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

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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