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Dan Bernard
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
UNITED STATES SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND
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• USSOCOM’s Science and Technology Directorate conducts TE events throughout the year to rapidly assess technology maturity based on USSOCOM Components / Theater Special Operations Commands (TSOCs) and PEO’s identified areas of need
• Typically, three annual events are held at various installations in CONUS and each have operational themes to capture broad technology areas of interes t
Technical Experimentation (TE)
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Participation and Scope
• Participants at the TE events include: SOF operators, Government technology subject matter experts, and technology developers — including industry, academia, and research labs
• Observers at TE events may be DoD and Other Government Agencies
• A typical TE event features approximately 45 separate experiments
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Payoff• For participating technology developers:
– Interact with SOF operators in a field environment– Identify solutions to high-priority SOF needs– Assess the maturity or potential military applicati on of a wide
variety of technologies– Collaborate with other developers
• For observers:– Provides an opportunity to discover
new and innovative technical solutions
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Assessment Levels
• Demonstration : Technologies are demonstrated using tabletop or field conditions methods. Tech developers receive on-site verbal feedback from users or Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and a brief written assessment of the technology after the conclusion of the event.
• User Evaluation : Technologies are demonstrated using tabletop or field conditions methods. Users or SMEs may take possession of the technology to conduct more detailed assessment. Tech developers receive on-site verbal feedback from users or SMEs and a brief written assessment of the technology after the conclusion of the event.
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Upcoming Events
• TE 16-1, 30 Nov – 4 Dec 2015, NFSTC, Largo, Florida– Experimentation Focus: Combat Medical/Sensitive Site Exploitation – Approximately 37 Experiments
• TE 16-2, 7-11 March 2016, Camp Roberts, California– Experimentation Focus: C4 / Mobility
• TE 16-3, 11-15 July 2016, Muscatatuck/Camp Atterbur y, Indiana– Experimentation Focus: Urban/Unconventional Warfare
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UNCLASSIFIEDFY16 Technical Experimentation Planning Dates
Event # RFI
to KO
RFI
Open
RFI Close Cliff
Notes
Done
NLT
Vote
period
Vote
Due
Compile
votes
Notify
Vendors
Sked
Out
Event Dates Event
Loc.
Theme
16-1 7/31 8/28 09/28 10/1 10/2-
10/23
10/23 10/23-10/26 10/26-
10/28
Week
of 2
Nov
11/30-12/4 FL Med/SSE
16-2 9/30 10/30 11/30 12/4 12/8-
01/08
1/8 1/11-1/14 1/15-
1/16
Week
of 26
Jan
7-11 Mar CA C4/Mob
16-3 2/11 3/11 4/12 4/15 4/18-
5/18
5/18 5/18-5/20 5/23-24 Week
of 6
June
11-15 July IN UW/Urban/E
TC
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• TE USSOCOM Public Link:
http://www.socom.mil/sordac/Pages/ExpWithUS.aspx
• TE Links
Additional Information
− Facebook : www.facebook,com/SOCOMTE− LinkedIn : www.tinyurl.com/LinkedIn-SOCOMTE − Twitter : www.twitter.com/SOCOMTE