On February 6, the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) announced the seventeenth Rapid Capability Assessment event (RCA17). Submissions are due by February 26.
SOFWERX and ICWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM’s Directorate of Science and Technology (S&T) and the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology (DS&T), will host RCA17 in Chantilly, VA, with the theme “Field-Forward Operations – Future Challenges for SOF and the IC in Data Dense Environments”.
Participants at RCA17 will develop, describe, and assess capabilities for the future needs of SOF and CIA operators and analysts in the 2035 timeframe for global forward, potentially austere, areas.
USSOCOM S&T has developed and refined a unique process, the Innovation Cycle, to engage technology pioneers and leaders to discover and develop high risk, innovative, and disruptive concepts, capabilities, and technologies for future on-boarding.
A predecessor event, Innovation Foundry 17 (IF17), was the first phase of the Innovation Cycle and was focused on idea generation. RCA17 will build upon this foundation by bringing together experts from industry, academia, and national laboratories, to collaborate with Special Operations Forces (SOF) and CIA personnel to decompose the IF17 outputs through facilitated exercises using systems engineering frameworks.
The event will be a compelling opportunity for technical experts, to include engineers, scientists, technologists, and developers in industry, academia, labs, and government, as well as subject matter experts (SMEs) to collaborate with other experts.
During RCA17, selected participants will develop key outputs to support technical sprints and evaluation for the future needs of SOF and CIA operators and analysts.
Review the USSOCOM RCA17 notice.
Source: SAM
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