CIA, SOCOM gearing up for rapid capability assessment with an eye toward ‘field-forward’ ops

CIA, SOCOM gearing up for rapid capability assessment with an eye toward ‘field-forward’ ops

CIA personnel and American special operations forces are preparing for a collaboration event with members of industry and other subject matter experts in pursuit of new capabilities that could support so-called “field-forward” operations. The spy agency and SOF community are known to have worked closely together during the Global War on Terror. Today, with the proliferation of emerging technologies, these secretive arms of the U.S. government ar…

USSOCOM, CIA Set April Event to Tackle Future ‘Field-Forward’ Challenges

The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will host the 17th Rapid Capability Assessment (RCA17) from April 20–24 in Chantilly, Virginia.   This year’s event will […]