Hegseth promises faster weapons buying with sweeping reforms

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Hegseth promises faster weapons buying with sweeping reforms

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday unveiled a sweeping overhaul to how the Pentagon buys weapons, a restructuring aimed at having the U.S. military more quickly acquire new technology.

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Addressing industry leaders and military officials at the National War College in Washington, D.C., Hegseth detailed his vision for the Defense Acquisition System, which he said is now renamed to the “Warfighting Acquisitions System.”

“We need acquisition and industry to be as strong and fast as our war fighters,” Hegseth said. “The Warfighting Acquisition System will dramatically shorten timelines, improve and expand the defense industrial base, boost competition and empower acquisition o