Carter upgrades Silicon Valley team

By Tony Bertuca / May 11, 2016 at 1:04 PM
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has announced a significant shake-up at the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, the Pentagon's signature outpost in Silicon Valley. The DIUx, which Carter established April 2015 in Mountain View, CA, under the leadership of Pentagon official George Duchak, will now be led by a new team of "partners" with experience in the technology industry, including the former head of operations for Google's research and development facility. Carter also announced plans to open a second DIUx unit in...

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