Quick Reactions Special Projects (QRSP)

Abstract

The Quick Reactions Special Projects (QRSP) Program supports five separate projects that provide rapid funding to expedite development and transition of new technologies to the warfighter. These projects are: 1) Quick Reaction Fund (QRF); 2) Rapid Reaction Fund (RRF); 3) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) Architecture and Integration (RAI) program; 4) Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell (JRAC) support; and 5) Strategic Multi-Layered Assessment (SMA) support. QRSP provides the flexibility to respond to emergent Department of Defense (DoD) issues and address technology surprises and needs within the years of execution outside the two year budget cycle. The QRF Program objectives are to respond to emergent conventional warfare needs during the execution years that take advantage of breakthroughs in rapidly evolving technologies. The QRF is executed by the Rapid Reaction Technology Office. Examples of the types of projects that are envisioned include: force protection projects to enhance anti-access and area denial capabilities, undersea offensive capabilities and broad electronic warfare capabilities. The QRF focuses on maturing technologies critically needed for the Combatant Commands. QRF projects are typically 12 months in duration and produce prototypes with new capabilities for demonstration and evaluation. The RRF objectives are to leverage the DoD science and technology (S&T) base and those of the other federal departments, and to provide feedback to the S&T community to guide long term developmental strategies. The RRF is executed by the Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO). RRTO works to anticipate adversaries’ exploitation of new technologies and advanced capabilities and develop counters to those capabilities. Additionally, RTTO works to leverage technology developed outside of the DoD in the commercial sector, academia, international arenas, and small, non-traditional businesses to expose them to specific DoD needs areas as identified by Combatant Commanders, Military Service organizations, other Defense agencies and interagency organizations. The typical length of an RTTO program falls within a 6 to 12 month range in order to more effectively aid the warfighter. The RRF consistently exceeds the transition objective of 30 percent for demonstration programs (DoD Strategic Objective 4-3). The RDT&E Architecture and Integration (RAI) program objectives are to enhance and expand rapid technology architecture and assessment capabilities in general; and, to enhance the Joint Experimentation Range Complex (JERC), Stiletto maritime test platform and the Thunderstorm ISR exercise series. The JERC provides a venue to evaluate a wide range of new technologies in a dessert environment. The requested funding will also support Stiletto, a maritime test vessel that routinely hosts numerous new technologies for evaluation in a maritime environment. Thunderstorm, an ongoing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) exercise series, is also supported by this budget line. Thunderstorm brings emerging ISR technologies together in a common architecture for exercise and operational demonstration. The JRAC Program objectives focus on responding to Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUONS) that have been submitted by Combatant Commanders and validated by the Joint Staff. In addition, the JRAC’s objectives are to manage the delivery of capabilities as requested by the Combatant Command (COCOM) in a time frame acceptable to the COCOM. Efforts, in most instances, are conducted outside of the processes described in the Defense Acquisition System in DoD Directive 5000.1 and utilize contingency and other rapid acquisition authorities. The SMA cell program objective is to support all Combatant Commands (COCOMs), Joint Force Commanders, and other government agencies by assessing complex operational/technical challenges which require multi-agency and multi-disciplinary approaches. With input from across the United States Government, academia, and the private sector, the SMA cell develops solution options to COCOM generated challenging problems and informs the command’s senior leadership. Each SMA cell effort is initiated at the request of COCOM senior leadership. Priorities for SMA Cell programs are set by the Joint Staff Deputy for Operations. Products are typically produced within six months and directly contribute to the decision-making process of the COCOM’s senior leaders.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• Source ID: 0603826D8Z_3_0400_PB_2014
• Change Summary Explanation: FY 2012: Increase of $4.059 million is due to a reprogramming of $5.900 million to support Cloudbreak command and control architecture efforts, and net adjustments of -$1.841 million from SBIR/STTR and other reprogrammings and adjustments to support OSD efforts. FY 2014: Decrease of $9.623 million is a baseline adjustment reflective of DoD priorities and requirements.
• Service Agency Name: Office of Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

• C4I
• Counter WMD
• Cyber
• Engineered Resilient Systems
• Human Systems
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Coast Guard
• Combatant Commanders
• Department Of Defense
• Global Positioning Systems
• Governments
• Military Operations
• Military Organizations
• National Security
• Reconnaissance
• Surveillance
• Unified Combatant Commands
• United States
• United States Government
• United States Northern Command
• United States Southern Command
• Warfare

Readers

• Defense Technology Research and Development.
• Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

• Microelectronics