Albuquerque Space Rapid Capabilities Office poster art

Albuquerque Space Rapid Capabilities Office poster art.

On May 21, 2007 the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Executive Agent for Space established the Space Rapid Capabilities Office to rapidly respond to changing national security requirements and to be an agent for change across the community. “Rapid Solutions to Urgent Space Needs”

Approach: The Space Rapid Capabilities Office (SpRCO) works with the broader space community to provide rapid solutions to urgent space needs. The end state of the SpRCO concept is the ability to address emerging, persistent, and/or unanticipated needs through timely augmentation, reconstitution, and exploitation of space force enhancement, space control, and space support capabilities. SpRCO focuses on material (spacecraft, launch, range, payloads) and non-material solutions (business model, acquisition, policy, industrial base, training, command and control, tasking, exploitation, processing, & dissemination, concept of operations), and collaborates with national and international agencies to leverage existing investments and develop long-term partnerships.

Results: Delivers capabilities to the warfighter in operationally relevant time frames; Drives down overall costs and development timelines; Introduces new operational concepts for increased flexibility; and Engages the entire space community through collaboration and coalition opportunities.