Navy to hold industry day and investor briefing for new rapid capabilities office

The Navy plans to hold an industry day and briefing for investors for its newly established Rapid Capabilities Office, which will consolidate development and innovation efforts including the service's Disruptive Capabilities Office, the Maritime Accelerated Response Capability Cell, NavalX and Navy contributions to the Replicator initiative.

The industry day and investor briefing -- planned for Dec. 9-10 -- will “cover the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) most pressing challenges, detail the RCO’s collaborative approach with industry to address these needs, and provide information on newly established pathways for engagement with the RCO,” according to a government notice.

The industry day will be unclassified while the investment community executive briefing is designated “secret.” Registration for the events will close Dec. 3.

“RCO welcomes existing and new industry partners, without prejudice to companies with limited government contracting experience,” the notice states. “Potential partners with strong technical competence in their particular field may be successful with a high willingness to learn.”

The Navy plans to identify and field multidomain capabilities within a three-year timeline under the new office, which was established in an Aug. 19 memo by Navy Secretary John Phelan.