United States Special Operations Command

Verus Technology Group receives its first Multi-Million-Dollar purchase order for its mobile drone detection product

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Friday, January 4, 2019
Skyview, Robotics, United States Special Operations Command, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Technology, Electronics, Control engineering

ASHBURN, Va., Jan. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Verus Technology Group Inc. (VERUS), today announced that it received its first individual multi-million-dollar purchase order from U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for its next-generation SkyView-MP Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS).

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  • ASHBURN, Va., Jan. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Verus Technology Group Inc. (VERUS), today announced that it received its first individual multi-million-dollar purchase order from U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for its next-generation SkyView-MP Counter Unmanned Aircraft System (CUAS).
  • VERUS is honored to have SkyView selected by USSOCOM to provide essential UAS detection capabilities to mitigate the threats posed by small unmanned aircraft systems.
  • VERUS has delivered a small number of its SkyView-MP V2 systems to other customers and has already started shipments for this significant order.
  • SkyView CUAS systems provide operators with long-range detection and tracking of small unmanned aircraft systems (e.g.

Task Force Dagger Foundation Recognizes TracFone Support For Special Operations Service Members

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Thursday, June 21, 2018
América Móvil, Mobile virtual network operators, TracFone Wireless, Fiction, Cloak and Dagger, United States Special Operations Command, Marvel Comics, Comics

WASHINGTON and MIAMI, June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Task Force Dagger Foundation (TFDF) is announcing new support from TracFone Wireless, Inc. (TracFone), America's top no-contract cell phone service provider, to help meet the special needs ofUnited States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) service members and their families.

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  • WASHINGTON and MIAMI, June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Task Force Dagger Foundation (TFDF) is announcing new support from TracFone Wireless, Inc. (TracFone), America's top no-contract cell phone service provider, to help meet the special needs ofUnited States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) service members and their families.
  • Charles "Keith" David, managing director, Task Force Dagger Foundation said: "We respond to immediate needs that are short fuse and critical in nature.
  • Where will the TracFone money provided to the Task Force Dagger Foundation go?
  • Task Force Dagger Foundation provides assistance to wounded, ill, or injured United States Special Operations Command members and their families.

2018 SOFIC: Record crowd for annual special operations convention

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Friday, May 25, 2018
Geography of Florida, Florida, Tampa, Florida, MacDill Air Force Base, United States Special Operations Command, Bob Buckhorn, Tampa Convention Center

TAMPA, Fla., May 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --A record-setting crowd of nearly 14,000 and "rescue" of Tampa's mayor using military might were among highlights of this year's Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, which wrapped up Thursday at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida.

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  • TAMPA, Fla., May 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --A record-setting crowd of nearly 14,000 and "rescue" of Tampa's mayor using military might were among highlights of this year's Special Operations Forces Industry Conference, which wrapped up Thursday at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida.
  • The Arlington, Va.-based defense association produces the yearly event for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base.
  • About 475 vendors exhibited in more than 100,000 square feet of space at the convention center.
  • Among this year's SOFIC features was a nine-country demonstration of Special Operations forces who Wednesday performed a mock rescue of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn.