Rapid Capability Development and Maturation

Abstract

This funding line is directly aligned to the Army Air and Missile Defense Modernization Priority. This project funds high-priority, threat-based projects with the intent to deliver an operationally effective capability in the near- and mid-terms. Efforts will include accelerated materiel development and prototyping based on anticipated and emerging threats and opportunities. Efforts include development, acquisition, assessment, maturation, and transition of prototype technologies to acquisition programs. Efforts include Directed Energy; Long Range Precision Fires; Air and Missile Defense; Cyber; Artificial Intelligence; Signals Intelligence (SIGINT); Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Counter UAS (C-UAS); Communications; Survivability; Robotics; Advanced Ground and Aviation Systems; and other high priority emerging threats and opportunities. Funds may also allow for acceleration of critical capabilities to counter urgent and emerging threats for transition to programs of record. Funding may also be used to acquire specialized expertise to execute an initiative. The Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) expedites residual combat materiel capabilities to the Warfighter to provide critical capability in support of the Army modernization strategy and transitions the capability to an acquisition program for production and fielding as an enduring need. The RCCTO assesses Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Government Off-The-Shelf (GOTS), and Non-Developmental Item (NDI) (non-standard equipment) solutions for modification and/or integration to address changes in contested environments with materiel solutions for forces deployed globally. The RCCTO engages with industry to identify innovative solutions to high priority problem sets and funds quick turn analysis, modeling and prototyping efforts through this project to demonstrate cross-cutting military utility.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2023
Source ID
FI3_0605054A_5_2040_PB_2023

Tags

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs
  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Quantum
  • Directed Energy

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