Hegseth is ready to transform the Department of War. He wants it to be powerful once again.
And Pete Hegseth is making big changes to the Pentagon according to a new report.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is dropping the hammer on the bloated, do-nothing bureaucracy that’s been choking the military for decades.
This Friday, Hegseth unveiled a total overhaul of how the Pentagon buys weapons – finally letting troops get the cutting-edge gear needed to dominate any threat, from China to wherever else the globalists are stirring trouble.
This isn’t just talk. Hegseth follows through on President Trump’s powerhouse executive order from April, per Reuters, turning the Defense Department into a lean, mean fighting machine. No more endless delays while enemies laugh and build up their arsenals. Speed, accountability, and results for the greatest military on Earth.
The old system? A total disaster. Pentagon insiders admit it’s “unacceptably slow,” bogged down by scattered blame games and incentives that reward paper-pushers instead of patriots. That’s the swamp in action – protecting fat contracts for the same old cronies while warriors wait years for new tech. Hegseth ends that nonsense right now.
Hegseth speaks directly to the big players at the National War College: legacy giants like Lockheed Martin and RTX rubbing shoulders with fresh blood like Palantir, Ursa Major, Saronic, and Epirus.
This mix says it all – Trump’s America opens the doors to innovators who actually deliver, not just the entrenched elites who’ve been fleecing taxpayers forever.
At the heart of this revolution: new Portfolio Acquisition Executives. These bosses get full, direct control over major weapons programs. No more layers of useless approvals slowing things down. A straight shot from the guys building the gear to the top – cutting out the middlemen who’ve turned procurement into a jobs program for bureaucrats.
Program managers report straight to these portfolio execs, who answer only to the service branch acquisition leaders. That’s it. No detours, no excuses. This chain of command puts power back where it belongs: with people who care about winning wars, not padding resumes.
Every critical program now demands at least two qualified sources right through initial production. That’s pure competition forcing these companies to sharpen up, drop prices, and innovate like crazy. No more monopoly handouts to the usual suspects.
This is just the latest Trump-era gut punch to the deep state machine. Earlier this year, they already flipped the script on software buys. Now, commercial products are the go-to default, slashing the ridiculous solicitation nonsense.
Hegseth’s plan slams in time-based contract rewards: deliver early, get bonuses. Drag your feet? Massive penalties.
Finally, real skin in the game for these contractors. No more getting paid to fail on the taxpayer dime.
The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment – the big kahuna of weapons buying – will run monthly Acceleration Reviews.
These aren’t feel-good meetings; they’re war rooms to smash obstacles, enforce the changes, and keep the defense industry hungry and competitive.
President Trump promised to rebuild the military, and with Hegseth at the helm, it happens faster than anyone thought possible.
This overhaul means troops get drones, missiles, and tech that leaves adversaries in the dust – all while sticking it to the waste and fraud that’s drained billions.
America First isn’t a slogan; it’s action. While the left whines about “diversity” training and green energy pipe dreams, Hegseth stays laser-focused on raw power.
The era of slow-walking defense is over. Hegseth drains the procurement swamp one reform at a time.
