Special Ops: ‘Further Behind Than We Know’ On New Tech

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 Special Ops: ‘Further Behind Than We Know’ On New Tech

“We had owned the air space and the EW spectrum,” said SOCOM acquisition chief James Smith. “I would argue that has already turned. We are in a contested environment, where we have to fight for airspace and EW spectrum. It’s contested.”
By   Paul McLeary on June 10, 2020 at 11:51 AM
 
WASHINGTON: As commercial communications technologies spin up development of new technologies at a faster clip than government-furnished systems can match, US special operations forces are feeling the coming parity acutely.

“The competitive space is expanding, but we aren’t the only ones expanding it,” Col. Michael McGuire, Special Operations Command’s director of combat development, told a recent special operations conference. In future fights, “we will all have the same tools,” he added. “We need to accept that and leverage the tools we have available…maybe we are further behind than we know.”

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/06/special-ops-further-behind-than-we-know-on-new-tech/