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Special Operations
June 2019
SOCOM Seeks Smartphone App for Fingerprint Data
By Connie LeeSpecial Operations Command is developing an application that would allow warfighters to collect biometric information — such as fingerprints — with their smartphones, according to an official. -
Special Operations
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: SOCOM to Develop New AI Strategy
By Connie LeeSpecial Operations Command plans to craft a new artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy to inform its future spending, according to the organization's chief data officer. -
Infotech
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: New Software Can Sift Through Decades of Stovepiped Intelligence Data
Defense contractor Leidos revealed a new big data analytics tool that a intelligence community customer has been using for the past six months to sift through terabytes of data previously stored on different devices. -
Special Operations
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: Marine Corps Adopts Product for Smartphone Communications
By Connie LeeThe Marine Corps is moving forward with a program to allow its warfighters to transmit classified information over their personal smartphones and tablets. -
Special Operations
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: Special Operators Wearing Ultralight Version of ‘Iron Man’ Suit
TAMPA, Fla. — When Special Operations Command set out to create what would be popularly known as the ‘Iron Man suit’ seven years ago, developers assumed that the state-of-the-art in body armor would not improve much over the next few years. -
Special Operations
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: Military Shows Interest in Digital, Reusable Flash-Bang Grenade
A new flash-bang stun grenade designed to greatly reduce collateral damage to buildings and hostages, as well as enhance the safety of its users, has caught the attention of the U.S. military. -
Acquisition
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: Pentagon Forging Ahead with 'Acquisition Enablers'
By Connie LeeTAMPA, Fla. — The Pentagon's “acquisition enablers” initiative is laying the groundwork for speeding up the process of adopting new technologies, according to the head of the effort. -
Special Operations
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: Psychological Ops Forces Seeking Transformative Technologies
Special Operations Command’s military information support operations — better known as psychological operations — component will soon be receiving its own technology development program, a SOCOM official said May 21. -
Special Operations
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: Special Operations Tech Leaders List Their Top Requirements
By Stew Magnuson and Mandy MayfieldTAMPA, Fla. — The national defense strategy, which emphasizes preparing for conflict with peer and near-peer adversaries, is causing Special Operations Command’s technology development leaders to rethink their priorities. -
Special Operations
May 2019
NEWS FROM SOFIC: SOCOM Looks to Leverage AI to Take On Peer Adversaries
By Connie LeeTAMPA, Fla. — Special Operations Command wants to take advantage of artificial intelligence to give its commandos an edge over their competitors, officials said May 21.
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