Pentagon tech office asks industry for ‘leap-ahead capabilities’

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office wants industry to pitch “highly innovative” technologies that could benefit war fighters in future wars. The office, which focuses on prototyping technologies for DoD modernization priorities, released its 2021 Global Needs Statement on March 24 on beta.sam.gov. The office wants to hear from companies about products across these priority areas: artificial intelligence/machine learning; autonomy; biotechnology; cyber; directed energy; fully networked command, communication, and control; hypersonics; microelectronics; quantum; space; 5G; and other disruptive technologies. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/it-networks/2021/03/26/pentagon-tech-office-asks-industry-for-leap-ahead-capabilities/​​​​​​​