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His comments come as leaders in the Pentagon and in Congress move to elevate the role DIU plays in pushing commercial technology to military users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in the spring that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/04\/04\/apples-beck-to-lead-defense-innovation-unit-at-pentagon\/\">Beck would be a direct report to his office<\/a>, shifting that responsibility away from Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe DIU director shall serve as a leader inside the Department to catalyze engagement with and investment into private sector communities where commercial technology can be adapted and applied to meet our warfighters\u2019 requirements,\u201d Austin said in an April 4 memo revealing the change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congress also sees a role for the organization in helping drive innovative technology to military users. In the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s fiscal 2022 defense spending bill, which the panel approved June 22, lawmakers propose allocating $1 billion toward a DIU-managed \u201chedge portfolio\u201d made of commercially available systems like low-cost drones and satellites and agile communication nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf properly executed, this hedge has the potential to reduce the taxpayer\u2019s burden by leveraging private capital, expand America\u2019s economic advantage by accelerating emerging technology, and broaden the pool of talent supporting national defense,\u201d the committee said in a report accompanying the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beck said those steps are signs that the Defense Department is at a \u201ctipping point\u201d toward expanding its adoption of commercial technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m extremely optimistic about where we are headed in terms of putting real energy behind making that tipping point real,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the details of how DIU will work with companies and DoD organizations to field capabilities in larger quantities, Beck said he\u2019s still refining those. 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