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Special Operations
May 2023
JUST IN: Special Operators Look to Space to Boost Capabilities (UPDATED)
The day when a military satellite circles Earth with a U.S. Special Operations Command logo affixed to its side is not going to happen anytime soon but SOCOM is increasingly looking to space-based technology to assist its global missions, leaders said this week. -
Special Operations
May 2023
BREAKING: Navy SEALs Long-Awaited Dry Sub in Operation by ‘Memorial Day’ (UPDATED)
TAMPA, Florida — By the end of the month, Navy SEALs conducting clandestine underwater missions could arrive at their destinations bone dry rather than sopping wet. -
Special Operations
May 2023
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Special Ops Command, DARPA to Investigate Electric-Hybrid Helicopters
A host of established aircraft makers and startups are offering so-called “flying cars” — all electric or electric-hybrid vertical takeoff and landing vehicles that may appear to be a perfect fit for special operations mission — but so far, none impress. -
Special Operations
May 2023
Putting the Right Special Ops Tech in the Right Hands
By James H SmithA few decades ago, I went through the Army’s Ranger School — okay, maybe several decades ago. One of the most important lessons I learned is that every operation starts with a good plan and, conversely, it’s hard to recover from a bad plan. -
Special Operations
May 2023
Upgraded Assault Rifles In Store for Commandos
By Scott R. GourleyU.S. Special Operations Command is already looking to expand the capabilities of its Reduced Signature Assault Rifle — formerly known as the Personal Defense Weapon — before its manufacturer has even delivered the first weapon in the program. -
Special Operations
May 2023
Special Operators Well Suited for Strategic Level of Warfare
By Michael BayerThe heart of the National Defense Industrial Association’s mission is to provide ethical forums to connect government and industry to ensure warfighters in the nation’s service have the platforms, services, capabilities and technologies they need so they never engage in a fair fight against any competitor. -
Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
May 2023
SOCOM Lays Out Shopping List For Key Vehicle Upgrades
U.S. Special Operations Command is shifting its focus from counter-terrorism operations to near-peer competition, and it needs help from industry to ensure its land vehicles have the right capabilities for future missions, a service official said. -
Special Operations
April 2023
Special Operators Require Next-Gen Technologies
By Jennifer StewartU.S. Special Operations Forces operate in an environment of global competition in which strategic adversaries have a refined and calibrated understanding of the threshold that would trigger the nation to take decisive military action. At the operational level of warfare, the United States benchmarks authorities, activities and capabilities to phasing constructs for operational plans. -
Special Operations
April 2023
SOCOM's New Recon Aircraft to Pack Big Punch
By Jan TeglerWhen Special Operations Command selected L3Harris Technologies and Air Tractor Inc.’s AT-802U Sky Warden for its Armed Overwatch program last August, the command didn’t have a formal designation for the rugged, versatile, single-engine airplane now known as the OA-1K. But they did have a mission in mind. -
Special Operations
April 2023
Special Ops Ammo Spreads to Other Services
By Scott R. GourleyAfter nearly a decade of being fired by U.S. special operators, polymer-cased ammunition is moving into several new calibers and being adapted by other services.
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