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Special Operations

May 2019

NEWS FROM SOFIC: SOCOM to Develop New AI Strategy

By Connie Lee
Special 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

By Stew Magnuson
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 Lee
The 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

By Stew Magnuson
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

By Stew Magnuson
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.
Special Operations

May 2019

NEWS FROM SOFIC: Psychological Ops Forces Seeking Transformative Technologies

By Mandy Mayfield
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 Mayfield
TAMPA, 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 Lee
TAMPA, Fla. — Special Operations Command wants to take advantage of artificial intelligence to give its commandos an edge over their competitors, officials said May 21.
Special Operations

May 2019

NEWS FROM SOFIC: New SOCOM Leader Lays Out Command Priorities

By Mandy Mayfield
TAMPA, Fla. — United States Special Operations Command has five top priorities as the nation's elite warfighters adjust to a new strategic era, the head of the organization said May 21.
Special Operations

May 2019

NEWS FROM SOFIC: Report: Special Operations Command Must Take Lead in Information Warfare

By Stew Magnuson
TAMPA, Fla. — A report released on the eve of this year’s biggest conference devoted to U.S. Special Operations Command said SOCOM needs to take the lead for the federal government when it comes to information warfare waged against peer adversaries.