U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM)

By Steve Trimble
All three parties—including Leidos-owned Dynetics—followed the same path to introduce the GBU-69 Small Glide Munition (SGM) nearly a decade ago.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command now intends to buy a fleet of 62 of the L3Harris and Air Tractor aircraft.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Michael Bruno
KBR’s board unanimously OK’d the purchase, but it is subject to certain regulatory approvals prior to closing.
Space

By Brian Everstine
AFSOC has been undertaking the plan, called the Adaptive Airborne Enterprise, to have one airman control multiple UAS.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
AFSOC and L3Harris announced the deliveries in social media posts.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is in the market for a long-endurance reconnaissance drone that can land on water and discreetly wait for recovery.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Autonomous pilot developer Merlin has acquired EpiSys Science, a multidomain autonomy developer, and plans to unite the software solutions of each company.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
With FARA canceled and FLRAA’s design changed, U.S. Special Operations Command is adjusting its own modernization goals.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Angus Batey
The U.S. Department of Defense advanced its effort to deploy personnel and materiel to coastal regions by air last week.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command is working to identify new requirements for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance as it prioritizes the OA-1K aircraft.
Light Attack and Advanced Training

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army’s Future Long Range Assault Aircraft recently completed a preliminary design review, with the tiltrotor incorporating special-operations tweaks.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
With the U.S. Army’s cancellation of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program, U.S. Special Operations Command is reviewing its A/MH-6 helicopter fleet
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The command now plans to buy 62 of the militarized cropdusters by the end of fiscal 2027 instead of all 75 aircraft due to funding constraints.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
Joby Aviation has agreed to deliver two aircraft to MacDill AFB in Tampa, Florida, widening its existing partnership with the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Brian Everstine
The Pentagon will lift its more than 90-day grounding of the Bell Boeing V-22 tiltrotor fleet, the head of a House committee investigating the aircraft announced March 6.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Steve Trimble
A future without a new attack reconnaissance aircraft won’t just cause changes for the U.S. Army’s conventional aviation forces.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The company hopes to unleash untapped benefits of the aircraft for commercial and military use.
Singapore Airshow

By Steve Trimble
The AESA radar would be able to generate synthetic aperture radar maps and “Cat 1” targeting data.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The Defense Department has agreed to re-analyze the force structure plans for the Special Operations Command’s Armed Overwatch program, but not slow orders.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Boeing on Dec. 11 received another $271 million contract to build six MH-47G Block II helicopters for U.S. Special Operations Command.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The Program Executive Office - Fixed Wing and SOFWERX, the command’s rapid prototyping agency, plan to host a series of demonstrations of loitering munitions.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
Low Altitude Stalking and Striking Ordnance (LASSO) will be the subject of a three-day “Industry Day” event.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Palantir Technologies’ sales rose 13% annually to $533 million in the second quarter with government clients accounting for 57% of total revenue.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Jen DiMascio
Initial success in protecting airborne defense platforms can be leveraged to improve maintenance and readiness.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Steve Trimble
The fiscal 2024 budget request shows the Air Force wants to revive the flight demonstration program five years after testing an initial version of the aircraft.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare