Former head of Google led the Pentagon's Innovation Council

The former head of Google led the Pentagon Innovation Council. Photo: US Department of Defense

The Innovation Council under the Pentagon is headed by Alphabet CEO Eric Schmidt, who in the past headed Google.

Secretary of Defense Ashton Carton on Wednesday appointed Schmidt as head of the Innovation Council, which will help the Pentagon keep up with the latest Silicon Valley ideas and apply them to the Ministry of Defense.

Council staff will not have access to military strategy information.

Under the leadership of Schmidt, there will be 11 board members who will attract large private companies and public organizations.

The former Google director was selected for the position because of his “unique perspective on emerging practices and innovation.”

The council will advise the defense ministry on rapid prototyping, product development, sophisticated statistical analyzes in business decision making, and the use of mobile and cloud applications.

Schmidt is known as a strong supporter and confidant of Obama in the early days of his work in the administration, but in recent years they have had strained relations.

Schmidt was chairman of Google until October 2015. Subsequently, he became one of the executives of the company Alphabet, which included Google.

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