“To gain and maintain operational advantage over competitors, the DOD requires an order of magnitude increase in its adoption of commercial technologies. To this end, DOD must act as a fast follower, ” the NDS states.<\/p>\n
In 2022, DIU assisted in transitioning 17 commercial solutions to Defense Department users.<\/p>\n At DIU, transitioning means going from when a prototype successfully completes and results in a production or service contract with a DOD or U.S. Government partner. This process that\u00a0typically takes from 12 to 24 months, which is extremely fast in the world of government\u00a0acquisition. Since 2016, a total of 52 projects have transitioned to DOD, said Mike Madsen, acting DIU director.<\/p>\n In FY22, 86 percent of our awards were non-traditional, 73 percent were awarded to small businesses, with 33 percent first-time DOD vendors. “It is critically important that we are working to lower the barriers to entry so that we can grow and strengthen the national security innovation base.”<\/p>\n Dual-use commercial technologies play an increasingly important role in how DOD solves problems, he said.<\/p>\n “In particular, the\u00a0war in Ukraine<\/a> has increased interest within the national security community on the value of commercially available technology, such as satellite services, communications and remote sensing,” Madsen said.<\/p>\n Transitioning commercial technologies includes such innovations as delivering enhanced visibility of cyber threats; using AI to optimize talent discovery; and creating scalable, resilient and responsive communications infrastructure for ground and space systems, he said.<\/p>\n As a joint organization, DIU works with defense partners across the services and combatant commands \u2014 and sometimes civilian or intelligence agencies \u2014 to modernize their efforts by prototyping and scaling this emerging technology, “The growing success of alternative processes to assess, procure, and field commercial technology serves as a harbinger of an innovative 2023 set to further strengthen the foundations of the defense enterprise,” he said.<\/p>\n Commercial solutions DIU transitioned to DOD in 2022 include:<\/p>\n A link to the entire FY22 annual report can be found at\u00a0https:\/\/www.diu.mil\/fy22-year-in-review<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/marinesDrone.jpg\")
Marines from the 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, operate a Skydio X2 unmanned drone at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 13, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/otroAltoVelero.jpg\")
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