Meeting U.S. Technology and Innovation Where It Thrives
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is committed to building a robust commercial technology network across the United States. We know that cutting-edge technology can come from any part of the country. We are connecting the country’s key defense innovation ecosystems to the Department of Defense (DoD). Our regional outreach engages stakeholders to ensure that we can speed and scale early-to late-stage technologies and supporting talent for the DoD.
DIU is strategically embedded across the country, with team members distributed in the Northwest, Pacific, Southwest, Rocky Mountain, Midwest, Southeast, National Capital, and Northeast regions. This collective emphasis enables us to execute our broader regional outreach strategy and connect the Services with the many innovative companies, labs, bases, accelerators, academic partners, and investors across America.
For more information about our regional operations, contact info@diu.mil
Defense Innovation OnRamp Hubs
The Defense Innovation OnRamp Hubs play a vital role in the Defense Innovation Unit’s (DIU) nationwide effort to catalyze the defense technology ecosystem. By creating a more accessible and streamlined path for funders, founders, and talent - especially those focused on bringing commercial and dual-use technology - to engage with and onramp into the Department of Defense (DoD), OnRamp Hubs embody DIU's "open front door" to the private sector and academia and the mission partners who want to interact with them. Hub locations include:
Digital Resources
In addition to our regional staff and OnRamp hubs, DIU offers a digital resource guide designed to help commercial companies learn about how to work with the DOD. View the guide.