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Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Welcomes Michael Brown as its New Managing Director

September 24, 2018

Michael Brown spent two decades running companies in Silicon Valley, eventually rising to CEO of Symantec, one of the largest software companies in the world, with annual revenues of $4 billion and more than 10,000 employees. On Sept. 24, he starts a new job as the next leader of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit

How the Pentagon Joins Forces with Silicon Valley Startups

PBS News Hour

August 15, 2018

The U.S. military has been closely connected with Silicon Valley since it "started-up" in the 1960s. More recently, the Defense Department has set up an innovation base of sorts, DIU, to get closer to the new technology companies they need to help with strategic and tactical needs.

The U.S. Air Force Learned to Code — and Saved the Pentagon Millions

Fast Company

July 05, 2018

In partnership with Pivotal Labs, a DIUx pilot program is out to remake how the Pentagon acquires weapons systems.

Army Leverages Machine Learning to Predict Component Failure

Defense Systems

July 02, 2018

Through an award facilitated by DIUx, the Army will be working with Uptake, a company that provides artificial intelligence solutions for industrial sector clients, to predict component failures, decrease the frequency of unscheduled maintenance and improve the productivity of repair operations.

DIUx xView 2018 Detection Challenge

February 21, 2018

DIUx and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) are releasing a new satellite imagery dataset to advance key frontiers in computer vision and develop new solutions for national security and disaster response.