# Secure Mesh Networks Should Self-Form Across SOF Systems by USSOCOM > "Secure Mesh, Self-forming Mobile Ad-hoc Networks: Secure, robust accredited devices that allow for the establishment of secure self-forming, mobile ad-hoc networks interoperable with Joint SOF and Joint Services for dismounted SOF mobility platforms including unmanned systems and sensors." > **— USSOCOM**, *accessed September 23, 2026, USSOCOM Capability Areas of Interest* ## Sources and Context - **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [USSOCOM Capability Areas of Interest](https://www.socom.mil/SOF-ATL/Pages/capability_AOI.aspx) — USSOCOM calls for accredited self-forming networks spanning operators, unmanned systems, and sensors. - **Routing classification:** CT-enabling public SOF requirement. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/USSOCOM Technical Experimentation Events|USSOCOM Technical Experimentation Events]] - [[wiki/SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics|SOF Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics]] - [[wiki/United States Special Operations Command|United States Special Operations Command]] - [[wiki/Mesh Network|Mesh Network]] - [[wiki/Edge Computing|Edge Computing]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Secure Mesh, Self-forming Mobile Ad-hoc Networks: Secure, robust accredited devices that allow for the establishment of secure self-forming, mobile ad-hoc networks interoperable with Joint SOF and Joint Services for dismounted SOF mobility platforms including unmanned systems and sensors." — USSOCOM, accessed September 23, 2026, USSOCOM Capability Areas of Interest https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-conference-secure-mesh-networks-should-self-form-across-sof-systems ```