Accelerating Army Innovation
Army FUZE
Army FUZE is the U.S. Army’s flagship innovation engine, where bold ideas meet battlefield relevance. We exist to ignite transformative change across the Army enterprise by accelerating the discovery, development, and deployment of cutting-edge technologies. Our name reflects our purpose: to spark innovation that powers readiness, resilience, and operational dominance.
Mission
To accelerate the transition of innovative capabilities to the field by connecting programs, scaling impact, and reshaping acquisition through a unified, Soldier-centric approach.
Vision
To redefine how innovation moves from idea to impact, by forging partnerships, synchronizing efforts, and unlocking the realm of the possible to ensure warfighter readiness.
Powering Army Transformation
Strategic Investment. Accelerated Impact. Mission-Driven Innovation.
Adopting a Venture Capitalist Mindset
FUZE serves as a force multiplier by embracing a venture-capital-centric strategy – one that emphasizes broad discovery, targeted investment, and rapid transition. This mindset catalyzes disruptive, Soldier-driven capability development and accelerates innovation across the force.
- Broad Discovery, Targeted Investment
- Fast-Tracked Progression
- Doubling Down on Winners
- Fail Fast, Learn Faster
- Building the Army’s Innovation Ecosystem
FUZE casts a wide net beyond the defense sector, scouting emerging startups, academic institutions, and non-traditional performers, while leveraging private-sector speed and ingenuity to deliver mission-ready solutions and make calculated investments in fast-evolving technologies.
Once a technology demonstrates technical maturity, operational relevance, and transition potential, it advances quickly through an integrated portfolio of complementary innovation programs. FUZE ensures that promising solutions don’t stall – they scale.
High-potential technologies receive deeper investment and transition support to accelerate delivery to Soldiers and maximize return on calculated risk. FUZE manages its innovation portfolio with performance metrics, milestones, and a clear focus on mission outcomes.
Efforts that don’t meet mission requirements are quickly pivoted away from, allowing resources to be reallocated toward higher-value technologies. In a rapidly changing threat environment, agility is as critical as ingenuity.
By thinking like a venture capitalist, FUZE doesn’t just fund innovation, it invests in it. It builds strategic relationships, shares risk with partners and drives scalable solutions that deliver operational advantage. This approach ensures that innovation is not just fast, it’s focused, resilient, and ready for the battlefield.
One Mission. Many Pathways.
The Unified Portfolio
Army FUZE brings together a powerful suite of innovation programs under a unified portfolio – each designed to accelerate the discovery, development, and deployment of transformative capabilities. By integrating these efforts, FUZE ensures that promising technologies don’t just emerge, they evolve, scale, and transition into the hands of the warfighter.
Each program plays a distinct but connected role:
Connects small and non-traditional businesses with the Army through prize competitions to accelerate the development of transformation technology solutions.
Empowers small businesses to develop innovative technologies that meet Army needs and demonstrate strong commercial potential.
Accelerates advanced technology into operational capability through prototype funding and manufacturing refinement.
Drives cutting-edge manufacturing innovation to enhance performance, affordability, and readiness of next-generation Army systems.
By unifying these programs under one strategic umbrella, Army FUZE creates a seamless innovation pipeline – from ideation to integration. This portfolio approach ensures:
Innovation Thrives On Collaboration – And We Want To Hear From You.
Engage with Us
Whether you’re a startup with breakthrough tech, a university researcher pushing the boundaries of science, or a defense partner ready to accelerate capability, Army FUZE is your catalyst for mission success.