US Army Chief Warns Defense Firms to ‘Adapt and Change or Die’

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll warned major US defense contractors to adapt as the Pentagon reforms its weapons-buying process — or risk being replaced, namely by commercial giants that have never done business with the Defense Department.

Driscoll’s admonishment was the latest in a string of broadsides from President Donald Trump’s administration to so-called defense prime contractors to improve their service to the government.

Daniel Driscoll

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“They have got to adapt and change or die, and we will hold them publicly accountable if they don’t,” Driscoll said in an interview with Bloomberg News this week. “It does not mean we don’t ...