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Turn Your Idea Into Reality

We help innovators refine, prototype, and scale for defense.

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Break Into Defense

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Find the Right Funding

We link you with investors and co-investment opportunities.

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Unlock New Opportunities

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The Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Kansas, established by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), provides a more accessible and streamlined, transparent, and supportive environment for funders, founders, and talent. By simplifying acquisition processes and offering resources to navigate defense contracting, the OnRamp Hub: Kansas fosters collaboration between the Department of War (DoW), industry, and academia that results in rapid advances in military capability.

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Leveraging Kansas' strengths in advanced manufacturing, aerospace, and engineering, it accelerates technology development, strengthens the national security ecosystem, and integrates cutting-edge solutions to meet emerging defense challenges.

Unlocking Defense Potential

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Defense Innovation Unit

Accelerating Commercial Technology for National Security.

DIU is the only DoW organization focused on accelerating the adoption of commercial and dual-use technology to solve operational challenges at speed and scale.

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Commercial Solutions Transitioned

$5.5B

Production Contracts Value

188

Initiated Prototype Projects

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450

Prototype Contracts Awarded

$68B+

Leveraged Private Investment

6,828

Commercial Proposals Received

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PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Tailored programs that strengthen manufacturing readiness, commercialization pathways, and defense engagement.

INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION & VALIDATION (IV&V)

• Test Capability Access

• Independent Technology Assessment

• Post-Validation Transition Support

• Large-Scale IV&V Event

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TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM INTELLIGENCE

An actionable, data-informed understanding of local and extended technology landscapes.

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DEFENSE MARKET EDUCATION

Structured educational engagements that increase understanding of DoW priorities and lower barriers to entry for industry, capital, and academia.

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TECHNOLOGY SCOUTING

Targeted, time-bound scouting against defined mission needs, delivering a curated, validated set of technologies with the data to act on.

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DEFENSE READINESS ASSESSMENT

Structured evaluation of company readiness, capability gaps, and mission fit—with a clear, actionable transition pathway into the DoW marketplace.

MISSION & RESOURCE ALIGNMENT

Coordination mechanism that aligns mission needs, available resources, and validated commercial capabilities to enable actionable transition pathways.

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