Lasers, Microwaves, Hypersonics & More: Army RCCTO
Innovators who put forward the most promising white papers will be invited to pitch their idea to officials representing not only the Army but the other services, the joint Combatant Commands, and independent organizations like the Missile Defense Agency.
By Theresa Hitchens and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on August 07, 2019 at 5:20 PM
SPACE AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYMPOSIUM: The Army’s three-star rapid capabilities chief is rushing to sign a contract on hypersonic missiles in three weeks, announced a new high-energy laser last week and just revealed a plan to build drone-killing microwave weapons — and he’s about to host an industry day asking innovators for even more ideas.
Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood — the only Program Executive Officer (PEO) in the Army to wear three stars — is responsible for developing the most challenging high-tech pieces of the Army’s Big Six modernization plan and deploying them as fast as possible to counter Russia and China. His organization, the Rapid Capabilities & Critical Technologies Office, has effectively existed only since December, when it was radically reorganized out of the older and lower-profile Rapid Capabilities Office. But Thurgood told a contractor-rich audience here that RCCTO would be ready to receive them at its first-ever Innovation Day on Sept. 17, the first of what he hopes to be a quarterly series of pitch meetings.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/08/lasers-microwaves-hypersonics-more-army-rccto/
