The S&T Directorate's vision is to "Discover, enable, and transition disruptive technologies to provide an asymmetric advantage for Special Operations Forces (SOF). Hyper Enable the SOF Operator Now and in Future Environments."
S&T efforts are aligned to provide linkage between technology discovery, full spectrum S&T support and SOF material acquisition efforts.

USSOCOM S&T seeks to initiate technology development now that will be ready for use in the field within 2-7 years, based on what the Future Operating Environment will potentially look like, and what challenges it will present. The virtual symposium will present the expected Future Operating Environment in order to place our development objectives within the appropriate context.

The Directorate has identified the need for a broad array of integrated, innovative and disruptive capabilities which are discussed in the symposium.