DIU
Abstract
The DIU mission is to accelerate innovation to the warfighter by leveraging commercial technology innovations. The 2018 National Defense Strategy asserts that we have returned to an era of inter-state strategic competition with Russia and China, heightening the sense of urgency with which the nation, and Department of Defense (DoD) in particular, must reform our acquisition policies and approach to sustaining military-technical superiority. Adversaries are challenging the U.S. across several dimensions. Most importantly, adversaries are at par or ahead of the U.S. in critical technology areas. Consistent with the FY 2020 OMB/OSTP research and development budget priorities, this new era of competition requires technological superiority to ensure ability to project power, maintain international norms and rule of law, and to serve as a credible deterrence. Notably, the critical technologies that forge military-technical superiority are increasingly dual-use and rapidly developed by the commercial sector. The DIU program will find and provide access to leading-edge technology companies on behalf of DoD organizations. Additionally, DIU will execute projects to leverage commercial sector technology analogous to military application thereby increasing dual-use technology agility for the DoD. The U.S. DoD relies on innovation to maintain our nation's ability to deter, and if need be, prevail in conflict. The DIU increases the Department's access to leading-edge technologies and talent that reside in the commercial sector, with the ultimate goal of accelerating innovation into the hands of the warfighter. Working across the country, and in collaboration with allied international partners, DIU is developing new ways of doing business, growing our defense industrial base to include "non-traditional" companies that had previously not collaborated with the military, working with traditional vendors in novel ways to increase efficiency, and challenging innovators to share their knowledge and expertise in support of our nation's defense.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 434_0603342D8Z_3_0400_PB_2021
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