SOCOM Seeks Next Generation Laser Aiming Modules
The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane Division recently released a “sources sought” announcement requesting information from industry “pertaining …
Special Ops
Light Attack Aircraft: The Super Tucano, the AT-6 and the Blue Kool-Aid
The competition for a light attack aircraft between the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29B Super Tucano and the Beechcraft AT-6 – formerly …
SOCOM Undersea and Land Efforts Seek Industry Collaboration
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) representatives have recently announced opportunities for enhanced industry collaboration to help develop and identify …
MARSOC Year in Review 2012-2013
As the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) celebrated its seventh anniversary in February 2013, MARSOC’s fourth commander, Maj. …
SOCOM Clarifies SOF Experimentation Plans
United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) representatives have clarified near term plans to continue a collaborative industry experimentation program. Emerging …
International SOF Year in Review 2012-2013
In the aftermath of Western intervention in 2011’s Arab Spring and the elimination of Osama bin Laden, both with consequences …
NAVSPECWARCOM Year in Review 2012-2013
In an exclusive interview, NAVSPECWARCOM Commander Rear Adm. Sean A. Pybus shares his perspective on some of the mobility, intelligence, …
USASOC Year in Review: 2012-2013
Army special operations entered its eighth decade of service to the nation as U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) began …
Book Review – Trident K-9 Warriors: My Tale from the Training Ground to the Battlefield with Elite Navy SEAL Canines
Though the use of military working dogs (MWDs) in Iraq and Afghanistan was common knowledge, it did not become headline …
SOF Ground Vehicles
The early months of 2013 find the greater U.S. special operations forces (SOF) community facing a number of recent and …