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And because so many bases are located in Texas, Carter said he expects this to be a hub for the DIUx&#8217;s national reserve element. <br\/><br\/> The Austin office will be led by Christine Abizaid, until recently deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia. <br\/><br\/> Carter first announced the creation of DIUx in mid-2015, with the doors opening in the fall of that year. But following a slow start and complaints that the program was not connecting with the commercial industry, DIUx was &#8220;rebooted&#8221; in May of this year, with new leadership and an expansion. <br\/><br\/> Carter said the turnaround has reaped early benefits, with five deals closed in the last three months for a total of $3.5 million.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It took an average of just over 50 days after they first interacted with a company to award these funds \u2013 that\u2019s light-speed for the Department of Defense, and appropriately so,&#8221; Carter said. &#8220;And they have another 22 more projects in the pipeline, for an additional $65 million \u2013 in areas like network defense, autonomous seafaring drones, and virtual war-gaming.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of his speech, Carter emphasized that the outside-the-box attitude that Austin has cultivated is something he hopes will bleed into the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I want to close by saying that I know many in this city take pride in keeping Austin weird. 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