DIU Expands Vendor Pool for ‘Hybrid Space Architecture’ Program Written 14 May 2025
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Illustration of the DSCS III satellite. | Credit: US Air Force; Wikipedia; Public Domain
Breaking Defense reports, “The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added 13 more companies to its pool of contractors developing an ambitious multi-agency effort to create a multi-orbit, public-private satellite communications (SATCOM) network largely impervious to jamming — with the goal of launching a pilot in 2026. The move, announced Monday by DIU, brings the total number of companies, ranging from software startups to big defense primes, participating in the ‘Hybrid Space Architecture’ program to 25.”
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