Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip

Army Rapid Capabilities Office

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AUSA Open Door

October 11, 2017

Mr. Doug Wiltsie

Director

MG Wilson Shoffner

Director, Operations

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Rapid Capabilities Office BLUF

• Who: Secretary of the Army, Chief of Staff of the Army and AAE

• What: Influence the acquisition process, cut through the bureaucracy

and prioritize the most critical capabilities to meet operational needs

◆Initial Focus Areas: Cyber, Electronic Warfare, Survivability and

Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

• When: Deliver solutions in 1-5 years

• Where: Fielding to meet needs of COCOMs worldwide

• Why: Close current capability gaps against rapidly modernizing

adversaries, while accelerating and improving long-term programs

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Current and Future Focus

ElectronicWarfare

Cyber Positioning, Navigation and

Timing

Survivability

Artificial Intelligence

Swarm/Anti-Swarm

Optical Augmentation

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Path Forward in FY18

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• Potential Burn-off/Challenge events:

• Electronic Warfare – mounted

• Electronic Warfare – aided by artificial intelligence (AI)

• Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) – non GPS-based alternative

solutions

• Partnering with the SOCOM/SOFWERX ThunderDrone Rapid Prototyping

Event

• First major use of SOFWERX indoor drone test range

• Focused on autonomy and artificial intelligence – swarming behaviors

• Demonstrating and bringing together technologies for specific vignettes

Industry Link: RCO Emerging Technologies Office

Research

Virginia Tech- Hume

Center

MITREResearch

CMU SEI

GTRI

Army Research

Lab

DARPA

RDECs

NSC

NGIC

Industry

Labs

DIUx

Other Services

and Agencies

MITLL

IQT

AWGSCO

J8 SIO AF/Navy

USSOCOM

REF

◆Leverage innovation by partners

◆Engage traditional and non-

traditional developers

◆Demonstrate high-risk, high-

reward capabilities

◆Serve as an ombudsman

Innovation Ecosystem

RCO Emerging

Technologies Office

(ETO)Traditional/

Non Traditional

Not comprehensive

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NCMBC

COE Battle Labs

Technology Awareness

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Technology Map View

Technology Lists

AttachmentsAssociated Events

Army Rapid Capabilities Office ETO Public Website

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Visit and Discuss During Open House

Acquisition Tool Box

The Army RCO has built a diverse portfolio of vehicles for promoting the rapid acquisition of technologies, including but not limited to:

Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreements for prototypes:Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC)

oConsortium for Command, Control, and Communication in Cyberspace (C5)Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx)

oCommercial Solutions Opening (CSO)Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Research & Development Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and Existing Vehicles*

GSA Alliant (GWAC with SB suite) NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) (Small business GWAC)National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC) (GWAC)DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Blanket Purchasing Agreements (BPA)(Strategic Sourcing Initiative)Army CHESS (GWAC) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ProgramDefense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Information Analysis Centers (IAC) Multiple Award Contract

*Not comprehensive

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Open House: What is “Disruptive” Innovation?

• Creates operational

breakthroughs

• Addresses known

problems from a

completely new angle

• Promotes revolutionary

new areas of opportunity

• Qualifies as “high risk/high

reward”

• Changes currently

accepted approaches or

capabilities

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Technology that:

Contact the RCO

Rapidly Develop, Acquire, Integrate, and Equip

Website: http://rapidcapabilitiesoffice.army.mil

Email: rapidcapabilitiesoffice@mail.mil

Submit to the Emerging Technologies Office:

http://rapidcapabilitiesoffice.army.mil/eto

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Questions/Discussion

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