{"id":69942,"date":"2025-05-06T19:56:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/05\/06\/special-operators-want-electronic-attack-and-firepower-for-watercraft\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:17:15","slug":"special-operators-want-electronic-attack-and-firepower-for-watercraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2025\/05\/06\/special-operators-want-electronic-attack-and-firepower-for-watercraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Special operators want electronic attack and firepower for watercraft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TAMPA, Fla. \u2013 Navy special operations<\/a> officials have fielded a variety of new vessels in recent years but are looking to add both electronic and kinetic firepower to some of those watercraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From surface vessels to dive gear, undersea vessels and dive shelters, officials with the Special Operations Command Program Executive Office-Maritime laid out their needs Tuesday at the annual Global SOF Foundation Special Operations Force Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty of 31 combatant-craft medium boats have fielded in recent years, and the next steps for the vessels are under the CCM-Mk 2 program. That will potentially see a suite of launched effects, such as short-range rockets or electronic warfare means added to the boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those launched effects fall under a program known as maritime precision engagement, basically adding a precise-strike capability to the vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With those launchers, the CCM \u2014 and its cousins, the Combatant Craft Heavy and Combatant Craft Assault \u2014 are all set to add Forward Looking Infrared devices to the entire fleet. The Navy has 84 such FLIR devices for just that effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\t