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Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Shyu Announces New Fund to Help Small Businesses
TAMPA, Florida — Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu announced May 18 a new fund that will help startups seeking to do business with the Defense Department. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Industry Team Debuts Consolidated Communications for Dismounted Forces
TAMPA, Florida — An industry team is pitching a new communications system that combines a mobile ad hoc network and tactical radios for special operators — a long-sought capability for warfighters. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Arctic Kits Coming Soon for SOCOM Vehicles
TAMPA, Florida. — For years, U.S. Special Operations Forces have been well equipped for counterterrorism missions in jungles, deserts and mountains, and a vehicle manufacturer now has a kit to help forces conduct operations in Arctic environments. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Rafael Introduces New Air-To-Surface Missile
TAMPA, Fl. — Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled a new missile the company believes will be suitable for future lightweight aviation platforms like those sought by Special Operations Command. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Special Ops Tech Priorities Include Protected Comms, Counter-UAS
TAMPA, Florida — Special Operations Command is looking for a host of new technologies that can help it operate in contested — rather than permissive — environments, its chief acquisition officer said May 17. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Special Operations Command Turns Attention to Indo-Pacific
TAMPA, Florida — Special Operations Command is in lockstep with the latest National Defense Strategy that calls China the U.S. military’s most pressing threat, its leader said in a keynote speech May 17. -
Global Defense Market
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Pentagon Speeds Tactical Software to Ukraine
TAMPA, Florida — A committee of software experts in the Defense Department cut through red tape to release software that is helping Ukraine fight off its Russian invaders. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Special Operators Must Learn to Exist Without ‘Tethers’
TAMPA, Florida — After two decades of moving relatively freely in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military’s elite commandos are going to have to learn to operate in contested environments without being “tethered” to lines of support. -
Special Operations
May 2022
VIEWPOINT: Modernizing SOF Acquisition — Quietly
By James H SmithIf I were building my dream car, I would start by modernizing a 1969 muscle car. Why? I would want to uphold the greatness of the street appeal: the chassis, the wheels, the stance. -
Special Operations
May 2022
Special Ops Snipers in Line for New Ammo
By Scott R. GourleyWhile many anxiously await the Army’s decision on which of the two Next Generation Squad Weapon 6.8mm ammunition designs will be used by the Close Combat Force, industry efforts are being directed toward a spectrum of other special ammunition enhancements.
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