{"id":71928,"date":"2025-09-15T16:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/09\/15\/army-adopts-venture-capital-model-to-speed-tech-to-soldiers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:28:13","slug":"army-adopts-venture-capital-model-to-speed-tech-to-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2025\/09\/15\/army-adopts-venture-capital-model-to-speed-tech-to-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Army adopts venture capital model to speed tech to soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Army is rolling out a new initiative, dubbed Fuze, that leaders say will overhaul how the service invests <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/07\/17\/pentagon-officials-tout-rapid-experimentation-at-courtyard-showcase\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/07\/17\/pentagon-officials-tout-rapid-experimentation-at-courtyard-showcase\/\">in technology<\/a> by borrowing from Silicon Valley\u2019s venture capital playbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is betting that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2020\/01\/30\/how-corporate-defense-venture-funds-fit-into-the-vc-ecosystem\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2020\/01\/30\/how-corporate-defense-venture-funds-fit-into-the-vc-ecosystem\/\">venture-style risk-taking<\/a> can shave years off procurement timelines and will determine whether Silicon Valley speed can mesh with Pentagon scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith Fuze, the Army is telling innovators that we\u2019re open for business. Fuze will help us to not only invest but scale promising capabilities \u2014 bridging the valley of death,\u201d Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said in a statement to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike traditional procurement that starts with an Army-defined problem followed by appointing a company to solve the problem, Fuze flips the approach. The new process allows the service to find technology to bring in \u201cthat helps us think about what our problems are differently,\u201d Chris Manning, the Army\u2019s deputy assistant secretary for research and technology, told Defense News in a recent interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Venture capitalists make 100 investments and only end up with a few with outsized returns. The Army is accepting that same risk to capture bigger payoffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re really taking the approach where we\u2019re going to deliberately make a large number of investments in emerging tech companies,\u201d Matt Willis, the Army\u2019s Fuze program director, said in the interview. \u201cSome tech might not reach the maturity that we want, [but] there\u2019s going to be some companies that are going to have an outsized, revolutionary impact on our soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program aligns four existing fundings streams: XTech prize competitions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/10\/23\/pentagon-oks-first-batch-of-private-capital-funds-for-loan-program\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/10\/23\/pentagon-oks-first-batch-of-private-capital-funds-for-loan-program\/\">small-business funding<\/a>, tech maturation and manufacturing technology \u2014 worth about $750 million in fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army plans to initiate the program by running an XTech Disrupt live pitch competition, in partnership with Y Combinator \u2014 a technology startup accelerator and VC firm \u2014 at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference next month in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competition, according to Willis, will focus on four technology areas important to the Army: electronic warfare, unmanned aircraft systems, counter-UAS and energy resiliency at the edge. The prize pool totals $500,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technologies that win out in the competition will go straight into the hands of soldiers in operational environments for real-world evaluation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has spent the better part of a decade trying to match its acquisition speed with the rest of the high-tech world, but trying to break down the bureaucracy and change the culture has been a challenging task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fuze is central to a broader shift in the Army as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/05\/01\/secdef-wields-axe-to-brass-hqs-formations-to-fashion-leaner-army\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/05\/01\/secdef-wields-axe-to-brass-hqs-formations-to-fashion-leaner-army\/\">it seeks dramatic transformation rapidly.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cContinuous transformation is like our once-in-a-generation change for the Army to get at and prepare for the future battlefield,\u201d Brandon Pugh, the Army\u2019s cyber adviser, told Defense News. \u201cBut a key part of that is the acquisition process to really make sure that the warfighter and the soldier on the battlefield has the correct technology they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speed is central to that transformation. \u201cWe\u2019re hoping to have a capability to an acquisition pathway in 10 days, and hopefully within 30 to 45 days, for the first prototype to be with an Army unit,\u201d Pugh said. \u201cThat is extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has struggled with the pace of past acquisitions, particularly in fast-evolving fields like electronic warfare. \u201cIt\u2019s so quickly evolving, you have to be able to acquire this quickly and iterate quickly, or else you\u2019re instantly behind, even if you do successfully acquire it. 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