The CTO will provide support to DIU for administrative and resource matters and ensure that the Unit's efforts fit into the Department's innovation priorities. The Director of DIU will also continue to report directly to me as a principal Staff assistant. and carry out its statutory duties. And I'm appointing Mr. Owen west, executor of my Drone Dominance Initiative, as the director of Diu. Starting in March, when the FY27 budget cycle firms up. (30:29–30:35)
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