Hegseth Sees ‘Plenty of Winning’ for Bezos’ Blue Origin

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth heaped praise on Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin in a visit to the space venture’s facility, recruiting another billionaire in his effort to reform government weapons buying and pressure traditional defense contractors.

“You’ve never done business-as-usual, and at the War Department, business-as-usual is over,” Hegseth said Monday to Bezos at the Blue Origin launch complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida, after a separate visit to NASA facilities. “Blue Origin is going to do plenty of winning.”

The Pentagon chief repeated stock criticisms of the “yesteryear” practices when “we could work at the glacial pace of just a ...