USSOCOM advances cockpit efforts

2nd August 2019 - 14:10 GMT | by Scott Gourley in California

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USSOCOM is moving forward on its efforts to identify the next generation Special Operations Aviation (SOA) cockpit.

The multi-phased effort was originally outlined in a special notice released by USSOCOM’s Program Executive Office for Rotary-Wing (PEO-RW) in mid-June.

The original announcement outlined a multi-phase plan, beginning in mid-July with a Capability Collaboration Event (CCE) co-hosted by PEO-RW and SOFWERX. That Phase I event was designed to begin a process to identify the next generation SOA cockpit hardware and software for SOF variant legacy and Future Vertical Lift platforms.

Subsequent to the CCE, a follow-up announcement, which was issued …

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