10 U.S.C. § 2273a: Space Rapid Capabilities Office

There is within the Space Force a program office known as the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (in this section referred to as the “Office”). The facilities of the Office may not be co-located with the headquarters facilities of the Space Force Space Systems Command. The head of the Office shall be the designee of the Secretary of the Air Force. The head of the Office shall report to the Chief of Space Operations. to contribute to the development of low-cost, rapid reaction payloads, busses, launch, and launch control capabilities in order to fulfill joint military operational requirements for on-demand space support and reconstitution; to coordinate and execute space rapid capabilities efforts across the Department of Defense with respect to planning, acquisition, and operations; and to rapidly develop and field new classified space capabilities. The Secretary of the Air Force shall designate the acquisition executive of the Office who shall provide streamlined acquisition authorities for projects of the Office. The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System process shall not apply to acquisitions by the Office. there are separate, dedicated unclassified and classified program elements for space rapid capabilities; and the Office executes the responsibilities of the Office through such program elements. The Office shall manage the program elements required by paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish for the Office a Board of Directors (to be known as the “Space Rapid Capabilities Board of Directors”) to provide coordination, oversight, and approval of projects of the Office. responsive satellite payloads and busses built to common technical standards; low-cost space launch vehicles and supporting range operations that facilitate the timely launch and on-orbit operations of satellites; responsive command and control capabilities; and concepts of operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures that permit the use of responsive space assets for combat and military operations other than war.”