Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) expects to conduct an armed overwatch flying demonstration "in the coming months," leading to a potential acquisition as early as 2022. SOCOM wants 75 aircraft for the overwatch and close-air-support mission. "I think we can do that at relatively low risk based on what we've seen from the vendors," AFSOC boss Lt. Gen. James C. Slife said in February during a virtual "Aerospace Nation" event hosted by the Air Force Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. The 2021 National Defense Authorization Act blocked U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) from buying armed overwatch aircraft this fiscal year, however, Slife said Congress still gave the command enough research, development, test, and evaluation funding to move the program forward.
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机译：空军特殊运营指挥（AFSOC）预计将在未来几个月内进行武装拟议飞行示范，这迄今为止潜在收购潜在收购，即SOCOM希望75架飞机为纵向和近距离支持的使命。 “我认为我们可以根据我们从供应商看到的内容，”Afsoc Boss Lt.Gen.James C. Slife在2月份在由空军协会主办的虚拟“航空航天国家”活动中表示，我们可以这样做。米切尔航天研究所。 2021年国防授权法案阻止了美国特殊运营指挥（SOCOM）这一财政年度购买武装纵向飞机，然而，斯莱夫说，国会仍然给予了足够的研究，开发，测试和评估资金来向前移动方案。
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