Special Operations Summit Little Creek

What topics will be covered?

• Building Human Capital The fundamental SOF truth is that “Humans are more important than Hardware.” This requires us to look at solutions to building resiliency, optimizing human performance, managing and developing talent, and monitoring the operational life-cycle of SOF warfighters.
• Leveraging technology to improve SOF Tactical Equipment Requirements to meet a diverse range of mission sets requires a diverse range of equipment solutions. An open dialogue with industry on requirements, gaps and challenges helps leverage the most advanced technology available.
• Requirements to Develop Regional Expertise and Facilitate Full Spectrum Partner Capability Providing increased proficiency in addressing theater-specific sociocultural challenges enables SOF to provide more than just forces, but tailored solutions to theater problem sets - understanding, influencing, or exercising control within the human domain in areas of instability. This requires solutions to maximize effectiveness of NSW persistent engagement efforts and Security Force Assistance (SFA) with partner nations to meet strategic objectives.
• Increased Agility and Adaptability in Maritime Access/Mobility Platforms. NSW requires agile and adaptable surface and subsurface platforms, and associated systems (both manned and unmanned) that integrate seamlessly with sea basing and host platforms to operate in the full range of physical and political environments in the maritime domain.
• Improving Agility, Persistence, and Flexibility in C4ISR capabilities to meet tactical demands.