Special Operations
US SOCOM manpack delay continues
Plans to procure an on-the-move satellite communications capability for US Special Forces have been pushed back.
The Request for Proposal for the Next-Generation Man Pack (NGMP) programme run by US Special Operations Command (US SOCOM), due in August, has not yet been released.
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