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For instance, Shah<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2017\/04\/25\/diux-expects-to-transition-programs-in-next-two-months\/\"> said in March<\/a>&nbsp;that he expected to transition programs to military service earlier this year, a timeline that has now shifted. But overall, the group has managed to deliver to a level most had not expected, especially when it lost the patronage of Carter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or as Chris Kirchhoff, a managing partner with the group, put it to Defense News: \u201cI think that we\u2019ve all been surprised at how much progress we\u2019ve made.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirchhoff says DIUx was set up to prove a theory \u2014&nbsp;that the Pentagon could develop closer ties with the tech sector by being located in technological hubs like Silicon Valley; Boston; and Austin, Texas. 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