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SOCOM Reduces Planned Armed Overwatch Need to 62 from 75, GAO Says, Questioning Program Value

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SOCOM Reduces Planned Armed Overwatch Need to 62 from 75, GAO Says, Questioning Program Value
An MC-12W Liberty aircrew from Will Rogers Air National Guard Base, Oklahoma City, leave their aircraft after landing March 29, 2023, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The aircrew arrived to pick up a piece of equipment from an MC-12W that crashed April 27, 2013--killing four airmen aboard--near Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. The aircrew last March transferred the Nebula, a specialized device used by tactical support operators (TSOs), to the 306th Intelligence Squadron at Will Rogers ANG Base, to be displayed in the unit’s TSO schoolhouse (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in March reduced its requirement for 75 L3Harris Technologies‘ [LHX] AT-802U Sky Warden aircraft for SOCOM's "Armed Overwatch" mission to 62, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a new report that questions the value of the program. The Sky Wardens are to replace the Air Force Special Operations Command's U-28A Draco and MC-12W Liberty. The new study adds the conclusions of a classified follow-up to a  GAO report in December last year that…

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