SOCOM / SOF
USSOCOM Test Drone Laser for Longer Mortar Shots
A PDW C100 drone carrying a Leonardo DRS STAG-5 laser designator guided mortar engagements beyond standard 120 mm mortar range
18h agoRead it on Defence BlogThe Lesson of 1986 for New Autonomous Warfare Command
When a capability becomes central to how America fights, how should the Department of War organize itself to ensure that capability gets the...
1d agoRead it on RealClearDefenseUSASOC Graduate First Batch of Robotics Technician Integrators
Army Special Forces graduated the first batch of a new military occupational specialty meant to help units, soon across the Army, employ an...
1w agoRead it on DefenseScoopU.S. Special Forces Operate Helicopter From Autonomous Barge
The U.S. Army's 160th SOAR has landed an MH-47G Chinook on an autonomous Sea Machines barge for the first time, advancing naval logistics and drone...
3w agoRead it on Naval NewsSOCOM Launches Rapid Acquisition Consortium
Special Operations Command recently launched a new consortium designed to help companies new to government contracting deliver emerging defense...
3w agoRead it on National Defense MagazineUpgunning the A-Team
How Special Operations Command Is Adding Cyber and Electronic Warfare Capabilities
3w agoRead it on SOFREPTraining for Victory
U.S. Special Forces Advisory Operations from El Salvador to Afghanistan
3w agoRead it on Joint Force QuarterlyU.S. Special Operations Gain Sea Machines Autonomy Kits
U.S. Special Operations Forces have established a five-year contracting vehicle with Sea Machines Robotics to field portable autonomy kits that can...
09/15/26Read it on Global Defense NewsSOCOM Official: Drone Dominance an Adaptation Race
As autonomous systems continue to define modern warfare, the United States is locked in a race for drone dominance, but the real competition is the...
09/10/26Read it on National Defense MagazineBoeing To Upgrade U.S. Special Ops Chinooks With Flight-Control System
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Boeing a $55.4-million contract to equip MH-47G Block II Chinook helicopters with an advanced...
09/08/26Read it on The Defense Post
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZoneWho Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist