The U.S. Army is undertaking a sweeping transformation of its acquisition process, designed to dramatically accelerate the delivery of critical warfighting capabilities to Soldiers.
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The following memorandums were referenced by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth during his remarks at the National War College on Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., on Friday, November 7. These directives outline the Department’s next phase of acquisition.
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Brent Ingraham, the Army’s top acquisition official, said he expects to see further growth in funding for the FUZE initiative.
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At AUSA 2025, the Army Secretary argued that the traditional procurement model is broken — pledging to adopt a “Silicon Valley” approach to rapidly get minimally viable products into soldiers’ hands in weeks, not years.
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xTechIgnite, launched in coordination with six Army PEOs, attracted over 700 proposals from small businesses nationwide. The competition fast-tracked 24 winning technologies into Army programs, demonstrating how enterprise-level collaboration can rapidly close capability gaps and deliver mission-ready solutions.
The xTech Program partnered with PEO Soldier to launch two groundbreaking competitions, xTechSoldier Lethality and xTechSoldier Fire Control, designed to rapidly deliver cutting-edge combat technologies to Soldiers. This collaboration marks a new era of targeted innovation, where nontraditional companies co-develop mission-critical solutions with Army stakeholders.
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The Honorable Brent G. Ingraham, a presidential appointee confirmed by the United States Senate, was sworn in as the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology. Mr. Ingraham will oversee a $170 billion portfolio across more than 550 Army acquisition programs, ensuring Soldiers remain equipped with cutting-edge technologies and capabilities to meet future challenges.
In line with the Army’s sprawling modernization efforts, the service announced today it is standing up a new program called Army FUZE, a venture-capital-like acquisition model designed to speed up the private development of emerging technologies for later use by soldiers.
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The U.S. Army on Monday launched its “Fuze” program, motivated by Secretary Dan Driscoll’s desire to instill venture-capitalist thinking into the service’s trying-and-buying practices.
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The U.S. Army is rolling out a new initiative that leaders say will overhaul how the service invests in technology by borrowing from Silicon Valley’s venture capital playbook.
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