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Army’s Retooled Rapid Capabilities Office To Focus On Hypersonics, Directed Energy And Space Technologies

Army’s Retooled Rapid Capabilities Office To Focus On Hypersonics, Directed Energy And Space Technologies
Col. John Eggert, acting executive director for the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office. (U.S. Army photo by Monica King)

The head of the Army’s newly retooled rapid capabilities office said senior leadership has tasked his organization with a focus to specifically deliver emerging hypersonics, directed energy and low-Earth orbit technologies. Col. John Eggert, acting executive director of the newly named Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), told attendees at last week’s AUSA Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Ala., his office will now operate under a board of directors delivering directed requirements and prioritized resourcing to work around traditional…

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