Rapid Prototyping Program
Abstract
This program supports the Department's initiatives to Defend the Homeland, Build Sustainable and Long-Term Advantage, and Build a Resilient Joint Force and Defense Ecosystem. In partnership with the Services and Defense Agencies, the Rapid Prototyping Program (RPP) accelerates joint Service and Defense Agency capability development through prototyping efforts that help push innovative technologies across the “valley of death,” and into existing Service programs of record. RPP addresses strategic joint priorities such as the National Defense Strategy, the OUSD(R&E) critical technology areas, and the Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) needs; as well as Service or Agency identified capability gaps. New projects are nominated by the Services and Agencies, and selected with inputs from organizations including the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, and others in order to minimize duplication, synchronize prototyping efforts, and target projects with the widest benefit to the joint warfighter. Overarching program goals include modernization of cross-cutting technology areas, providing fieldable end-to-end mission capabilities for Services and joint application, informing programs of record, and delivering capabilities more quickly than traditional acquisition. RPP develops prototypes that reduce technical and integration risk and accelerate capabilities to programs of record. RPP project selection aligns to priority mission and technology areas including artificial intelligence / machine learning; autonomous systems; hypersonics; electronic warfare; sensors for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); and fire control. RPP rapidly develops and fields cross-cutting, prototype capabilities demonstrated in an operational environment to inform DoD and Service leadership.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 0604331D8Z_4_0400_PB_2023
- Change Summary Explanation
- FY 2023 funding increase reflects the fact that the FY 2022 President’s Budget request did not include out-year funding.
- Service Agency Name
- Office of the Secretary Of Defense
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
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