Tag: RCCTO

Been There, Done That Behind The Frontlines

May 14, 2026

Leadership Insight: Improving Public Sector Inefficiencies with Private Sector Solutions

After a distinguished 38-year career in the U.S. Army, retired Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood made…

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Army air defenders with 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, examine a captured drone during Project Flytrap 4.5, on November 19, 2025—part of a future where acquisition reform speeds delivery of advanced counter-drone capabilities to the force.

Behind The Frontlines From the Frontlines Policy & Planning

December 19, 2025

The Army’s 2025 Acquisition Reforms Revolutionize Processes To Expedite Cutting-Edge Capabilities

The Army launched its most ambitious procurement overhaul in decades—designed to slash bureaucracy, fast-track innovation…

Stefanie Pidgeon

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Policy & Planning Science & Technology

July 9, 2024

PREPARE TO LAUNCH

PROGRAM REASSIGNMENT: The Army has reassigned primary responsibility of the MRC from the RCCTO to…

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Army ALT Magazine Science & Technology

October 6, 2021

LOUD AND CLEAR

LET ME REPEAT: Current AI agents consume each request independently of the user’s history—it’s like…

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Faces of the Force

March 10, 2021

LOOK OUT FOR DRONES

TITLE: Director, Acquisition & Resources Division, Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)…

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Army ALT Magazine

January 22, 2021

INNOVATION AT MACH 5

THANKING THE TEAM: Secretary of the Army, Hon. Ryan D. McCarthy, visited defense…

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Army ALT Magazine

January 19, 2021

ACHIEVEMENTS IN MODERNIZATION

IN THE FEEDBACK LOOP: A rifle squad from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division,…

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Army ALT Magazine

October 28, 2020

MODERNIZING PARTNERSHIPS

NOT YOUR MOTHER’S MICROWAVE: RCCTO will field a prototype Indirect Fire Protection Capability - High…

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Army ALT Magazine

July 7, 2020

INNOVATION DAYS: CONCEPT, PROTOTYPE, DELIVER

EVALUATION TIME: The second RCCTO innovation day event included leaders, technical experts and Soldiers from…

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Army ALT Magazine

July 6, 2020

EVERY MINUTE COUNTS

THE VIRTUAL FUTURE: 1st Sgt. Michael Weaver, 1-31st Field Artillery Battalion, 434th Field Artillery Brigade,…

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CDC’S ROAD MAP TO MODERNIZING THE ARMY: AIR and MISSILE DEFENSE

Army ALT Magazine

September 4, 2019

CCDC’S road map to modernizing the Army: Air and missile defense

Fifth in a series of articles on how the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command…

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Army ALT Magazine

August 26, 2019

Hypersonics by 2023

Laser weapons, high-powered microwave weapons and hypersonic weapons are on the horizon for the Rapid…

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Army ALT Magazine

July 9, 2019

Cyber Vs. Drone

Small drones are increasingly a threat to Soldiers. A new cyber-enabled system provides a key…

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Faces of the Force

June 25, 2019

Rapid Gets Rapid-er

Michelle Hodges COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office TITLE: Senior contracting official YEARS…

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Army ALT Magazine

June 25, 2019

New Army AL&T magazine explores how the Army handles data from the foxhole to the Pentagon

By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 25, 2019)—A modern army marches not on its…

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Army ALT Magazine

June 7, 2019

From Sensor to Shooter, Faster

How a demonstration of translating targeting data between the Army and the Air Force confirmed…

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Army ALT Magazine

May 13, 2019

Funding Kickstart

A new rapid prototyping program supercharges Army capabilities. by Vanessa Pittman and Brandon Little-Darku In…

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Army ALT Magazine

April 24, 2019

New Army AL&T magazine explores acquisition team building

By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (April 24, 2019)—“Building the Acquisition Team”—creating the best possible…

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Army ALT Magazine

April 17, 2019

The Making of a Packard

Rapid acquisition of electronic warfare capabilities served an urgent need, and in the process set…

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RCCTO

Leadership Insight: Improving Public Sector Inefficiencies with Private Sector Solutions

The Army’s 2025 Acquisition Reforms Revolutionize Processes To Expedite Cutting-Edge Capabilities

PREPARE TO LAUNCH

LOUD AND CLEAR

LOOK OUT FOR DRONES

INNOVATION AT MACH 5

ACHIEVEMENTS IN MODERNIZATION

MODERNIZING PARTNERSHIPS

INNOVATION DAYS: CONCEPT, PROTOTYPE, DELIVER

EVERY MINUTE COUNTS

CCDC’S road map to modernizing the Army: Air and missile defense

Hypersonics by 2023

Cyber Vs. Drone

Rapid Gets Rapid-er

New Army AL&T magazine explores how the Army handles data from the foxhole to the Pentagon

From Sensor to Shooter, Faster

Funding Kickstart

New Army AL&T magazine explores acquisition team building

The Making of a Packard

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