/ Speeding Through the Last Mile of Tech Acquisition
“For years, the DoD has invested millions in building cutting-edge technologies, but too often they don’t make it into programs at scale—even when the tech has been tested, proven to work in the field, and there is a critical need for it.” That’s what our CEO, Meagan Metzger, told us when we sat down to discuss how to get commercial tech bought and over the finish line, faster.
So what’s the answer? Meagan and Director of Client Success Mia Bruner lay out best practices to win the last mile and three steps your acquisition organization can take to get started, here: Solving the Last Mile of Tech Acquisition is Critical to Defense.
2 / Welcome to the Outcome Era
Disruptive tech is on the front burner as never before for the Department of Defense. But that’s a symptom, not the cause. Look beneath the surface, and it’s clear what the Department really wants are the same results it sees when it looks at the private sector—something too many legacy govcons are failing to provide.
Dcode CRO Meg Vorland points the way forward to how innovators are changing the business model to give the DoD the mission outcomes it wants in this commentary.
3 / Solving the Logistics Challenge Holistically in the Pacific
This article, by Defense One’s Meghann Myers, detailing how the military is thinking about the logistics challenge in the Indo-Pacific theatre caught our eye.
Great quote from a senior leader: “Our ability to leverage AI today is terrible, okay? My staff…love Excel. It’s like their favorite tool, right?”
But let’s be careful not to just throw tech at the problem. Read why “ability to leverage” is just as important in that quote as “AI,” and how to solve both parts together, in this article: Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Contested Logistics.
4 / Federal Accelerator News
Dcode’s Federal Accelerator condenses years of expertise working on all sides of the federal tech ecosystem—tech, venture, and government innovation—into an 8-week, structured program designed to get you to yes with government tech customers. It works: our alumni include more than 40 unicorns.
We’re halfway through our current cohort of fantastic companies and looking forward to the start of the next one on July 22. Read more and register here: https://dcode.co/federal-accelerator/.
Alumni in the News
Each month, we’ll highlight news from around our amazing network of accelerator alumni.
Fiddler AI delivers unified AI Observability and Security for teams who want a true path to production-ready AI, helping to build trustworthy, transparent, and understandable AI solutions. Fiddler was recently selected for the DoD’s Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program to accelerate mission-critical AI. Congratulations! Read more here: https://www.fiddler.ai/blog/fiddler-selected-for-dods-apfit-award.
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