Air Force Special Operations Command wants ‘flying box’ for variety of operations

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 Air Force Special Operations Command wants ‘flying box’ for variety of operations

Yates Electrospace's Silent Arrow GD-2000 glider platform. (Yates Electrospace/Released)
March 02, 2021 Jim Thompson - Northwest Florida Daily News
 

Air Force Special Operations Command, headquartered at Hurlburt Field, could get a scaled-down version of an existing glider for “unspecified” U.S. operations, according to recent contract announcements.

Outside of the formal contract announcements, though, AFSOC itself is indicating that it generally sees the glider as “a very efficient and flexible way to conduct stand-off airdrop resupply (getting supplies to troops without having to be directly over a target area),” according to an email responding to a Daily News query on the command’s plans for the glider.

Also according to the email, AFSOC sees the glider as an effective and efficient way to conduct “electronic warfare, intelligence, surveillance (and) reconnaissance” work, as well as “other non-kinetic battlefield effects (battlefield missions that don’t involve explosives or other munitions).”

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/03/air-force-special-operations-command-wants-flying-box-for-variety-of-operations/

[sneakypete]

I'm confused. Isn't there a "off and on" battery-powered glider in service that uses the sun to charge the batteries,and normally operates as a glider,with the electric motor turning on and off as necessary?

Why wouldn't THAT be the one they would be wanting?