06/07/07 - Article in DMO's On Target

Monday, 06 August 2007 at 09:36

The Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation (Rapid) Program is a collaborative venture between the Australian Department of Defence and Industry that seeks to improve Defence’s warfighting capability, particularly in relation to network-centric warfare.

Defence, Industry and Rapid – moving forward

 

 

31/05/07 - Industry And Academia Race To Join RPDE

Tuesday, 05 June 2007 at 13:02

The Defence Rapid Program Further Expanded To Enhance ADF War-Fighting Capability

Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence Bruce Billson has today announced that 59 companies and academic institutions have been selected to join the ground-breaking Rapid Prototyping Development and Evaluation (RPDE or Rapid) program.

The latest signings are in addition to 83 other companies and academic institutions which have joined this significant program which is designed to contribute to enhancing ADF war-fighting capacity through accelerated capability change.

ITP3 Media Release

 

 

09/02/07 - Article in DMO's On Target

Friday, 09 February 2007 at 11:36

The Comms Efficiency Task has shown that Satellite bandwidth could be improved by up to 40 per cent with the use of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf Wan Optimisers, coordinated by the Traffic Profile Management Application software developed by RPDE.

Making Rapid Progress

 

 

25/11/06 - Article from The Australian

Friday, 24 November 2006 at 11:34
Success of RPDE IED Quicklook

 

 

19/09/06 - $60M for RPDE

Tuesday, 19 September 2006 at 12:21

Following a successful trial, the partnership between Defence and the industry sector which is designed to accelerate the acquisition of emerging capabilities, will be funded by up to $60 million for a further three years, Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence Bruce Billson has announced.

Mr Billson said the Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation Program (RPDE or ‘Rapid’), which commenced operations in February 2005, has demonstrated the value of joint industry and Defence partnering.

“Rapid has matured into an organisation which is delivering enhanced capabilities for our ADF warfighters,” he said.

“It draws people, technology, facilities and contextual information from Defence and 83 industry participants, including major Defence primes, small-to-medium enterprises and academia, together under a shared goal.”

Rapid is currently working on 12 key tasks and has already delivered several important outcomes to Defence. The program is also developing new innovative services to Defence including the ‘Quicklook’ which aims to bring together a broad cross-section of industry together to workshop and provide fast multi-lateral advice, and report to Defence within 10 weeks.

And Rapid’s outcomes are being implemented fast. The Rapid Environmental Assessment Task has already lead Defence to implement changes to organisation, process and technology within its Operational Headquarters.

“Rapid has a created a collaborative, non-competitive environment where Defence and industry can work together to develop new solutions, principally through incremental enhancement of existing capability,” Mr Billson said.

“The Defence Minister Dr Brendan Nelson is also strong supporter of the program and is not only pleased by how it has developed, but believes it has further potential to deliver capability improvements to our warfighters.”