The Navy is trying to swap paperwork for prototypes.

The Secretary of the Navy has moved to stand up a Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) while trimming and consolidating offices that haven’t delivered. The aim is simple: get tools to sailors faster, and stop funding organizations that exist to coordinate meetings rather than win fights. Congress authorized the RCO in the FY24 defense bill, and the department is now standing it up to rapidly develop and field new capabilities.

What the new office is—and isn’t

By law, the Naval Air Warfare RCO sits inside the Department of the Navy with a leader designated by the Commander of Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). An executive board—vice chief of naval operations, Marine assistant commandant, the Navy’s top acquisition offici

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