Leonardo set for BriteCloud 55-T tests despite COVID complications
Leonardo’s US electronics division plans to test the latest variant of its BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD), which is designed to equip large fixed-wing military …
SOF identifies logistics R&D priorities
US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has developed a list of R&D priorities to facilitate expeditionary logistics operations across future tactical environments.
Several priority categories were outlined this week by Col Donald Wols, USSOCOM Director of Logistics/J-4, at the virtual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, which was co-sponsored by USSOCOM and the National Defense Industrial Association.
Identifying a need for expendable/high R-factor rigid wall structures, Wols said: ‘Deploying in and setting up a place to live is not so bad, but then when you have to leave, if you have to pack all that stuff up and take it out, it
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