DIUx remains a priority under Mattis

By Tony Bertuca / April 26, 2017 at 5:35 PM
The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, which faced an uncertain future at the start of the Trump administration, remains a priority now that Defense Secretary James Mattis runs the Pentagon and reports directly to him in the same way it did with his predecessor, Ash Carter, who established DIUx to inject greater innovation into the acquisition system. Raj Shah, the director of DIUx, has met with Mattis and said the secretary is fully supportive of the effort. "The direction I've received...

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