by Joey Middleton | Aug 1, 2025 | SOF Innovation
By Duc Duclos “The future is already here, it’s just not very evenly distributed.” —William Gibson The Economist, December 4, 2003 “The real question is not whether machines think… but whether men do.” —B.F. Skinner Beyond Freedom and Dignity, 1971 Introduction: The...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 22, 2025 | SOF Innovation, SOF Operations
By David Maxwell The U.S. Army is grappling with the emergence of agentic warfare—the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and algorithmically driven operations that promises to transform the conduct of war. But as the strategic community...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 22, 2025 | SOF Innovation, SOF Operations
By Benjamin Jensen, Dan Tadross, and Matthew Strohmeyer It is 02:35:01Z, March 22, 2026, inside a dimly lit Forward U.S. Joint Operations Center. Screens pulse in gentle waves each a second long, reflecting streams of updated data. Unseen beneath layers of code, an...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 12, 2025 | SOF Innovation, SOF Procurement
By Allyson Park TAMPA, Florida — Special Operations Command is modernizing its fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft to include more autonomy and modular open systems architecture in response to the rapidly evolving operational landscape. The modernization of its...
by Joey Middleton | Jul 8, 2025 | SOF and Strategic Competition, SOF Innovation
In this video, we ask: What are Rare Earth Elements—and why do they matter to SOF? Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are critical to the technologies that give the U.S. military its edge, from missile guidance systems to night vision and secure communications. They also...
by Joey Middleton | May 31, 2025 | SOF Innovation
By Flavia Camargos Pereira The diverse use cases of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been turning it into a critical tool for Special Operations Forces (SOF). The flexibility of AI and its wide range of applications provide multiple operational and tactical...
