DIU poised to chart new course as Brown exits

By Briana Reilly / September 1, 2022 at 1:10 PM
The Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit will be left to chart a new course following the departure of the outfit's longest-serving leader this week. No successor has yet been named to replace Director Mike Brown, who is leaving his post Friday after serving at the helm of DIU since fall 2018. But the move comes as a spotlight has been cast on the small-budget organization that aims to leverage commercial technologies for military use cases. That attention largely stems from Brown’s...

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