9 episodes
From Tanks to Teleportation Defense Innovation Unit
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From Tanks to Teleportation is a new podcast the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and produced by founding_media in Austin, Texas. On the show, we explore the intersection of technology, business, and national security with the DIU, part of the U.S. Department of Defense and their efforts to grow the national security innovation base. Hosts Dan Dillard, with founding_media, and Zach Walker, head of the DIU in Texas, sit down with experts to get a better understanding of how the DIU is facilitating private/public partnerships and improvements for national security.
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Smashing (Data) Silos
Technology is constantly evolving and when you are in charge of protecting the US against threats, it is critical to stay ahead. Leveraging new technology when you’ve worked with the same system for so long can be a challenge, and that’s why the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command partnered with DIU to design and implement a commercial technology to transform how they analyze and use data to make critically important decisions to keep the U.S. safe. Major General Angela Cadwell and Colonel Ross Morrell join hosts Dan Dilllard and Zach Walker to discuss NORAD, US Northern Command, and what it is like working with DIU to innovate new technologies for our Nation’s defense.
Guests: Major General Angela Cadwell and Colonel Ross Morrel
Hosts: Dan Dillard and Zach Walker
Producer: Kathryn Hudack
Audio Engineer: Jake Wallace
Learn more about the Defense Innovation Unit: https://www.diu.mil/about
founding_media YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlc0lfwr6IBWgGl0hm8HGXOAu8jwy_vy_
Defense Innovation Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/defense-innovation-from-tanks-to-teleportation/
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The Innovation Policy Perspective
Acquisition reform was put in motion to meet the pace of technological change and the pace in which threats to the nation have been evolving. Doing business at commercial speeds makes the Department of Defense more friendly for non-traditional and commercial companies and this streamlining has received bipartisan support. Former Congressman Mac Thornberry of Texas’ 13th congressional district was the chair of the House Armed Services Committee from 2015-2019 and spearheaded much of the defense reform that enables DIU to accelerate commercial technology and methodologies into the DoD today. Former Congressman Thornberry joins hosts Dan Dillard and Zach Walker to discuss policies that help attract businesses from the commercial world to work with the DoD to meet the changing threats to the nation's security.
Guest: Former Rep. William "Mac" Thornberry
Hosts: Dan Dillard and Zach Walker
Producer: Kathryn Hudack
Audio Engineer: Jake Wallace
Learn more about the Defense Innovation Unit: https://www.diu.mil/about
founding_media YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlc0lfwr6IBWgGl0hm8HGXOAu8jwy_vy_
Defense Innovation Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/defense-innovation-from-tanks-to-teleportation/
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Blowing Stuff up for Defense Innovation
How does being a survival expert, a previous pet store owner, a special effects artist, and a famous television show host all lead to working with DIU on technologies for our Nation’s defense? Just ask Jamie Hyneman. In this episode, the expert craftsman and previous host of the well-known TV show “Mythbusters” join hosts Dan Dillard and Zach Walker to discuss his history and how it ended up allowing him to blow things up in the name of defense.
Guest: Jamie Hyneman
Hosts: Dan Dillard and Zach Walker
Producer: Kathryn Hudack
Audio Engineer: Jake Wallace
Learn more about the Defense Innovation Unit: https://www.diu.mil/about
founding_media YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlc0lfwr6IBWgGl0hm8HGXOAu8jwy_vy_
Defense Innovation Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/defense-innovation-from-tanks-to-teleportation/
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Executives by Day, Superheroes by Night
The private and public sectors are two completely different worlds that often speak different languages. That’s why people such as Erringer Helbling and Doug Beck, who have worked in both, are vital in building bridges between the sectors allowing the best innovation possible for our nation’s security. Helbling is the Director of Operations for HawkEye 360 and a Captain in the U.S. Army Reserve for DIU, and Beck is the Vice President of the Americas and Northeast Asia at Apple and a Captain in the U.S. Navy, who helped start DIU. The two embody the sentiment “executive by day and superhero by night” perfectly. In this episode, they join hosts Dan Dillard and Zach Walker to discuss how they ended up with a foot in both public and private sectors, and why this interaction is so critical.
Guests: Erringer Helbling and Doug Beck
Hosts: Dan Dillard and Zach Walker
Producer: Kathryn Hudack
Audio Engineer: Jake Wallace
Learn more about the Defense Innovation Unit: https://www.diu.mil/about
founding_media YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlc0lfwr6IBWgGl0hm8HGXOAu8jwy_vy_
Defense Innovation Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/defense-innovation-from-tanks-to-teleportation/
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Investing in Projects with the Department of Defense
In order to get the newest and best technology to America’s servicemen and women, there needs to be a connective tissue between startups and the Department of Defense. This, of course, is where the Defense Innovation Unit comes in to connect the private, commercial world to large, public entities like the DoD. It’s also where firms like Lux Capital come in to invest in the creation of new defense technologies. Bilal Zuberi is a partner at Lux and has been investing in companies that directly sell to or want to sell to the DOD for over a decade. In this episode, he joins hosts Dan Dillard and Zach Walker to discuss that connective tissue that makes defense innovation possible.
Guest: Bilal Zuberi
Hosts: Dan Dillard and Zach Walker
Producer: Morgan Kuehler
Audio Engineer: Jake Wallace
Learn more about the Defense Innovation Unit: https://www.diu.mil/about
founding_media YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlc0lfwr6IBWgGl0hm8HGXOAu8jwy_vy_
Defense Innovation Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/defense-innovation-from-tanks-to-teleportation/
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Perspectives From the Department of Defense
In the Department of Defense, the consensus is clear that American servicemen and women deserve access to the best technology, tools and devices the world has to offer. But, acquiring those new technologies and replacing old ones is much easier said than done. The whole reason the Defense Innovation Unit was created was to accelerate public/ private partnerships and acquisition, but that takes cooperation on the DoD’s side as well. Steve Wert is a Program Executive Officer for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and is a proponent of the DIU’s work. He joins hosts Dan Dillard and Zach Walker to discuss the tangible solutions DIU offers to DoD issues.
Guest: Steve Wert
Hosts: Dan Dillard and Zach Walker
Producer: Morgan Kuehler
Audio Engineer: Jake Wallace
Learn more about the Defense Innovation Unit: https://www.diu.mil/about
founding_media YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlc0lfwr6IBWgGl0hm8HGXOAu8jwy_vy_
Defense Innovation Podcast: https://shows.acast.com/defense-innovation-from-tanks-to-teleportation/
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