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April 13, 2026
Sustaining SOF Maritime Mobility

How can persistently forward-postured SOF, in collaboration with allies and partners, sustain resilient and fiscally sustainable land, sea, and air mobility within various archipelagoes?
April 13, 2026
Advanced Resilience and Resistance in Digital Battlespaces: Countering Multi-Platform Influence Operations through Adaptive Communications Networks

How can USSOCOM establish effective counter-narrative capabilities that leverage platform-specific affordances and audience engagement patterns to build resilience against sophisticated adversarial influence campaigns?
April 13, 2026
Challenges Associated with Integrating Manned and Un-manned Aircraft in the National Airspace System

What are the primary challenges to integrating manned and unmanned aircraft in the National Airspace System, and what recommendations can be made to overcome them?
April 13, 2026
JADC2 Headquarters

How should the JADC2 headquarters and its components be structured—considering centralization versus decentralization and forward versus CONUS basing—to best maintain the doctrinal principle of centralized control and decentralized execution of airpower while ensuring survivability?
April 13, 2026
Training of Space Professionals

How has the training and proficiency of space professionals evolved from the Space Race through the creation of Air Force Space Command to the present, and should the USSF now establish its own dedicated Space Intelligence technical school to meet current and future demands?
April 13, 2026
Cyber-Awareness Training Model for ISR Collection Managers (CMs) (ACC/A22C)

How can a specialized cyber-awareness training model be developed for ISR Collection Managers to overcome their current lack of familiarity with cyber concepts and enable them to effectively support requirements management in a multi-domain environment?
April 13, 2026
Cyber-Awareness Training Model

How can the Air Force develop an adaptive, role-specific cyber-awareness training model that demonstrates greater effectiveness than the current annual training by building from foundational to complex concepts and illustrating the real-world consequences of security lapses?
April 13, 2026
Putin's Decision-Making Process

How do the complex interplay of Vladimir Putin's personal history, centralized leadership style, inner circle of advisors, and strategic calculations influence his decision-making process, particularly regarding major geopolitical actions like the invasion of Ukraine?
April 13, 2026
Generative Adversarial Networks

What are some potential defensive measures for mitigating the threat of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)?
April 13, 2026
SOF Targeting in Large-Scale Combat Operations

How can SOF adapt its targeting processes, refined during two decades of counterterrorism, for the complexities of Large-Scale Combat Operations, by defining its unique contributions to the joint targeting process and leveraging advanced technologies for effective dynamic targeting in a multi-domain