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 Caiman helmet has been designed to be scalable for dynamic operations with mission-specific accessories and can incorporate electronics, communications headsets and other critical equipment.
The UK’s Royal Marines have taken significant strides in the first year of a decade-long transformation programme focusing on advanced communications, distributed operations and enhancing its capabilities.
As part of its FY2025 budget proposal, the service requested funds for tactical intelligence collection and analysis solutions and for ISR, processing, exploitation and dissemination programmes.
The ceremony was attended by Brazil’s President Lula da Silva and French President Emmanuel Macron.
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.
18th December 2017
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) must become more efficient at equipping its personnel with Cyber Warfare technology, Commander Gen Raymond A Thomas III proclaimed …
14th December 2017
Thales will equip US Army security force assistance brigades (SFAB) with the AN/PRC-148C Improved Multiband Inter-Intra Team Radio (IMBITR) under a $37 million contract announced …
14th December 2017
Operators from the US Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) have become the first US Special Forces personnel to begin battlefield medicine training with …
13th December 2017
In July 2017, the Bahrain Royal Guard Special Forces celebrated its tenth anniversary. For five of those years, Andrew Goodall, a former British Army Parachute …
12th December 2017
Commandos of the Singapore Armed Force (SAF) maximised their training opportunities at Arizona’s Barry M. Goldwater Range alongside air force counterparts in Exercise Forging Sabre …
11th December 2017
South Korea has created new units – including an ISR formation and a special forces decapitation brigade – in response to the threat from its …
7th December 2017
Last week’s I/ITSEC exhibition in Orlando, Florida, featured updates on training programmes across the armed services. As the US Army Project Manager for Instrumentation, Targets and Threat …
6th December 2017
The US and Kuwait is looking to expand its partnership and enhance shared knowledge between its military police battalions, with a five week training programme …
24th November 2017
Safran Electronics and Defense’s JIM Compact multifunction infrared binocular has been selected by an undisclosed NATO country, the company announced on 21 November. JIM Compact …
23rd November 2017
Somalia’s Special Forces unit is known as the Danab, which means lightning in Somali, and is regarded as the most competent of Somalia’s military.
22nd November 2017
The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Technology Application Contracting Office (TAKO) has released an RfI identifying government interest in a turreted EO sensor system for …
21st November 2017
Lockheed Martin is positioning its C-130J-SOF export variant as the go-to aircraft for special operation forces helicopter and fixed-wing refuelling needs. Pushing hard on the …
16th November 2017
The successful recovery of downed flight crews is a critical mission that covers both conventional and special operations forces across the entire spectrum of conflict. Against …
16th November 2017
The US Department of Defense Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) has announced an upcoming Advance Planning Briefing for Industry (APBI) along with specific focus areas …
15th November 2017
The Silver Fox battlefield UAV is being positioned for sale into overseas markets by manufacturer Raytheon as it looks to leverage the experience gained during …
8th November 2017
Belgrade-based Yugoimport-SDPR exhibited a wide array of new weapon systems at the Defence & Security 2017 expo, held in Bangkok from 6-9 November. 'Our participation in …
8th November 2017
Nimr has expanded its regional reach into Southeast Asia with the announcement on 6 November that it had sealed new partnerships in both Malaysia and …
6th November 2017
Chinese companies were out in force at Defense & Security 2017 in Bangkok, including the China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company (CSOC). Most prominent on …
2nd November 2017
Muslim separatists on the southern island of Mindanao have been engaged in an insurgency against Manila since the 1960s, and the Philippine military came a …