SOF Community Puts Novel Acquisition Strategy to the Test During Accelerator Challenge

SOF community puts novel acquisition strategy to the test during Accelerator challenge

The Defense Department’s special operations policy shop has launched a new acquisition event designed to collapse the multi-year procurement process for emerging capabilities into a single day. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) hosted its inaugural Accelerator event on Friday, bringing together industry and government officials to rapidly evaluate and potentially fund comm…

Pentagon's Special Ops Office to Host Rapid Tech Innovation Event

The fourth and final line of effort in the 2026 National Defense Strategy calls for the supercharging of the defense industrial base; and within that e ...

Pentagon Hosts Rapid Tech Innovation Event

JULY 23, 2026 – The fourth and final line of effort in the 2026 National Defense Strategy calls for the supercharging of the defense industrial base; and within that effort is a call to grow nontraditional vendors. To that end, the War Department’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict will host a one-day “accelerator” event, July 24, in the national capital region, in which representatives fr…

SO/LIC to Host Rapid Tech Innovation Event

By Matthew Olay, Pentagon News. The fourth and final line of effort in the 2026 National Defense Strategy calls for the supercharging of the defense industrial base; and within that effort is a call to grow nontraditional vendors.  To that end, the War Department’s Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict will host a one-day “accelerator” event, July 24, in the national capital region, in which r…