DefenceTalkThe Pentagon plans to sell six tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft to Israel in a long-planned deal worth $1.13 billion, officials said Tuesday. Israel will become the first foreign country to be allowed to purchase the V-22 Osprey, which can take off like a helicopter and fly like a turboprop airplane. US officials had announced plans to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-sell-israel-six-osprey-military-aircraft-50125/

DefenceTalkU.S. Special Operations Command wants its operators to be protected with what it informally calls an Iron Man suit, named after the fictional superhero. In September, U.S. Special Operations Command, known as SOCOM, made a Broad Agency Announcement for proposals for prototypes of the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS. The goal of TALOS […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iron-man-style-suit-in-early-stages-of-development-49428/

DefenceTalkSenior commanders recently called on the defense industry to provide technologies that give special operations forces more situational awareness, better networking and communications and more precise location and targeting capabilities. Officials from across U.S. Special Operations Command, including commanders of its service components and the theater special operations commands, laid out their wish lists earlier […]https://www.defencetalk.com/special-ops-commanders-seek-intel-data-sharing-assets-47992/

DefenceTalkArmy researchers are responding to a request from the U.S. Special Operations Command for technologies to help develop a revolutionary Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit. The Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, is an advanced infantry uniform that promises to provide superhuman strength with greater ballistic protection. Using wide-area networking and on-board computers, operators […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-explores-futuristic-uniform-for-socom-47943/