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Defense & Combat
SOCOM Wants a 75-Mile Kamikaze Drone Off the AC-130J — Wired Into Its FANTOM Core Autonomy Brain
SOCOM's late-June RFI seeks an air-launched loitering munition that flies 75 nm, loiters 40+ minutes, weighs under 95 lb, launches from the AC-130J, and plugs into the government-owned FANTOM Core autonomy network. Responses due July 27.
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Defense & Combat
UVision's HERO Family: Loitering Munitions Arming Marines, SOCOM, and NATO Allies
Israel's UVision Air builds the HERO loitering munition family in five variants — from a 3 kg squad-portable round to a 125 kg strategic weapon — all sharing a common operator interface. The Hero-120 was selected for the U.S. Marine Corps' OPF-M program in 2021 and has since drawn SOCOM, NATO, and U.S. Army interest.
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Defense & Combat
AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma AE: The Hand-Launched ISR Platform That Lands in the Ocean
AeroVironment's RQ-20 Puma AE is a hand-launched, battery-electric small UAS that operates from ship decks to desert outposts, delivering day/night ISR without a runway. A two-decade operational record and front-line deployments in Ukraine make it the Group 1/2 benchmark for allied militaries worldwide.
