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U.S. Special Forces Prepares To Reboot Armed Overwatch Bidding

U-28 Draco
A U-28 Draco performed an overwatch tasking in a deployed location in 2019.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
If the original plan had survived contact with Congress last year, the U.S. special operations forces community would be signing a $900 million contract for 75 new aircraft right about now. Instead, a burgeoning competition for the Armed Overwatch contract is about to get a reboot following the...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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