Rapid Prototyping
Abstract
This portfolio will focus on cost-effective, limited duration projects to design, develop and deliver prototypes of cutting-edge land, sea, air and space systems to meet the Department's goal to drive innovation in aviation, space, maritime and ground combat systems in a fiscally constrained environment through advanced rapid prototyping. These prototypes will be delivered to joint and Service users to evaluate operational capabilities under realistic conditions and against current adversaries or anticipated threats. Potential venues for prototype assessment include assets such as the Stiletto Maritime Demonstration Program, Thunderstorm integration exercises and the Joint Experimental Range Complex (JERC) in Yuma, Arizona. (The JERC experimentation venue is supported in part by the Rapid Reaction Technology Office’s Rapid Reaction Fund.) Knowledge and experience gained through those demonstrations will help develop new warfighting concepts and inform requirements and technical feasibility of future acquisition programs. These initial prototype efforts will help reduce the cost of future acquisition programs and stimulate efforts beyond traditional defense industrial base activities. Development of advanced prototypes will involve partnerships with industry and academia and permit operational users to gain insight into future technology-enabled strategies and tactics. Advanced rapid prototyping provides a mechanism to guard against technological surprise, preserve industrial base capabilities, impose asymmetric strategic costs on potential adversaries, and explore innovative, technology-enabled military capabilities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- b1f0cc13465908bc21c3fb52e4fb7fb9