LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of Louisville was recently chosen to operate a Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub for the state of Kentucky.

Kentucky’s Defense Innovation Unit OnRamp Hub is located in the Nucleus Building at 300 E. Market St. on UofL’s J.D. Nichols Campus for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

The hub aims to provide opportunities for Kentucky businesses to work with the U.S. Department of War, according to a UofL news release.

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), part of the U.S. Department of War, works with companies to rapidly prototype and scale technologies for national defense and currently operates OnRamp Hubs across the U.S. in Arizona, Hawai’i, Kansas, Ohio and Washington.

“The University of Louisville is establishing itself as a national leader in defense technol

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