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Bryan Fenton told attendees of SOF Week, a special operations force-focused event taking place May 8-11 in Florida, that recruiting for positions such as data scientists, data stewards, cyber and space experts, and technologists is nonnegotiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cData \u2014 not to be too trite here \u2014 data is the oil, the oxygen we all need to have a decisive advantage,\u201d Fenton said Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/smr\/sofic\/2022\/05\/18\/special-operators-need-counter-drone-counter-ied-tech-in-a-smaller-package\/\" target=\"_blank\">command<\/a> is \u201charnessing data like never before,\u201d Fenton added. As an example, he said that in a recent mission targeting a senior leader of the Islamic State group, special operations teams navigated \u201cnear-peer air defense\u201d and integrated cyber defense capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnfamiliar to us in the past, but becoming the norm in the <a href=\"http:\/\/future.re\/\" target=\"_blank\">future<\/a>,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natural language processing, data-driven processing, artificial intelligence and collaborative autonomy \u2014 the latter of which teams human operators with robotic technology and data \u2014 are giving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/information-warfare\/2022\/05\/17\/special-ops-leader-issues-warning-over-information-warfare-capabilities-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">commanders<\/a> ways to track vehicle maintenance and the readiness of equipment and personnel, Fenton said. The general himself has a so-called digital dashboard that summarizes much of what is happening across his command for regular checkups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, the command aims to use space and cyber assets to better inform mission planning in the various counterterrorism, integrated deterrence and irregular warfare missions it faces, Fenton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a subsequent presentation, Jim Smith, an acquisition executive with the command, said the organization uses a software-designed approach for electronic gear in nearly all new acquisitions. Part of that is to avoid electronic fratricide, where one piece of equipment\u2019s signal interferes with another, effectively canceling out the utility of both pieces of technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One example in which data improves operations, Smith said, is a program meant to provide a mission command system and a common-operating picture for leaders in the field so they receive continuous, real-time updates shared across a formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith also said there are efforts underway to include special operations-specific space-based payloads on satellites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fenton said incorporating such features gives Special Operations command an outsized advantage across its various missions. 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