Defense Innovation Board

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Eric Schmidt and Ash Carter meet about Defense Innovation Board for the DoD
Jeff Bezos meeting Ash Carter at The Pentagon about the Defense Innovation Board.[1]

The Defense Innovation Board is an organization set up in 2016 to bring the technological innovation and best practice of Silicon Valley to the U.S. Military.[2] The board will have up to a dozen members drawn from who Eric Schmidt, the chair, will select in consultation with the US Secretary of Defense.[3]

Ash Carter, US Secretary of Defense, announced that the board, modeled on the Defense Business Board would facilitate the Pentagon becoming more innovative and adaptive.[2]

Joshua Marcuse is the inaugural and current Executive Director of the Defense Innovation Board.

Board members

See also

DIUx

References

  1. ^ http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/innovation/2016/03/03/carter-innovation-push-hits-seattle-cloud-focus-boeing-amazon-microsoft/81298100/
  2. ^ a b Shalal, Andrea. "Former Google CEO Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ^ Martin, Alexander J Martin. "Google overlord Eric Schmidt to run Pentagon advisory board". The Register. The Register. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  4. ^ http://federalnewsradio.com/defense/2016/06/ash-carter-brings-innovators-upgrade-dod/
  5. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/07/26/increasingly-eclectic-pentagon-innovation-board-adds-neil-degrasse-tyson-jeff-bezos/


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