DIU FY 21 Annual Report
DIU FY 21 Annual Report
Summary
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) FY2021 Annual Report, describing DIU's mission to accelerate DoD adoption of commercial technology and reporting its year in review across AI, autonomy, cyber, energy, human systems, and space. It documents DIU's reliance on the Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) and other transaction authority, including issuing 72 prototype OT contracts to commercial companies (a 31% increase over FY2020), publishing 26 solicitations, and receiving 1,116 proposals. It is a reference on operational CSO/OT use for commercial-technology acquisition.