It’s not easy riding the bleeding edge of warfighter technology and capabilities.
But that’s what U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) does consistently. And it does so by fostering an acquisition team that’s as specialized, disruptive and agile as the operators themselves.
“We are paying very close attention to any developments, because in the cycle of warfare, there is always new technologies and new counter-technologies that occur,” Lt. Gen. Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, commander of U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command, said on Agency in Focus: SOCOM.
But paying close attention is not always enough. SOCOM is not looking to be competitive on the battlefield, they are looking for an advantage. Traditional defense acquisition is essentially a process of throwing money at a capability until it performs better than the adversary’s version, or the previous incarnation.
But lighter body armor and guns that shoot farther aren’t the solutions to the kinds of problems SOCOM faces.
Keep reading this article at: https://federalnewsradio.com/socom/2018/06/how-socom-acquisitions-try-to-be-as-agile-as-its-warfighters/
