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.
Accelerating Lethal Combat Innovation: xTech and PEO Soldier Forge New Pathways Read More »
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.
Army launches VC-style model FUZE program to invest early in promising military tech Read More »
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.
Army adopts venture capital model to speed tech to soldiers Read More »
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.
U.S. Army adopts “venture capital mindset” with new FUZE program Read More »
Last month, America’s oldest military branch unveiled the Army Transformation Initiative in what is expected to be its biggest restructuring in at least a generation.
How the Army is cutting costs and rethinking policy to move faster on new tech Read More »
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent out a memo to senior Pentagon leadership addressing Army transformation and acquisition reform April 30, 2025.
Hegseth Tasks Army to Transform to Leaner, More Lethal Force Read More »
The White House announced sweeping reforms to federal procurement rules during a policy briefing aimed at streamlining acquisitions and eliminating costly regulatory barriers.
Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement Read More »
The White House unveiled a new initiative to modernize defense acquisitions and boost innovation across the industrial base during a policy rollout with senior national security officials.
Modernizing Defense Acquisitions and Spurring Innovation in the Defense Industrial Base Read More »
