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How can industry help Special Operations Forces achieve specialized missions? A brief video interview with Leonardo DRS COO John Baylouny.
By Breaking DefenseWeapons and radars built with modular design are relevant and flexible as threats evolve
Next-generation modular radars and new composable weapon capabilities solve a critical problem for the U.S. and allied militaries.
SOCOM’s first Dry Combat Submersible is undergoing a year of testing by the Navy to work out new technologies, including a new power source, before moving forward.
By Paul McLeary
“We had owned the air space and the EW spectrum,” said SOCOM acquisition chief James Smith. “I would argue that has already turned. We are in a contested environment, where we have to fight for airspace and EW spectrum. It’s contested.”
By Paul McLeary
“You know, there is no Tony Stark, but the idea is there that in the future, in the operating environment, it’s going to be increasingly complex, dynamic and lethal,” Gen. Richard Clarke, head of SOCOM.
By Paul McLeary
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Electric power propulsion is a better solution for clandestine missions in river and near-shore environments, protecting both special boat teams and SOF warfighters.
”As we look at the lethality, precision and mobility requirements as examples, we absolutely have to develop them so that they can compete and win with Russia and China,” SOCOM commander Gen. Richard Clarke says.
By Paul McLeary
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Special Operations Command is sticking with its long-time provider of commercial satellite communications, Leonardo DRS, after an open competition for up to $977 million in contract awards over five years.
Answers at the edge: Where to find solutions that connect the battlespace
When it comes to a common operating picture, not everyone needs the same equipment. What they need is the same situational awareness.
“We need coders,” the Special Operations chief said recently. “We’ve been having discussions internally that the most important person on the mission is no longer the operator kicking down the door, but the cyber operator.”
By Paul McLeary
SOCOM has budgeted $106 million in 2021 to buy the first five of up to 75 Armed Overwatch aircraft to perform close air support for its troops on the ground, light attack and ISR missions. The planes would replace Air Force Special Operations Command current fleet of U-28 Draco aircraft.
By Theresa Hitchens
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