Special Operations
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Special OperationsU.S. Special Operations Command Budget For OA-1K Drops From 62 To 53 Planes
U.S. Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM) fiscal 2027 future years defense plan (FYDP) said that the budget for the OA-1K Skyraider II Armed Overwatch aircraft has fallen from 62 to 53 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSSOCOM Experimenting With Commercial GEOINT Imagery And Analytics At The Edge
SkyFi is under a research and development contract with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to allow Special Forces to assess the startup’s commercial-based self-service Earth observation platform and analytics on […]
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Air ForceV-22s to Resume Restriction-Free Flight a Year Later Than Initially Projected
A dozen new, “Dash 123” proprotor gearboxes (PRGBs) for the Marine Corps/Navy/Air Force V-22 are coming off the line monthly, yet a legislator suggested on Tuesday that the rate needs […]
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Air ForceUSAF To Pursue Degraded Visual Environment System For HH-60W Without Helmet Mounted Display
To save funds, the U.S. Air Force plans to pursue a Degraded Visual Environment System (DVES) without a helmet mounted display (HMD) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] Sikorsky HH-60W Jolly […]
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Air ForceConventional Wisdom On S-300 Effectiveness Called Into Question
Conventional defense wisdom has held that Russian-made long-range S-300 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) pose significant threats to U.S. military aircraft, including the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 stealth fighter, yet the Jan. […]
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InternationalL3Harris And IAI To Bid Sky Warden Variant For Israeli Light-Attack Aircraft Program
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) said on Wednesday that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint bid on the Israeli Light-Attack Aircraft program with […]
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Special OperationsLow-Cost Cruise Missile Funding in Reconciliation Act Awaiting Contract Obligation
The fiscal 2025 reconciliation law includes $1.5 billion over the next four years for low-cost cruise missiles–$1 billion for DoD and another $500 million for “exportable” low-cost cruise missiles. Possible […]
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Business/FinancialLeidos Taps Pratt & Whitney For Engine To Power Black Arrow Cruise Missile
Pratt & Whitney on Monday said that Leidos [LDOS] has awarded the company a contract to supply TJ150 engines for the Black Arrow small cruise missile being developed to provide […]
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Air ForceScaling Up of Black Arrow Control System Eyed by Moog
Moog, Inc. [MOG.A] said last week that its Salt Lake City, Utah plant will be able to scale up production of the custom fin Control Actuation System (CAS) for the […]
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Air ForceFirst OA-1K Skyraider Delivered to AFSOC
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and Air Tractor said on Thursday that they have delivered the first “missionized” OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) at Hurlburt Field, […]