Special Operations forces are surveying industry for potential options to meet their requirement for a small unmanned aircraft system capable of vertical takeoff and landing. In a Sept. 17 request for information , U.S. Special Operations Command details its interest in a small VTOL unmanned aircraft system "capable of providing reconnaissance and surveillance during day and night operations," according to the notice. Responses to the RFI are due by Oct. 16. SOCOM wants the UAS to be "rugged, lightweight, and...
