Special Operations
SOF Week 2023: Commander, Special Operations Command - Korea interview
The Commander of Special Operations Command - Korea provides an update at SOF Week 2023.
The ceremony was attended by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Steadfast Defender 24 (STDE24), the main NATO multi-domain exercise for 2024, has seen large-scale national and multinational live exercises taking place across the whole NATO area. Among the challenges it has attempted to tackle have been the increased lethality of uncrewed systems and how to enhance amphibious landings in cold environments.
Norway has been a part of the UK-led Maritime Capability Coalition which has supported the development of a maritime force in the Black Sea, the creation of a Ukrainian Marine Corps, and the provision of river patrol craft to defend coastal and inland waterways.
With the possibility of having to confront challenges without substantial US support looming, European nations have been compelled to reassess their defence strategies and prioritise investments to ensure collective security and resilience.
The Commander of Special Operations Command - Korea provides an update at SOF Week 2023.
As the inaugural SOF Week draws to a close, the head of the Global SOF Foundation reflects on a successful event.
5th June 2018
The Indonesian government has reactivated the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in response to emerging terrorism fears, administration officials have confirmed. Announced on 21st May …
4th June 2018
The US Special Operations Command’s Program Executive Office (PEO) SOF Warrior has started to generate plans to explore a next-generation warfare concept capable of optimizing …
29th May 2018
Crye Precision and Valen Arms’ SIX12 Modular Add-On shotgun will be made available to customers by the end of the year, company officials have disclosed. …
29th May 2018
On the road to developing the US Army's next-generation helicopter fleet, the special forces community is working with the larger service to help guide requirements …
28th May 2018
With the overlap between USSOCOM’s International SOF Week at SOFIC 2018, planners across multiple special operations organizations conducted an International SOF Capabilities Demonstration in, on …
28th May 2018
While traditionally used to support infiltration and exfiltration of US Naval Special Warfare (NSW) elements, USSOCOM’s maritime surface mobility craftare now being explored as possible …
27th May 2018
In June, the US Army will move forward with plans to acquire Block II MH-47G Chinook helicopters for its special operations forces. The service though, …
26th May 2018
Polaris Government and Defense will support the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) Army Warfighting Experiment (AWE) with a single MRZR-X unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), company …
26th May 2018
The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) year-long ThunderDrone experimentation program will wrap up on 20th June 2018, SOFWERX officials have confirmed. Addressing delegates at the …
26th May 2018
The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) Program Executive Office for Command and Control, Communications and Computers (C4) has confirmed to Shephard it is still interested …
24th May 2018
With receipt of a successful “Milestone C” acquisition decision in mid-April, USSOCOM and its industry partners are now moving into production for a total of …
24th May 2018
When it comes to stand-off precision guided munitions (SOPGM), US Air Force special forces is challenging industry to bring forward new munitions and solve technical …
23rd May 2018
US Air Force special forces is calling on industry to come forward with their small UAS to launch from its fleet of AC-130J Ghostriders. Under the …
23rd May 2018
There are two ways to address the so-called “golden hour” of combat casualty care. The first involves the traditional process of rapidly treating and transporting …
23rd May 2018
USSOCOM’s Non Standard Commercial Vehicle (NSCV) fleet is experiencing high theater demand, with a resulting increase in projected production figures. That was one of the …
23rd May 2018
SOFIC 2018 has witnessed the launch of two new products by FLIR Systems, the R8SS-3-D radar and the Recon V Ultra-Light imaging device. The manufacturer …
23rd May 2018
General Dynamics has unveiled its Flyer 72 Tactical Utility Vehicle (TUV), a design it is pitching as a way to help US special forces transport …
23rd May 2018
US special forces will need new platforms with additional survivability to withstand a conventional conflict with Russia or China. US Army Gen Raymond Thomas, the commander of …
23rd May 2018
The Pentagon is set to nominate a special operations soldier as the next commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, a military official told …