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Special Operations

SOCOM Wants To Double Investment In Next-Gen Effects Research, Focus On More Cyber And EW

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 19th, 2021

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SOCOM Wants To Double Investment In Next-Gen Effects Research, Focus On More Cyber And EW

Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is planning to double its investment in next-generation effects research, with a lead official signaling the focus of future projects will shift from precision strike to more cyber and electronic warfare capabilities. Lisa Sanders, SOCOM’s director of science and technology, detailed the command’s new approach to research efforts which will look at decreasing its number of overall projects while emphasizing development of technologies that are “more disruptive in nature.” “There are shifts happening. The overall number…

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