NDIA Special Report: Special Operations Outlook 2021

Abstract

Its a simple enough principle we are better when we work together with a diverse set of partners to provide the capabilities required to enable Special Operations Forces. SOF acquisition strives to mirror the competencies of the operators we support. While they excel at partnering in the operational domain, we need to excel at partnering in the acquisition domain. Partnering with industry and academia whether small or large businesses, commercial or defense members of the industrial base and drawing upon broader perspectives and new ideas, is essential to competing against different and more capable adversaries. Like the command we support, the strength of SOF acquisition is partnered operations. But sometimes we fall short.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 17, 2021
Accession Number
AD1133770

Entities

Organizations

  • National Defense Industrial Association

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Anti-Tank Missiles
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Radio Communications
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.