Air Force OA-X Light Attack Aircraft/SOCOM Armed Overwatch Program

Abstract

On October 24, 2019, the U.S. Air Force issued a final request for proposals declaring its intent to acquire a new type of aircraft. The OA-X light attack aircraft is a small, two-seat turboprop airplane designed for operation in relatively permissive environments. The announcement of a formal program followed a series of Air Force "experiments" to determine the utility of such an aircraft. Following conclusion of the Air Force experiments, the program passed to U.S. Special Operations Command as the "Armed Overwatch" program, with a goal of acquiring 75 aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 2021
Accession Number
AD1148931

Entities

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Military Aviation
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Scorpions
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies