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DoD Innovation Unit Would Pilot Test And Evaluation Activities Under HASC Proposal

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DoD Innovation Unit Would Pilot Test And Evaluation Activities Under HASC Proposal
Two Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels and the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) operate in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 8, 2022 as part of the International Maritime Security Construct’s Sentinel Shield exercise. (Photo: U.S. Navy, by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jeremy R. Boan)

House defense authorizers are recommending a new pilot effort for the Defense Department’s innovation arm to enable faster testing and evaluation of commercial technologies that could meet warfighters’ needs. Currently, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) funds promising systems and technologies from commercial vendors working in partnership with other DoD organizations to rapidly prototype and field new capabilities. The recommendation by the House Armed Services (HASC) Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technology, and Innovation would create an “alternative testing and evaluation pathway…

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