DIU launches $2M prize competition for 'ready-now' autonomous spectrum management

DIU launches $2M prize competition for 'ready-now' autonomous spectrum management

The Defense Innovation Unit is launching a $2 million prize competition in search of software that can automatically coordinate, approve and deconflict radio spectrum use between federal agencies and interagency components, DIU announced today. The rapid expansion of uncrewed systems and multiband radios is crowding the electromagnetic spectrum to a degree where current spectrum management processes cannot keep up, requiring the U.S. government …