Unit X: How the pentagon and silicon valley are transforming the future of war (Record no. 23156)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250830170830.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781668031384 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 355.7 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Shah, Raj M. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Unit X: How the pentagon and silicon valley are transforming the future of war |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Simon & Schuster |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii, 319p., bib., note., ind., 24 cm X 16 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Recommended by; Rasananda Panda |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Summary:A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon--the Defense Innovation Unit, also known as Unit X--whose mission is to bring Silicon Valley's cutting-edge technology to America's military: from the two men who launched the unit.A vast and largely unseen transformation of how war is fought as profound as the invention of gunpowder or advent of the nuclear age is occurring. Flying cars that can land like helicopters, artificial intelligence-powered drones that can fly into buildings and map their interiors, microsatellites that can see through clouds and monitor rogue missile sites--all these and more are becoming part of America's DIU-fast-tracked arsenal. Until recently, the Pentagon was known for its uncomfortable relationship with Silicon Valley and for slow-moving processes that acted as a brake on innovation. Unit X was specifically designed as a bridge to Valley technologists that would accelerate bringing state of the art software and hardware to the battle space. Given authority to cut through red tape and function almost as a venture capital firm, Shah, Kirchhoff, and others in the Unit who came after were tasked particularly with meeting immediate military needs with technology from Valley startups rather than from so-called "primes"--behemoth companies like Lockheed, Raytheon, and Boeing. Taking us inside AI labs, drone workshops, and battle command centers--and, also, overseas to Ukraine's frontlines--Shah and Kirchhoff paint a fascinating picture of what it takes to stay dominant in a fast-changing and often precarious geopolitical landscape. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE | |
| Target audience note | CONTENTS<br/>Introduction: Slow Burn<br/>Chapter One: Unit X<br/>Chapter Two: Zeroized<br/>Chapter Three: The Gonkulator<br/>Chapter Four: A New Kill Chain for North Korea<br/>Chapter Five: Unit X Loses the X<br/>Chapter Six: Washington and the Rise of the Machines.<br/>Chapter Seven: Venture Capital Goes to War<br/>Chapter Eight: Ukraine and the Battlefield of the Future<br/>Chapter Nine: From Steel to Silicon...<br/>Acknowledgments<br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| General subdivision | military art and science |
| -- | military-industrial complex |
| -- | technological innovations United States |
| -- | defense industries |
| -- | steel to silicon |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kirchhoff, Christopher |
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| Koha item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | KEIC | KEIC | 08/24/2025 | Amazon | 1199.00 | DEL5-4572909 | 355.7 SHA | 23967 | 08/31/2025 | 2102.00 | 08/29/2025 | Books |