US Department of War partners with CIA-backed In-Q-Tel to fast-track battlefield technologies

Washington DC [US], October 3 (ANI): The US Department of War’s Critical Technologies Office has partnered with CIA’s (Central Intelligence Agency) venture fund In-Q-Tel (IQT) to accelerate the transition of commercial technologies to battlefield use, as per a statement by the Department.

With this partnership, the department’s research and engineering enterprise will gain access to In-Q-Tel’s global technology-scouting network and portfolio of early-stage companies, to accelerate the transition and deployment of mature commercial technologies from non-traditional companies to the warfighter.