DOD innovation unit hosting pitch events in Silicon Valley

Fedscoop: The Defense Department's Silicon Valley innovation unit is borrowing a staple of the West Coast startup ecosystem to discover emerging technologies and connect with innovators — it's hosting demo days.

In late October in Silicon Valley, the Defense Innovation Unit - Experimental, or DIUx for short, hosted a "Cyber Showcase" — essentially a forum for private startups to pitch their ideas — with Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency and OnPoint Technologies, the private venture arm of the DOD and Army.

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