On May 30, the Immediate Office of the Secretary of Defense posted information about the upcoming Special Operations Forces (SOF) Modernization Industry Engagement (SMIE). Responses are due by June 5.
The Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) will conduct the 2025 SMIE event on 9-10 July 2025 in the National Capital Region. The purpose of this event is to identify technologies that address specific CLASSIFIED problem statements that are relevant to SOF.
You must have a Secure Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) or Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System (JWICS) email address to receive the CLASSIFIED problem statements. If you are interested in receiving the CLASSIFIED problem statements and have a SIPR or JWICS email address, please send your company name from either email account no later than 5 Jun 2025.
Every proposal received will be thoroughly assessed by multiple SOF operational, technical, and programmatic subject matter experts. All feedback will be captured, collated, and provided backu. It is the goal that every submitter will view this experience as valuable regardless of outcome. Selected proposals will be disseminated across the SOF enterprise for review by SOF Operators and End Users. Those that garner significant interest will move on to the final steps:
Selected industry partners will be invited to present their proposals in-person on 9 or 10 July 2025 in the National Capital Region. The last step will formalize partnerships for those proposals presented in-person that garner still further interest. This partnership could take one of multiple forms i.e., a government sponsored demonstration, a funded contract, a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), a Vendor Loan Agreement, etc.
Review the OSD SMIE invitation.
Source: SAM
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