DefenseScoop obtained a memorandum that charters the Deputy's Innovation Steering Group to "rapidly evaluate, identify, and execute innovative solutions for key operational problems facing the Joint Force…

“We’ve got to turn that on its head so that we are completely embedded at the right levels in the departments,” DIU Director Doug Beck said.

The Defense Innovation Unit’s new director spotlighted his team’s big plans to help the Pentagon “drive disruption at scale."

In its fiscal 2024 defense spending bill, the House Appropriations Committee is recommending the allocation of just over $1 billion to create a “hedge portfolio” of emerging…

Madsen told DefenseScoop that he hopes to see the Pentagon's Defense Innovation Unit preserve its foundational culture of "scrappy disruptors."

Madsen briefed DefenseScoop on what his future might hold — and the direction he hopes to see the Defense Innovation Unit move in as it continues to…

"We just need to make it clearer where that demand signal is and then increase the confidence that we’ll be there as the counterpart when it’s time…

Beck joined Apple in 2009 and most recently has reported directly to CEO Tim Cook in his VP role overseeing the company's government, health and education markets.