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2020-12-25 智邦网
编译 致远
据c4isr网12月24日报道
美国会提出，国防创新单元（DIU）2021财年研究发展经费预算比总统提出的预算增加2000多万美元。
为DIU共拨款6690万美元研究发展试验与鉴定（RDT&E）预算,以促进非传统承包商商业技术军用开发利用,这比DIU申请增加2750万美元。
DIU两个太空计划项目预算增加950万美元，一是多轨道平台项目，获得450万美元预算，“用于在轨服务、装配和后勤保障的太空运输和机器人平台”商业样机计划。
DIU小型战术成像卫星商业样机计划获得500万美元，用于为作战人员评估战术地理空间情报能力。
样机研发经费大幅增加。对“两用技术”样机经费预算增拨1500万美元，大幅增加了DIU经费预算，旨在从商业市场开发军用产品。
还为Gig Eagle人才管理试点计划增拨300万美元样机预算。
Space programs boost Defense Innovation Unit budget
WASHINGTON — Congress boosted the research and development budget of the Defense Innovation Unit by more than $20 million in its fiscal 2021 spending package sitting on the president’s desk.
Lawmakers allocated $66.9 million in research, development, test and evaluation funds for DIU, a Pentagon office that fields commercial technology from nontraditional contractors to department components. That amount is nearly $27.5 million more than DIU’s request, and a huge increase over its 2020 $46.6 million RDT&E budget.
Two space programs increased the DIU budget by $9.5 million, according to budget documents. The first increase was for DIU’s multi-orbit platform, which received a $4.5 million boost. The commercial prototype project looks at “in-space transportation and robotic platforms for on-orbit servicing, assembly and logistics,” said Mike Madsen, director of DIU strategic engagement, in a statement.
DIU also got a $5 million boost for its small tactical imagery satellites program, a commercial prototype project that’s assessing tactical geospatial intelligence capabilities for the war fighter, Madsen said.
The DIU budget increase was largely driven by a $15 million increase in prototype funds over the budget request for “dual-use technologies,” products adapted from the commercial market to solve military problems.
The office also received a $3 million increase in prototype funds for a talent management pilot program, called Gig Eagle.
“Gig Eagle is a new talent optimization app that will leverage commercial AI/ML technology to identify and engage the right talent in real-time,” Madsen said. “The initial rollout will unlock Reserve component talent for joint mission sets. We are currently working with a number of the services as potential partners.”
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