![]() With it came congressional approval of Special Operations Command’s request for $170 million to buy six aircraft. Enactment of the fiscal year 2022 defense budget arrived months late on March 10. However, the vagaries of the defense budget have called the timing of the program into question. ![]() Two years later, in the wake of demonstrations and evaluations that narrowed the field of aircraft competing for the program to three - 元 Harris’ AT-802U Sky Warden, Textron Aviation Defense’s AT-6 Wolverine and Sierra Nevada Corp.’s MC-145B Coyote - the command is on the verge of selecting one of the aircraft. To fulfill the mission known as “Armed Overwatch,” the command launched an initiative in 2020 to acquire 75 near-production-ready manned, propeller-driven turboprop aircraft. Textron Aviation Defense’s AT-6 Wolverineĭespite the U.S military’s shift to great power competition with China and Russia, Special Operations Command says it still needs aviation platforms that can support isolated commandos conducting irregular warfare in remote areas.
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