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Daniel Driscoll: “We can no longer allow [larger primes] to take five or 10…”

Featuring: Daniel Driscoll, Republican | United States Secretary of the Army | National

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US Army Secretary Driscoll: 'We Are Doing the Right Thing'

Published | Video Starts at 09:35

The larger primes that have been around for a while, they have served a function, they will likely, some of them at least will continue to serve a function for the United States Army. But We can no longer allow [larger primes] to take five or 10 years where we just pay for the innovation that we as a nation need. And so specifically what we are doing is as an example, we were out on the west coast with a company that does the autonomous software for a lot of vehicles in the United States. (09:35–09:44)

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Asserts that larger defense contractors take too long to innovate, which is no longer acceptable.

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