April 1, 2022

Michael Brown, Defense Innovation Unit Director, Earns 1st Wash100 Recognition [external]

Executive Mosaic has featured Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit, in the 2022 Wash100 class for his leadership in agency efforts to bring advanced commercial technology to the U.S. military. This marks the first time Brown has been selected to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of leaders who shape the government contracting landscape. He has led the Department of Defense’s innovation arm since September 2018. Under his leadership, DIU delivered eight technology platforms from industry partners to DOD end-users during fiscal year 2021.

March 30, 2022

DOD publishes new software modernization strategy

Delivering a more lethal force requires the ability to evolve faster and be more adaptable than adversaries, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen H. Hicks said.

March 30, 2022

Emerging Technology Horizons: U.S Needs to Refocus on Energetic Materials [external]

The list of top defense modernization priorities that were cited in the 2018 National Defense Strategy forms the basis of our work at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute. An updated list of technology priorities, recently released by the office of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, reasserted the importance of those original emerging technologies and even added a few more topics.

March 29, 2022

​DOD Acquisition Officers Will Learn to Better Acquire and Transition Commercial Technologies

The Defense Department is promoting broader use of agile acquisition methods by training acquisition professionals on the Defense Innovation Unit's acquisition process to ensure access to commercial technology, Mike Brown, DIU director, said.