(MENAFN) The Association of the US Army's 2025 Annual Meeting and Exposition, widely recognized as the most extensive yearly land warfare event in North America, began on Monday in Washington, DC.

Spanning three days, the gathering is hosted at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, showcasing over 780 displays across five exhibition halls.

Bringing together more than 44,000 attendees and representatives from 92 countries, the expo serves as a vital platform for the international defense sector to collaborate and shape the future of national defense.

This year’s central message, 'Agile, Adaptive, Lethal: Winning at the Pace of Change,' highlights the Army’s focus on quickly and efficiently adapting to the ever-evolving demands of modern warfare.

In the opening address, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll emphasized that the Army is at "an inflection point" and urged a departure from outdated systems and traditional procurement models.
He advocated for building a force that is as swift, sophisticated, and deadly as those it may face.

"Technology is rapidly fundamentally changing our world. Our adversaries are harnessing it to change the very nature of warfare. We must change or become obsolete," Driscoll declared.

He pointed to Ukraine’s advancements in drone systems as a benchmark, suggesting that the Army’s technology should, at a minimum, be on par with the advanced tools service members regularly use in civilian life.

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