Gen. Raymond “Tony” Thomas, USA, commander of US Special Operations Command, discusses defense industry’s role in helping USSOCOM achieve its mission, why integrated-product teams and technological innovation are crucial for combat development, how the command’s acquisition benefits the joint force, the urgency of empowering individual special operators and more during a May 22, 2018, keynote address at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 2018 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, held May 21-24, in Tampa, Fla. Our coverage is sponsored by FLIR Systems.
