Defense Innovation Unit - Annual Report FY 2021

Executive Summary

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is a Department of Defense (DoD) organization focused exclusively on accelerating the adoption of commercial technology throughout the Services, Combatant Commands (CCMDs), defense agencies, and other components. DIU partners with organizations across the DoD and the interagency to rapidly prototype, field, and scale commercial solutions that can save lives, lead to new operational concepts, increase efficiencies, and save taxpayer dollars.

In fiscal year (FY) 2021, DIU delivered the following commercial solutions to DoD end-users, bringing the cumulative total of DIU delivered capabilities to 35.
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• Commercial Threat Data
• Cyber Asset Inventory Management
• Cyberspace Deception
• Installation Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems
• Generative Modeling of of Hypersonic Missile Trajectories
• Responsive Launch

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