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Beck: DIU ‘Not Taking on Projects Anymore Where There’s Not a Pathway to Scale’

Beck: DIU ‘Not Taking on Projects Anymore Where There’s Not a Pathway to Scale’
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks walks with Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) Director Doug Beck during a visit to DIU headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. on Dec. 12th last year (DoD Photo)

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has personnel at combatant commands and other forward locations to aid in fielding front-line equipment requests, DIU Director Doug Beck said last Friday. "The whole objective here is to focus where we must to solve the critical strategic problems by finding the operational capability gaps where technology can help leapfrog those to move ahead," Beck told the Ash Carter Exchange in Boston on Nov. 1. "The metric goes from the old world where it might…

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