Rapid Technology Transition (RTT)

Abstract

The mission of the Rapid Technology Transition (RTT) program is to increase the rate that new, innovative, and potentially disruptive technologies are inserted into DON acquisition programs and the hands of the warfighter and provides a process and venue that rapidly addresses urgent warfighter needs that require a short-term element of technology development. RTT programs transition technology from any source, including those not traditionally associated with defense technology. An effective and robust integration of commercial and military technologies can reduce costs and improve naval capabilities by keeping pace with the fast moving changes in technologies and operational needs. The RTT program is comprised of three elements: The Rapid Technology Transition (RTT) program, the Technology Insertion Program for Savings (TIPS), and the Rapid Development and Deployment (RDD) program. The RTT and TIPS programs are structured to bring transition deals to closure quickly, and to provide execution year funding for a rapid start, bridging the gap until the program of record can fund the completion of the technology insertion. The RDD program is structured to quickly develop a prototype solution that will be deployed in theater for Naval forces engaged in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). The mission of the RTT program is to increase the rate that new, innovative, and potentially disruptive technologies are inserted into DON acquisition programs. The mission of the TIPS program is to increase the rate that new cutting edge technologies are inserted into DON acquisition programs in order to significantly reduce operations and maintenance support costs. The RDD program provides for the rapid development and fielding of prototype solutions to meet urgent operational needs. The RDD process applies when existing DON processes cannot meet urgent operational needs. Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) have generated rapidly evolving military needs that require responsive materiel solutions. Rapid transition opportunities occur when a sufficiently mature technology is identified that can meet a particular need on a timetable which matches that of an acquisition program, and is supported by a business case which justifies the associated cost and schedule risk. The combination of circumstances which create such opportunities can appear, and disappear, well inside the Program Objectives Memorandum (POM) cycle. These programs are designed to be pro-active in identifying opportunities and to work with resource sponsors, fleet and force users, and Program Managers (PMs) in constructing viable technology transition deals one at a time. To ensure the widest possible awareness of emergent commercial technology opportunities, these programs interact with the industry and the venture capital community. These programs coordinate closely with Program Executive Offices (PEOs) and PMs to maintain awareness of insertion opportunities. Utilizing existing authorities, RTT applies execution year funds where necessary to "jump-start" transitions so they can be inserted and validated by Sea Trial experiments leading directly to deployment and/or demonstrations of high risk/high payoff technologies. This Program Element is the only Navy program that addresses current, urgent requirements that are required by the fleet within a 18-24 month period. As such, planning and execution are accomplished within the same fiscal year, which causes a non-traditional financial execution profile for the program. The program therefore does not meet traditional execution benchmarks. During PR-11 the funding for the TIPS activity within the RTT R&D project (3126) was realigned into its own R&D project number - 3173 - Technology Insertion Program for Savings.

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0203761N_7_1319_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
Technical: Not applicable. Schedule: Not applicable. FY11 from previous President's Budget is shown as zero because no FY11-15 data was presented in President's Budget 2010.
Service Agency Name
Navy

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cost Analysis
  • Deployment
  • Disruptive Technology
  • Fuel Oils
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Maintenance
  • Navy
  • Network Protocols
  • Operations Management
  • Product Development
  • Radar
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Tactical Training
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

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