Driscoll Teases Major Army Acquisition Reorganization in Fiery Speech at AUSA

Driscoll pushes Silicon Valley model for Army, Sikorsky goes unmanned at AUSA Day 1

The Breaking Defense team walks you through the biggest news from day one of the conference.

Army Sec. Dan Driscoll on partnering with the private sector and the surge in defense tech startups

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll sits down with Morgan Brennan from the AUSA annual conference to talk the Army’s next phase of modernization — from AI and counter-drone technology to rare earth supply chains and defense-industrial reform. Driscoll details how the service is working with private investors and tech companies to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and prepare the U.S. military for a rapidly evolving global landscape.

Driscoll teases major Army acquisition reorganization in fiery speech at AUSA

In a fiery keynote address Monday morning at the annual AUSA conference, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll promised major reforms in how the service acquires and maintains its technology. Driscoll, the Army’s top civilian official, depicted a force plagued with inefficient bureaucracy and old systems. “We cannot fucking wait to innovate until Americans are dying on the battlefield. We must act now to enable our soldiers. Our window to change is right …

Driscoll: Army Faces ‘Inflection Point’

Driscoll: Army Faces ‘Inflection Point’ jlieberher Mon, 10/13/2025 - 18:00 The U.S. Army must shed its reliance on decades-old technology and acquisitions strategies to become a fighting force as agile and lethal as potential adversaries, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said Oct. 13 during the opening ceremony of the Association of the U.S. Army’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition. Pointing to Ukraine’s advancements in drone technology and its use …