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Armed Overwatch Acquisition Funding On Hold Until SOCOM Submits Roadmap

Armed Overwatch Acquisition Funding On Hold Until SOCOM Submits Roadmap
The Sierra Nevada Corp and PZL Mielec MC-145B is one of five entrants in the Armed Overwatch competition. The MC-145B is to be capable of self-deploying and carrying various sensors and weapons, including 14-28 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems (APKWS), AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, Small Diameter Bombs and a Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile in the aircraft's cargo bay (Sierra Nevada Corp. Photo)

As the competitors in U.S. Special Operations Command's (SOCOM) Armed Overwatch program await a contract award by next June, the fiscal 2022 National Defense Authorization Act holds up the disbursement of fiscal 2022 procurement funding until SOCOM submits an acquistion roadmap. In addition to that language in Section 144 of the act, legislators directed the Pentagon's office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) "to review SOCOM's Armed Overwatch program and submit an independent assessment to the congressional defense committees…

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