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Air Force News
September 2022
JUST IN: AFSOC Testing ‘Unconventional’ Capabilities for Cargo Aircraft
Air Force Special Operations Command is experimenting with adding nontraditional capabilities to its fleet of cargo planes to give the command more tactical options within its budget constraints, according to its commander. -
Special Operations
July 2022
Lessons from Ukraine: Exploring Technology for SOCOM’s Urban Missions
U.S. Special Operations Forces know from experience in places like Iraq and Afghanistan that urban combat presents a host of tactical and logistical challenges. Russia’s struggles in Ukraine not only reinforce that fact but provide important data that industry can use to develop technology to support future U.S. missions. -
Special Operations
July 2022
Special Operators Await Speedier Helicopters
TAMPA, Florida — The Army is working on developing two new speedy helicopters, and Special Operations Command expects them both to one day be in its inventory — with modifications, of course. -
Defense Department
July 2022
‘AI Is Not a Technology’ and Other Thoughts
TAMPA, Florida — Most defense industry conferences deliver what is promised: business intelligence on present or future government requirements that can lead to contracts. -
Special Operations
June 2022
Special Ops Tech Pulled in Different Directions
TAMPA, Florida — With a pivot to the Indo-Pacific, its fingers still on the pulse of the Middle East, and the potential for expanding conflict in Eastern Europe, Special Operations Command has its hands full. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Special Ops Tech Pivots to Indo-Pacific Challenges
TAMPA, Florida — Special Operations Command — along with the rest of the U.S. military — is refocusing its attention on the Indo-Pacific, specifically China, and SOCOM’s technology priorities are following suit, senior leaders said this week at the command’s biggest conference of the year. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: First Soldiers Will Get Next-Gen Squad Weapons in 2023
TAMPA, Florida — For the first time in decades, the Army will employ brand new rifles, automatic rifles and ammunition calibers, with the first unit receiving the next-generation squad weapons by fall of 2023, according to the makers of the weapons. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Goal to Fire Laser Weapon from Special Ops Gunship Still Alive
TAMPA, Florida — Seven years after announcing its intention to fire a high-energy laser weapon from one of its Ghostrider gunships, Special Operations Command executives said work is still ongoing. -
Special Operations
May 2022
SOFIC NEWS: Data Management Suite Tackles Cross-Domain Information Sharing Problems
TAMPA, Florida — The proliferation of technology across the Defense Department is collecting and generating volumes of data faster than current systems can analyze and process, and one company says it has developed a new suite of data platforms that could revolutionize how special operators access, manage and analyze critical information needed to make high-level decisions. -
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.
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