Defense Innovation Unit

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) organization founded to help the U.S. military make faster use of emerging commercial technologies. Launched in 2015, the organization has been called "the Pentagon's Innovation Experiment". DIU is staffed by civilian and both active duty and reserve military personnel. The organization is headquartered in Mountain View, California — Silicon Valley — with offices in Austin, Boston, Chicago, and the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C.

Defense Innovation Unit
Agency overview
FormedAugust 2015
Agency executive
  • Doug Beck, Director
Parent departmentSecretary of Defense
Websitediu.mil
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