AFSOC Areas of Interest 2025-2026.pdf

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Antenna Apertures Integrated antennas across the formation (ground and air) which have bandwidth and versatility to adapt to multiple EMSO OAIs

Assault Zone Operations Survey, establish, and control LZ/DZ/AZ and conduct precision approach control Battlefield Trauma Care Provide prompt, initial, blood sub transfusion to sustain life and manage trauma BLoS Without SATCOM Maintain near real-time data connectivity while operating beyond line of sight Collaborative, Autonomous Threat and Target Identification

Provide reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) within contested, and denied environments

Common Ops Picture/Common Intel Picture

(COP/CIP)

Fuse geospatial data, static data, track data for near real-time battle space awareness

Complex Targeting Track and engage obscured and fast-moving targets in complex combat environments

Cost-Effective & Low Signature SOF Airstrike Enhance tactical precision airstrike, including close air support (CAS), armed intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and air interdiction in support of global and geographically isolated SOF ground forces

Cybersecurity Monitoring Integrate cyber sensor capabilities to monitor aircraft data and support systems to identify cyber threats and provide situational awareness for operational decision making

Force Health Protection (FHP) Ruggedized devices for clinical and infectious disease identification, diagnostics, risk assessment, and risk communication of occupational and environmental health threats to prevent DNBI

Forward-Deployed CBRN DECON CBRN DECON capability for forward-deployed aircraft, equipment, and personnel

Full-Spectrum Threat Warning & Countermeasures

Access denied airspace with adequate countermeasures against RF, EO, IR, DE, EMP

Global Sensing Enterprise Enhance global airborne tactical ISR and strike endurance, range, payload capacity, and support to meet SOF demands

Human System Integration & Performance Conduct life-cycle management (training, rehab, nutrition etc.) of the human weapon system

Independent SOF Air Mobility Resilient medium lift, long range, and runway independent operations in non-permissive and contested threat environments

Independent SOF Airstrike Resilient tactical precision strike operations, including close air support, armed overwatch, and air interdiction in peer adversary non-permissive and contested threat environments

IO/Cyber Capability/Proficiency/Capacity Information Operations & Cyber technical capabilities, proficiency, and capacity Low Visibility Communications Low visibility communications capability in degraded environments Mission Networking Accurately receive, transmit, exchange, process, and display networking data

Multi-INT Data Correlation & Fusion Automated, cross-domain, multi-INT fusion capability with national and coalition agencies

Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE) Training

Advanced Special Operations Techniques (ASOT) training

Personnel Protective Equipment Personal protection against environment, small arms, blast/frag, laser, CBRN, etc.

Position, Navigation, and Timing Precision enroute, terminal, and formation aircraft navigation Runway Independent Air Mobility and Strike Operations

Conduct medium lift, long range, runway independent HSVTOL in contested environments

Scalable Weapons Effects Ability to scale effects of weapons against surface and sub-surface targets

Situational Awareness Collect, disseminate, correlate, fuse, and display threat, target, and C2 training data

SOF Support in Austere Environments Organic capacity to support & sustain AFSOF operations in austere environments

Tactical Mission Joint Force Comms Network Connectivity in multi-node networks, resilient, requiring specific hardware and software solutions

2025-2026 AFSOC Areas of Interest