In a speech echoing Donald Rumsfeld’s words from September 10, 2001, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared war on the Pentagon’s own bureaucracy – canceling the 300-day requirements process, collapsing 3-8 year acquisition timelines to under one year, and warning defense contractors to embrace “wartime speed” or be “gone.” The transformation renames the Department of Defense to “Department of War” and fundamentally restructures how America buys weapons, addresses allies waiting over a decade for deliveries, and establishes accountability for outcomes over process.