USAFRICOM – Rapid Drone Innovation Challenge (RIPIT)
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AFRICOM seeks to establish a rapid innovation lab network for developing and manufacturing unmanned systems and counter-unmanned technologies across Africa. The initiative aims to accelerate threat response, enable local production capacity, and strengthen multinational partner collaboration through shared intelligence and standardized data systems.
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In alignment with the Secretary of War’s Drone Dominance memo and the National Defense Strategy, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) and its allies face an urgent need to counter asymmetric terrorist threats across the African continent.
Overall Objective: Formally establish and equip the AFRICOM Rapid Iteration, Production, Innovation, and Training (RIPIT) Lab network—a central node and hub-and-spoke Center of Excellence (CoE)—to synchronize the rapid development, adaptive manufacturing, training, a...
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