Abstract
In Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War, the authors recount the efforts made by the US Department of Defense beginning in 2015 to engage with the commercial-technology sector by opening a new office, Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), in Silicon Valley. The authors led DIUx from 2016 to 2018 and broke from established Pentagon acquisition practices to make cutting-edge technology developed in the private sector available to soldiers and military civilians. Despite early failures and intense bureaucratic resistance, the office eventually secured significant funding and delivered key innovations, including drone-hacking techniques and cloud-penetrating radar satellites. The book emphasises ongoing tensions between traditional military-procurement practices and the need for rapid technological adaptation, using the Pentagon’s response to the war in Ukraine as an example and considering how it may respond to advances in artificial intelligence.
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