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
Operation Creek: SOE Enlists an “Over the Hill Gang” for a Mission
For decades the Calcutta Light Horse, a 186-year-old British auxiliary regiment, was more a social club than territorial regiment. Now …
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 …
The Smatchet: Fairbairn’s Other Fighting Knife
The Special Training Centre at Inverailort House near the remote hamlet of Lochailort on Scotland’s western coast is justly famous …
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 …