systems, and energy. Brown has headed DIU since…

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