{"id":27956,"date":"2019-03-13T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/13\/army-rapid-capabilities-office-is-getting-a-new-name-and-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:20:20","slug":"army-rapid-capabilities-office-is-getting-a-new-name-and-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/03\/13\/army-rapid-capabilities-office-is-getting-a-new-name-and-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Rapid Capabilities Office is getting a new name and mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2016\/08\/31\/army-launches-rapid-capabilities-office\/\" target=_blank>Army Rapid Capabilities Office<\/a> has already had a major metamorphosis since its inception in 2016, shifting from a focus on just three near-term challenges to an emphasis on a broader portfolio that aligns with the Army\u2019s major<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2018\/10\/08\/armys-night-court-finds-25-billion-to-reinvest-in-modernization-priorities\/\" target=_blank> modernization efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But now the RCO is getting a new name, a new charter and will be led by a three-star general, according to the Army\u2019s acquisition chief. That leader is Maj. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood, who\u2019s nomination to be promoted to a three-star general has been submitted for congressional approval, Bruce Jette confirmed to Defense News. Thurgood is currently the director of Army hypersonic programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCO\u2019s new name is the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office \u2014 or RCCTO \u2014 Jette said at the McAleese &amp; Associates and Credit Suisse Defense Programs conference in Washington. The name is a more cumbersome acronym, Jette admitted, but the idea is to name the RCO to better reflect its new mission and mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCO took a major pivot in its direction under the leadership of Tanya Skeen, its short-lived director, last year where it moved away from a focus on three major priorities \u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2016\/08\/31\/army-launches-rapid-capabilities-office\/\" target=\"_blank\"> electronic warfare<\/a>, cyber and position, navigation and timing \u2014 to a broader focus on the Army\u2019s top six modernization priorities: Long-Range Precision Fires, Next-Generation Combat Vehicle, Future Vertical Lift, the Network, Air-and-Missile Defense and Soldier Lethality.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa-digital-show-dailies\/2018\/10\/07\/army-rapid-capabilities-office-realigned-to-focus-on-top-modernization-priorities\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AUSA-RCO-2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army Rapid Capabilities Office realigned to focus on top modernization priorities<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">There&#039;s more to the Army\u2019s Rapid Capabilities Office than meets the eye.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the RCO quickly took part in helping to advance capability within the Army\u2019s modernization priorities including demonstrating an initial incremental capability \u2014 underneath the LRPF umbrella \u2014 to extend a cannon\u2019s range to strategic distances at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, last September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Skeen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2018\/10\/30\/head-of-army-rapid-capabilities-office-to-take-top-civilian-job-on-the-f-35-program\/\" target=_blank>parted ways with the RCO in late October<\/a> to become the executive director of the F-35 Joint Project Office leaving the direction of the office in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa-digital-show-dailies\/2018\/10\/08\/a-new-way-to-modernize-army-works-to-close-gap-between-concept-and-capability\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AUSA-modernization-cover-1-web.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">A new way to modernize: Army works to close gap between concept and capability<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is making revolutionary and fundamental changes in the way it envisions operating against adversaries in the future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army approved a new charter in December and is moving out on a new mission and mandate from a focus on responding to the Army\u2019s modernization branch. Previously, RCO was focused on responding to needs from combatant commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its mandate is to move from a focus on rapid prototyping to larger scale efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a focus on strategic issues,\u201d Jette said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are things that are technical approaches to particular efforts that really don\u2019t fall well into one particular category of a [program executive office] that already exists, but are very much in support of the [Army Futures Command] and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/11\/06\/armys-modernization-command-taking-shape-under-freshly-picked-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\">[Cross Functional Team]<\/a> needs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCCTO is supposed to work in lock-step with the AFC \u2014 the new four-star command which was officially established in the summer of 2018 to tackle the Army\u2019s modernization priorities \u2014 and the CFTs which are each tasked to focus on a particular priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/08\/28\/can-austin-make-the-army-weird\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AFCUPTIGHT.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Can Austin make the Army weird?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Austin is free-thinking, creative and now a burgeoning technology innovation hub, but can its fearlessness to take risk rub off on the Army as it seeks to develop game-changing technology to stay ahead in battlefield capabilities?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a separate speech, Army Under Secretary Ryan McCarthy highlighted hypersonics, directed energy and space as particular areas of technology development where the RCCTO would be of particular use. 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