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Marine Innovation Unit expands its staff as it takes on more projects and moves toward full operational status.
National Security Innovation Capital is maturing as an investment fund with more hardware startups in its portfolio, and ambitious plans to expand its reach.
Contractors and investor offer suggestions for how to improve DoD acquisition but getting ideas implemented may not be easy.
The self-driving vehicle is now a reachable asset for travelers in major American cities, after a ton of researching and testing. The Army, however, has it own need for the autonomous vehicles.
The Pentagon wants to expand use of commercial products to speed up acquisition, but it wants more transparency in pricing.
A wearable device developed by DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit uses artificial intelligence to detect signs of COVID and other infections.
During this exclusive CISO Handbook webinar, moderator Justin Doubleday and guest Pat Gould, director of the Cyber and Telecommunications Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit will explore cyber and modernization initiatives at DIU. In addition, Matt Lembright, director of federal applications at Censys, will provide an industry perspective.
A list of suggestions from an Atlantic Council commission offers ways to improve DoD’s acquisition process.
The Pentagon changed the leadership structure of the Defense Innovation Unit as a new director takes over.
The small but potent Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has reached its stride, as it enters its eighth year in business. The DIU uses a technique known as "other transaction authority" to quickly get new technology prototypes built for military purposes.
Every organization talks about innovating and hiring innovators, but how to you find such people? Sabra Horne, an entrepreneur-in-residence at BMNT and former CISA innovation hub chief joined the Federal Drive to give her view.
The Defense Department is evaluating its own processes with an eye toward making it easier for small companies to provide innovative solutions.
Mike Madsen, the deputy director of Defense Innovation Unit, said his organization in 2021 published 26 solicitations for commercial solutions for which it received 1,100 proposals. The solicitations on average received 43 proposals each.
The civilian and Defense sides of the government have taken a big step together to move the Defense Department's innovative, nontraditional contractors to the mainstream of federal contracting.