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Amazon Chief Bezos, Celebrity Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson Join Defense Innovation Board

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

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Amazon Chief Bezos, Celebrity Scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson Join Defense Innovation Board

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. visits with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/Goddard/Rebecca Roth

BOSTON – The Defense Department has assembled a powerhouse cadre of science and technology thinkers and entrepreneurs to serve as an advisory body on how to harness commercial innovation for military advantage. Along with the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter created the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) to guide his initiative to create a close and cooperative relationship between the military and private tech firms.At a launch event for a DIUx headquarters in Boston, Carter also announced 10 additions…

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