A New Era of Warfighting Acquisition: How Rohirrim Is Delivering Procurement at the Speed of Need

When Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called for liberating “the best, strongest, most lethal military in the world from any antiquated systems and incentives of the past,” he issued more than a policy directive. He set the expectation for a new era of warfighting acquisition; one defined by speed, accountability, and mission-first delivery.

The newly announced Warfighting Acquisition System (WAS) represents the most consequential shift in U.S. procurement in decades. But while this transformation begins on paper, it succeeds only through real technology deployed at operational speed.

That is exactly where Rohirrim is already delivering.

The Shift From Compliance to Capability—And Why It Matters Now

For years, the Defense Acquisition System was weighed down by sequential reviews, paperwork-heavy compliance, and years-long cycles between requirement and delivery. As the threat landscape accelerates, these delays are no longer inconvenient, they are existential.

Adversaries are iterating drones, targeting systems, cyber tools, and autonomous platforms in weeks. Ukraine has shown how fast battlefield technology evolves when survival depends on adaptation. Traditional U.S. procurement cycles simply cannot keep pace.

As LTG (Ret.) Dave Bassett, a Rohirrim Advisory Board Member, explains: “Real ideas—much less tools to make it go faster—were in short supply. AI has that promise. Tools like Rohirrim can help industry and government deliver capabilities faster across the acquisition lifecycle.”

The Warfighting Acquisition System embraces this reality, empowering cross-functional teams, accelerating decision cycles, and prioritizing capability over compliance. But this acceleration requires technology that is ready today, not years from now.

Rohirrim Is Already Delivering Procurement at the Speed of Need

While the Department of War is announcing the future, Rohirrim is already executing it inside federal agencies and enterprise GovCons.

Rohirrim’s AI-native platform compresses acquisition workflows from weeks to minutes, enabling:

• +95% faster task completion, according to a U.S. federal agency using the platform.
• AI-driven market research, solicitation generation, compliance checks, and documentation.
• Fully auditable, human-in-the-loop workflows for complete accountability.
• Increased throughput for overburdened contracting teams.
• Accelerated response capabilities for major defense primes and integrators.

As Rohirrim COO Tim Meyers puts it: ”Procurement at the speed of need replaces slow, sequential processes with rapid, iterative acquisition. Agencies using Rohirrim can complete tasks up to 95 percent faster, enabling them to process exponentially more each day.”

This is exactly the type of acceleration the Warfighting Acquisition System is designed to operationalize.

AI With Accountability: Human-in-the-Loop, Data-Secure, Mission-Aligned

Speed without oversight is not modernization, it is recklessness. The Warfighting Acquisition System requires systems that can move fast and maintain rigorous accountability.

Rohirrim was engineered for this moment.

The platform embeds:

• Human-in-the-loop decision points.
• Auditable logs for every action.
• Customer-controlled data boundaries.
• Architecture intentionally designed to prevent hallucinations.
• Explainable outputs tied directly to source data.

These safeguards deliver transparency and trust at machine speed.

Meyers emphasizes: “AI is tremendous with existing data, but it is no match for human judgment. The role of AI is to automate the routine so humans can focus on strategy, ethics, and mission outcomes.”

Rohirrim amplifies expertise, it never replaces it.

Opening the Defense Innovation Base—With Real Partners Who Are Ready Now

The Warfighting Acquisition System is designed to break the ‘Valley of Death,’ where promising technologies historically died between prototype and deployment.

Rohirrim is the first AI vendor across that valley.

Our platform is fully operational, deployed, accredited, and in use by:

• Federal acquisition organizations.
• Critical enterprise GovCons.
• Defense-adjacent commercial innovators.

Rohirrim Strategic Account Executive Doug Keating notes: “The Department of War should seek partners who can deliver solutions now—not years from now. Proven commercial technologies make complete sense.”

The Warfighting Acquisition System calls for commercial solutions with measurable impact. Rohirrim delivers exactly that.

Procurement at the Speed of Need: A Wartime Imperative

This transformation is not bureaucratic; it is strategic.

If the United States fails to accelerate procurement:

• Warfighters will go to battle with outdated equipment.
• Innovation gaps will widen.
• Adversaries will continue to outpace the U.S. on autonomy, AI, and unmanned systems.

Keating makes the warning clear: “The most significant risk we face if procurement timelines don’t change is deploying U.S. forces into combat with outdated equipment. It would be a tragedy if our troops were ever outgunned.”

The Warfighting Acquisition System is the Department’s answer, and Rohirrim is the first platform built to execute it.

Rohirrim’s Role in the New Warfighting Acquisition System

From day one, Rohirrim was purpose-built for this shift. Our mission aligns directly with the Department’s mandate:

• Accelerate procurement.
• Expand innovation.
• Strengthen oversight.
• Deliver capability—fast.

Rohirrim is proud to already be delivering on that mission. Our AI-native platform is enabling faster, more precise, more secure procurement across government agencies and RFP responses by enterprise GovCons.

The Warfighting Acquisition System calls for tools that empower decisive action on both sides of the equation. Rohirrim is already doing it at scale—supporting both buyers and sellers throughout the acquisition process.

The Future of Defense Acquisition Starts Now

The Department of War has made its position clear. Business as usual is no longer acceptable.

America must procure, adapt, and deliver the future at speed; not someday, but today.

Rohirrim stands ready, already deployed, and already accelerating acquisition for the organizations charged with keeping our nation safe.

Procurement at the speed of need is here, and Rohirrim is leading the way.

Steven Aberle

CEO