DIB suggests Pentagon expand innovation arm into 'cross-service Sherpa'

By Theresa Maher / January 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Defense Innovation Unit could better improve the Defense Department's ability to connect with nontraditional and commercial vendors, enabling innovative capabilities for the warfighter at scale, if its current authorities and responsibilities were expanded to make it into a "cross-service Sherpa," according to the Defense Innovation Board. “Congress and the DOD should expand DIU into a cross-service ‘Sherpa,’” the board says, “a guide to the DOD market for commercial industry, capable of providing entry-to-exit support to nontraditional vendors at scale.”...

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