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MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEFENSE INNOVATION PARTNERS

SUBJECT: Establishment of the Bridge Program

For more than a decade, DIU has rapidly prototyped capabilities and collapsed contracting timelines. Delivering prototypes quickly is no longer good enough. Too much promising technology falls victim to bureaucratic delays, or dies altogether in the endless clearance, authorization, budgeting cycle before it reaches the frontlines. That ends today.

I am authorizing the stand-up of a new business unit, the Bridge Program, tasked with
raising the probability of adoption by deepening transition. Our mandate is clear: assist the military services by eliminating critical bottlenecks-security clearances, access to classified spaces, technology accreditations, and testing.

Sarah Pearson will lead Bridge. She will drive a commercial-first strategy to implement the novel approaches the Department demands. Within one year, we will open co-use classified facilities nationwide, slash cyber authorization timelines by half, and enable agile, end-to-end testing capabilities for young companies desperate to demonstrate.

We are in a new era. Transition no longer ends with the success memo. This era will be
defined by making commercial capabilities easily accessible, so the Services may quickly transition and scale for the battlefield. In modern combat, the advantage belongs to those who adopt, and adapt, fastest.

Owen West

So long, partner. 👋

We would have been great together!

If Movia S isn’t involved with Forterra then I’m going to write James a strongly worded letter as well.

Some great slides towards the end of this presentation!

This Tesla Semi Truck with multiple lidars (at least 6 of them) was spotted on northbound El Camino Real in Palo Alto on Friday, August 14th, 2026 at about 3:15pm PDT.

Serve is a company on lots of follow lists at MicroVision.

Remember who has a very big stake in this company. Amazon. Start at the 37:00 mark.

I’ve been wondering why several MVIS employees were following Maserati

Join the MicroVision team to learn more about the MOVIA Air family of products and the evolving role of lidar-enabled perception in aerial systems.
When: August 17, 1:00 p.m. ET
Where: Register to get access

The show goes on.

The final episode of The Business of Autonomous Freight brings the series back to the standard that matters most: can the truck get there safely, reliably and on time, every day? It looks at the years of engineering, operations and customer integration required to make that answer -- yes.

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Nissan 👋