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Special Operations Forces Rapid Acquisition Consortium for Emerging Requirements EVERNORTH STRATEGY In alignment with the Department of War’s [DoW] initiatives of acquisition reform, Transformation in Contact, and other policies, U.S. Special Operations Command’s [USSOCOM] Special Operations Forces Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics [SOF AT&L] stood up the Special Operations Forces Rapid Acquisition Consortium for Emerging Requirements [SOF RACER] in July 2026. SOF RACER is

Five signals shaping the next fight EverNorth was on the ground at TechNet Augusta 2026, where one message cut across five Army and NSA keynotes: decision advantage will not come from another standalone tool. It will come from field-tested capabilities that connect people, data, transport, and effects under pressure at every edge. Our strongest takeaway: bring a prototype, not a pitch. The Fourth Infantry Division's NGC2 experience showed why. Ten months of soldier-led iterat

Last week, I attended AFCEA Belvoir Industry Day, and the prevailing theme that carried through across multiple speakers: the Army and broader DoW acquisition environment are changing quickly.The Army wants to move faster, engage industry earlier, and buy solutions that produce measurable outcomes. The changes are still fresh. Many of the new approaches are less than six months old, and the implementation details are still evolving. But the direction is clear: the train is mo

With the program now reauthorized through 2031, in doing so Congress updated the framework to put more emphasis on transition, commercialization, security, and long-term impact. One of the biggest changes is the creation of a new scaling pathway that allows certain agencies to make awards of up to $30 million over as many as 48 months for technologies that are ready to move beyond the traditional SBIR phases. That is a meaningful shift. At a very basic level, Econ 101 says th

Sunday’s OPEC+ meeting will not just be another date on the oil calendar; it is a test of whether the producers’ alliance can manage prices in a world where geopolitical risk is rising and U.S. domestic supply growth is slowing. What happens on Sunday will shape the path of crude benchmarks and U.S. gasoline prices through the summer driving season, with clear implications for inflation and U.S. economic and political calculations. The gathering is an online session of the OP

The latest U.S.-China talks have been less about grand breakthroughs and more about drawing the boundaries of an uneasy coexistence. They reveal two superpowers trying to prevent a crisis neither wants, even as both double-down on strategies the other finds threatening. In Paris, senior economic officials led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, met under the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development umbrella for yet another