Defense Secretary Shakes Up Silicon Valley Innovation Outpost

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Wednesday announced shakeups to the Pentagon’s tech-sector outreach, with a new outpost in Boston and major changes for the original Silicon Valley office.

The Department of Defense’s Silicon Valley hub, known as the Defense Innovation Unit-Experimental (DIUx), will be joined by a sister office in Boston, Carter said during his speech in Mountain View, California. And that won’t be the last outpost for DIUx — the Pentagon’s startup project will be a “nationwide release,” Carter said. Dubbing the restructuring “DIUx 2.0,” the secretary also said the unit will be getting new leadership that will report directly to him.

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