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Infusing innovation into DOD

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Show Notes

It has been seven years since the Pentagon launched the Defense Innovation Unit as a fast-track way to discover and adopt emerging commercial technologies for military use. Despite a succession of DUI leaders and several reboots, only a handful of technology projects have made the leap from Silicon Valley startups to DOD's behemoth operations.

Guest: Brian MacCarthy, vice president for Booz Allen Ventures

Host: Francis Rose, host of The Daily Scoop Podcast

This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Booz Allen Hamilton.

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