Where Are We With Dual Use Ventures?

Part of the Deep Tech/Dual Use Series

It’s been 5 years since the launch of the Defense Innovation Unit. DIU’s founding oftentimes is considered a pivotal moment when the Defense Department recognized that it had to source innovation differently. The innovation swell has come a long way. DIUX came in 2015, DIB in 2016, AFWERX in 2017, Army Futures Command in 2018, and NavalX in 2019. Innovation outposts in Silicon Valley still exist, but they are also located in other meaningful innovation geographies. There is now a networked set of innovation nodes, technology…