Partnered Operations in SOF Acquisition SPECIAL OPERATIONS
4/30/2021
Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barry Loo
It’s a simple enough principle we are better when we work together with a diverse set of partners to provide the capabilities required to enable Special Operations Forces. SOF acquisition strives to mirror the competencies of the operators we support. While they excel at partnering in the operational domain, we need to excel at partnering in the acquisition domain.
Partnering with industry and academia whether small or large businesses, commercial or defense members of the industrial base and drawing upon broader perspectives and new ideas, is essential to competing against different and more capable adversaries. Like the command we support, the strength of SOF acquisition is partnered operations. But sometimes we fall short.