{"id":46834,"date":"2022-05-18T16:10:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T16:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/18\/special-ops-force-calls-for-untethered-tool-for-recon-and-resupply\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:54:43","slug":"special-ops-force-calls-for-untethered-tool-for-recon-and-resupply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/sofic\/2022\/05\/18\/special-ops-force-calls-for-untethered-tool-for-recon-and-resupply\/","title":{"rendered":"Special ops force calls for \u2018untethered\u2019 tool for recon and resupply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/11\/04\/playing-on-the-edges-of-empire-special-operations-forces-face-uncertain-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">operations<\/a> experts are looking for ways to untether much of their gear, from moving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/modern-day-marine\/2022\/05\/13\/ukraine-war-has-the-marine-corps-revamping-ied-training\/\" target=\"_blank\">beyond <\/a>radio frequencies to looking at institutions such as NASA for logistics lessons in austere locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those were some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2022\/05\/16\/lethal-and-survivable-or-irrelevant-and-vulnerable-marine-corps-redesign-debate-rages\/\" target=\"_blank\">priorities <\/a>laid out by program managers for various portfolios of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/information-warfare\/2022\/05\/17\/special-ops-leader-issues-warning-over-information-warfare-capabilities-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Special Operations Command<\/a> this week at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, hosted by the National Defense Industrial Association in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a session with reporters Monday, David Breede, program executive officer for the command\u2019s special reconnaissance office, said SOCOM wants to untether itself from radio frequencies. That move will allow systems to operate on their own in contested communications environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFrom GPS satellites to command and control, how do I operate completely in an untethered way?\u201d Breede said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the past two decades, radio frequencies were open, and it was uncommon for those deployed to encounter extensive jamming or interception. That\u2019s not the case when facing more advanced adversaries like Russia or China, as opposed to terrorist organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Media reports and official statements in recent years noted extensive jamming in Syria near Russian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s tough, it\u2019s hard, it\u2019s not something we can do right now,\u201d Breede said of the untethered concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The special reconnaissance group also focuses on adding autonomy to its systems, especially its aerial drones. Those systems are small in order to avoid detection. Breede and his team are looking to at \u201cportable autonomy\u201d to give operators software and control algorithms for a variety of devices; that way, even if jammed through traditional radio frequency channels, they can still function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are trade-offs on small drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt becomes tougher and tougher when you get down to the really small stuff,\u201d Breede said. If designers add more capability on top of what\u2019s already on the platform, he added, then something else usually has to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhether that\u2019s time on station, whether that\u2019s speed or the other payload onboard,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that\u2019s a major initiative of the head of SOCOM, Gen. 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[Artificial intelligence] is great, but if we don\u2019t get the data and pull that in and [are] able to search it, it\u2019s not worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That goes a long way in helping battlefield commanders see, sense and shoot with the right information, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Certainly the sensing and shooting is key, but what about operators on the ground?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Col. Joseph Blanton, program executive officer for the command\u2019s support activity office, echoed Breede\u2019s untethered theme while talking to reporter, saying his team is looking at untethered logistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they\u2019re not reinventing the wheel. While Blanton did not specify specific communications, he did say providing key gear, equipment, materials and resupply in austere locations has been done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo historically you think you have a rucksack, some days of supply on your back; and in some days when that\u2019s gone, you have to get resupplied,\u201d Blanton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that resupply has to come from somewhere. \u201cHow do you extend that initial period of time so operators stay forward, untethered from a larger resupply network?\u201d Blanton said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The colonel said looking at outer space and operations that other agencies do could provide lessons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re trying to understand that space, untethered logistics, a limited class of supply at the tactical edge,\u201d Blanton said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past two decades, radio frequencies were open, and it was uncommon for those deployed to encounter extensive jamming or interception. 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