HURLBURT FIELD Air Force Special Operations Command, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, could get a scaled-down version of an existing glider for unspecified U.S. operations, according to recent contract announcements.
Outside of the formal contract announcements, though, AFSOC itself is indicating that it generally sees the glider as a very efficient and flexible way to conduct stand-off airdrop resupply (getting supplies to troops without having to be directly over a target area), according to an email responding to a Daily News query on the command s plans for the glider.
Also according to the email, AFSOC sees the glider as an effective and efficient way to conduct electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance (and) reconnaissance work, as well as other non-kinetic battlefield effects (battlefield missions that don t involve explosives or other munitions).
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Silent Arrow today announced the United States Air Force has awarded contract FA864921P0478 entitled
Feasibility of Downsizing and Adapting Commercial Silent Arrow® Cargo Delivery UAS to Meet Specific AFSOC Operational Requirements to the company effective February 5, 2021. The contract will be executed in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) with funding from AFWERX.
A 1-ton Silent Arrow Autonomous Cargo Delivery Aircraft with Wings Cocked and Fuselage Loaded is Prepared for Loading Onto a Deployment Aircraft at Silent Arrow s Flight Test Center, Pendleton Oregon.
A Silent Arrow GD-2000 Autonomous Cargo Delivery UAS Uses Onboard LiDAR to Initiate the Landing Flare Sequence During an Air Force Demonstration Flight, Pendleton Oregon.
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