Former Army Secretary Driscoll praises Ukraine's warfare innovation in Kyiv during 1st public appearance since resigning
Driscoll said Ukraine’s battlefield software gives its forces a clearer view of combat and urged the U.S. Army to move faster on modernization.
- Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll warned of "an inflection point in warfare" at the Yalta European Strategy conference in Kyiv on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, arguing that the world's largest militaries lack necessary speed and innovation.
- His resignation on Aug. 31 followed clashes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, ending an 18-month tenure where he urged the U.S. military to apply lessons from the war in Ukraine.
- Praising "DELTA," a Ukrainian software platform that integrates battlefield data, Driscoll and Schmidt noted the company supplied 13,000 "Merops" interceptor drones and 10,000 "Bumblebee" reconnaissance and strike drones.
- During the discussion, Fareed Zakaria questioned drone production disparities, prompting CIA Director David Petraeus to interject from the audience that Ukraine's projection is closer to 10 million drones.
- In August, the U.S. Army phased out a drone battalion, while two of its prominent backers, Gen. Randy George and Gen. Christopher Donahue, were forced out or fired earlier this year.
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Former Secretary of the US Army called technology a chance for Ukraine to defeat the Russian Federation Dan Driscoll said that innovations can give Ukraine <p>an advantage over Russia. He called DELTA stronger than the US Army's technology.</p>
Driscoll touts Ukraine’s military innovation in first public appearance since resigning as Army Secretary
Former Army Secretary Dan Driscoll appeared for the first time since his resignation in August from the role, discussing Ukraine’s military innovations at the Yalta European Strategy forum – an annual conference in Ukraine about challenges facing the country. Driscoll appeared on a panel alongside former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and lauded Kyiv’s wartime technologies,…
Former U.S. Secretary of Army Dan Driscoll addressed the Yalta European Strategy Forum in Kiev, reporting to CBS News. According to the publication, he spoke with the head of the air defence company Perennial Autonomy and former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt.
In the first public speech after his resignation, former U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll warned of "a break in the way of war", stating that the world's largest armies "driscoll did not accept the necessary speed and innovation." "Driscoll in a tie embroiderying the traditional Ukrainian pattern performed alongside Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, who is now head of the American defense company Perennia Autonomy, working in Ukraine," CBS New…
Former U.S. Secretary of Army Driscoll in Kiev praised Ukraine's military innovation during his first public speech after retirement
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