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OUR MISSION

The Rapid Equipping Force (REF) harnesses current and emerging technologies to provide rapid solutions to the urgently required capabilities of US Army forces employed globally.

OUR PROCESS

Rapid Equipping Force Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) The US Army Rapid Equipping Force (REF) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which is issued...

COLONEL PETER A. NEWELL
DIRECTOR

Colonel Pete Newell is the fourth Director of the US Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, an organization charged with the responsibility to rapidly find, integrate and employ solutions to the emerging problems faced by Soldiers on today’s battlefield. Leading a small, highly agile team of operators, acquisition specialists, scientists and engineers and reporting directly to the senior leadership of the Army, Colonel Newell is able to target REF’s unique capabilities where and when they are needed most.