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Special Operations

May 2020

VSOFIC NEWS: SEAL Teams Get Funding Boost for New Tech

By Stew Magnuson
Special Operations Command has wrapped up most of its work developing new undersea and surface craft for SEAL teams, but is on the lookout for cutting edge technologies that can make them more lethal and survivable, SOCOM acquisition officials said May 13.
Special Operations

May 2020

VSOFIC NEWS: Special Ops Command Tackling COVID-19 Challenges

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
While Special Operations Command has been able to mitigate serious impacts to its weapon programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is tracking potential “micro-cracks” that could become problematic, its acquisition executive said May 13.
Special Operations

May 2020

VSOFIC NEWS: Special Ops Community Developing Drone-Killing Drones

By Jon Harper
Special Operations Command wants to equip its warfighters with unmanned aerial systems that could be used to defeat other enemy drones, according to a top official.
Special Operations

May 2020

VSOFIC NEWS: SOCOM Wants Next-Gen Squad Weapon, Lighter Ammo

By Connie Lee
Special Operations Command hopes to adopt the Army’s next-generation squad weapon, a service official said May 13.
Special Operations

May 2020

VSOFIC NEWS: SOCOM Moving Forward with Hyper-Enabled Operator Concept

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
Special Operations Command is making progress on its hyper-enabled operator concept, officials said May 12.
Special Operations

May 2020

VSOFIC NEWS: Special Operations Command Launches ‘Engage SOF’ Tool

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
Special Operations Command has launched a new platform to collaborate with industry known as Engage SOF, or eSOF, the command’s director of science and technology said May 12.
Special Operations

May 2020

Armed Overwatch Aircraft on SOCOM’s Shopping List

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
In October of 2017, an infamous ambush near the village of Tongo Tongo, Niger, left four American and four local soldiers dead after taking enemy fire from militants from the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara.
Budget

April 2020

Special Ops Command Faces Funding Cuts

By Jon Harper
U.S. Special Operations Command could see reductions in modernization investments in the coming years as the Pentagon focuses on great power competition.
Special Operations

April 2020

AFSOC Uses ‘Dagger’ Teams as its Pointy Tip of the Spear

By Scott R. Gourley
In its recently released “Strategic Guidance” document, Air Force Special Operations Command leadership articulates the principle that “AFSOC’s human capital is our competitive advantage.”
Special Operations

April 2020

JUST IN: Special Operations Forces Industry Conference to Go Forward Online

By Jon Harper
About two weeks after this year’s highly anticipated annual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida, was canceled due to safety concerns related to COVID-19, the National Defense Industrial Association and Special Operations Command have decided to move forward with an online version.