What Happened
New Initiative Seeks Industry Partners For Installations And Tech
The US Army has announced a new modernization effort, inviting private industry to directly co-invest in its installations, tech initiatives, and broader industrial base. The initiative, reflected in a new Request for Information, aims to attract significant investment for areas such as energy resilience, organic industrial base modernization, and advanced manufacturing. According to David Fitzgerald, performing the duties of the deputy undersecretary of the Army, the goal is to build the Army of tomorrow with private industry today, moving at the speed of innovation. The plan is to supplement traditional government funding with strategic capital, making such ventures self-sustaining without relying solely on taxpayer dollars. This announcement comes after Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has repeatedly shown his desire to shake up the way the Army does business, adopting a Silicon Valley approach to speed up production and delivery timelines. The initiative was first reported by Breaking Defense.