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Defense Innovation Unit No Longer an ‘Experiment’

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Defense Innovation Unit No Longer an ‘Experiment’
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visits Defense Innovation Unit Experimental at Moffett Field, Calif., to deliver remarks at DIUx May 11, 2016. (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz)

The Pentagon has dropped the “experimental” portion of its Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental, indicating that the technology hub is here to stay.“As a testament to [the department’s] commitment to the importance of its mission, effective immediately, DIUx will be redesignated as the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU),” said a memo released by the Defense Department Aug. 9.Established in 2015 under former Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, the unit was meant to help promote outreach between the department and Silicon Valley as well as…

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