Quick Reaction Fund
Abstract
The Quick Reaction Fund (QRF) provided the Combatant Commands (CCMDs), Services, and joint warfighters opportunities to capitalize on relatively mature technologies. QRF leveraged maturing technology to rapidly prototype and field-test promising new prototypes that have immediate impact on time-sensitive operational needs. Capabilities addressed National Defense Strategy priorities and informed programs of record or new acquisition pathways to more effectively and affordably push innovation to the field. QRF focused on projects that have the potential to address conventional, disruptive, and asymmetric warfare needs. QRF initiatives typically delivered a prototype application within 12 months of being funded. In FY 2020, QRF funds transferred to PE 0603699D8Z Emerging Capabilities Technology Development to facilitate rapid prototyping and experimentation to support the DoD’s modernization priorities. Recent success stories and significant transitions of note include: • Vintage Racer matured an advanced capability to prosecute targets of interest. The project successfully validated aerodynamic design with wind tunnel testing and integrated a guidance subsystem for targeted kinetic effects before culminating in a FY 2019 flight test. Documentation and prototype technologies transitioned to the U.S. Army for additional development and follow-on acquisition activities. • Dead Center demonstrated advanced, highly tailorable algorithms to meet critical warfighter mission needs in multiple domains, culminating in a user demonstration of the advanced algorithms designed to enhance warfighter effectiveness. The project integrated these algorithms with repurposed commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware to demonstrate a flexible, multi-platform functionality in a low size, weight, and power form factor to meet specific, highly tailored mission critical needs. Project deliverables, including prototypes and system documentation, transitioned to a classified DoD partner. • Battle Axe was a nine-month effort that leveraged several existing, high technology readiness level (TRL) technologies and developed a new, electronic-attack (EA) capability. The prototype provided a rapidly deployable, low size, weight, power, and cost counter intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) solution to the warfighter. Further details of this project are classified. • Olympus focused on the development of fully customizable cyber tools for open network exploitation to enhance the CCMDs’ capability to operate and exploit cyber information in near real-time. The solution leveraged best practices of the U.S. Government’s cyber workforce and expanded the capability of the DoD to operate in cyber space with government-off-the-shelf (GOTS) customized software tools. Further details of this project are classified.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 826_0603826D8Z_3_0400_PB_2021
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