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^- Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter,

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^spoke at the Capital Factory in Austin, Texas Wednesday,

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regarding the expansion of the program

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Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, or DIUX.

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His goal is to build and rebuild partnerships between

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our national security endeavor at the Pentagon

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and America's tech community.

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^- Working together to develop and advance technologies

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^like the internet, GPS, and in the era before that,

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satellite communications and the jet engine.

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What we've done together has not only benefited

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both our security and our society,

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but it's fair to say the entire world.

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And that cooperation between industry,

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the Academy and government helped make our military

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what it is today.

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- To find out more about DIUX and its progression,

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head to defense.gov.