Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 01.28.2019
Additive manufacturing holds great potential, but much work remains to be done for the Army to get to additive nirvana. Additive manufacturing shines with promise. The discipline, also known as 3D printing, holds the promise of being the most powerful, efficient and versatile method of manufacturing, enabling a whole new world of products—complex shapes, compound geometries and compound......
Story by Dana Ayers, Contractor | Rapid Equipping Force - U.S. Army | 08.20.2018
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Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 07.16.2018
For the Army Rapid Capabilities Office, fast solutions are the new black. As its former director heads for retirement, he looks back on the office’s success and promise as a forerunner for the new Futures Command....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 04.11.2018
The Army is at ‘an inflection point,’ and modernizing is job No. 1 and priority No. 1. But modernization will take every ounce of leaders’ will and a massive culture change to the slowest, most hidebound acquisition system in DOD to make it a reality. There’s a new wave of change—a big one—cresting in Army acquisition, with the potential to fundamentally reorganize how the Army......
Story by John Drew Hamilton | White Sands Missile Range Public Affairs | 07.15.2014
In mid-July, the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF), in partnership with PEO Soldier, along with PEO Soldier’s Project Management Office PM Soldier Sensors and Lasers (PM SSL), conducted a test in the mountains overlooking White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). This test was to evaluate the capabilities of a developmental Hand Held Precision Targeting Device (HHPTD), a special targeting......
Story by Spc. Ariel Solomon | ISAF Regional Command South | 07.04.2014
The mantra “adapt and overcome” is a rolling motto for the United States military. Even when a Soldier finds an equipment shortfall, he or she still needs to accomplish the mission. The Rapid Equipping Force is a little-known tool to provide Soldiers with fast, quality solutions to those shortfalls and a place where Soldiers’ ideas can be translated into useful equipment....
Story by Sgt. Janelle Dean | 16th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.03.2013
From the outside, the 16 modules painted traditional Army green look identical and rather ordinary, but they can be defined as green by a lot more than their paint. They are part of the energy efficient 100-man camp, also called the expeditionary combat outpost, and are designed to accommodate up to 100 personnel while offering considerable savings on logistical and energy needs....
