Modified Wily Coyote entices non-US users
The PZL-made M28 Special Operations Multi-Role Aircraft (SOMA) is a version of the US-specific MC-145B special mission support aircraft. (Photo: Grzegorz Sobczak)
A new variant of the MC-145B Wily Coyote light attack aircraft lacks certain US SOF-specific equipment but retains its weaponry.
Lockheed Martin-owned PZL Mielec and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) displayed the M28 Special Operations Multi-Role Aircraft (SOMA) on 26 October in Poland, to coincide with the start of the GSOF Symposium Europe in Warsaw.
SOMA is a version of the MC-145B Wily Coyote light attack aircraft — itself derived from the C-145A Combat Coyote operated by USAF Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and one of five candidate solutions being evaluated by AFSOC in the Armed Overwatch programme.
The Polish-made variant is geared for sales to non-US SOF. SOMA therefore lacks some of the US SOF-specific sensors aboard the other versions.
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