Rapid Prototyping Program
Abstract
The Rapid Prototyping Program (RPP) accelerates innovation through prototyping efforts in partnership with the Services and Defense Agencies that reduce risk, establish affordable and realistic requirements, and support timely development of fieldable prototypes demonstrated in an operational environment. RPP addresses priorities identified by the National Defense Strategy, modernization focus areas of the Department of Defense (DoD), the Chairman’s Capability Gap Assessment, and Service-identified capability gaps and needs. Overarching program goals include enhanced warfighter lethality, modernization of cross-cutting technology areas, and delivering capabilities more quickly than traditional acquisition. RPP develops prototypes that deliver needed capabilities to address Service gaps, reduce technical and integration risk, and enable warfighter feedback to define and improve requirements for Service and Agency programs of record. RPP project selection is guided by the National Defense Strategy, USD(R&E) priorities, and key technology modernization areas including machine learning; directed energy, networked command, control, and communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), advanced autonomous systems, and, joint lethality. RPP is also guided by the Chairman’s Capability Gap Assessment, and Service-identified gaps and needs. RPP rapidly develops and fields cross-cutting, multi-Service prototype capabilities that can be demonstrated in an operational environment to inform Department of Defense and Service leadership.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2020
- Source ID
- 0604331D8Z_4_0400_PB_2020
- Change Summary Explanation
- The Congressional reduction in FY 2018 recognizes that the Rapid Prototyping Program was a new initiative starting in late FY 2017.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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