May 11, 2016

SecDef Carter Unveils DIUX 2.0; Cans Current Leadership

Featuring: Ben FitzGerald, and Loren DeJonge Schulman

Journalists: Colin Clark, Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.

SILICON VALLEY: Defense Secretary Ash Carter changed the leadership today of his flagship office trying to improve relations with entrepreneurs and major companies here. At the same time, Carter reorganized the Defense Innovation Unit (Experimental) — DIU(X) — to link it directly to his office, largely bypassing the traditional Pentagon acquisition system.

In a prepared statement ahead of his speech, Carter said the new leadership would “move at the speed of business – we know how fast companies run here, and in other tech hubs around the country, and we expect DIUx 2.0 to run alongside them.”

 

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Authors

  • Ben FitzGerald

    Adjunct Senior Fellow, Defense Program

    Ben FitzGerald is a partner at Lupa, a private investment firm, and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). At Lupa he leads the firm’s inve...

  • Loren DeJonge Schulman

    Former Adjunct Senior Fellow

    Loren DeJonge Schulman is a Former Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Previously, she served as the Deputy Director of Studies and the Leo...