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Former U.K. defense minister to keynote SOF Week on global security and SOF future - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Ben Wallace, former minister of defense for the United Kingdom, will present the keynote address at SOF Week 2024 on Tuesday morning, May 8, focusing on “Lessons Learned and the Future of SOF.”

A.I.

Helping Special Forces filter out the data noise - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 – TAMPA, Florida. Engineers at Primer AI are showcasing their artificial intelligence (AI) tools for analyzing publicly and privately available information at SOF Week 2024 at the Tampa Convention Center. “Our focus is to build tools for Special Operations Forces (SOF) operators and analysts to make sense of data and filter out the noise in real-time,” says Sean Moriarty, CEO, Primer AI.

Unmanned

Elbit America to triple production rates of 155 mm artillery systems - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024--TAMPA, Fla. Elbit America is ramping up the manufacturing of diverse solutions in its portfolio: Over the coming years, the company plans to triple the production of 155 mm systems and double the building of laser-guided seekers. It also intends to raise the numbers on fabrication of electronics including advanced avionics and helmets. 

Unmanned

BlueHalo, Kraken partner to develop autonomous uncrewed surface vessel - News

May 07, 2024

ARLINGTON, Virginia and LONDON, United Kingdom. BlueHalo and Kraken Technology Group have formed a strategic partnership to advance autonomous maritime operations by integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) technologies into uncrewed maritime vehicles, the companies announced in a statement.

A.I.

AI-enabled analytical platform showing updated applications at SOF Week - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024--TAMPA, Fla. Open source data provider and technology company Exovera is launching advanced updates to its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled analytical platform, exoINSIGHT, at this week's SOF Week 2024 show.

Avionics

USSOCOM to take MOSA approach with Future Vertical Lift helicopter cockpit: official - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. The program executive office for rotary wing programs at U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is focused on ensuring a common cockpit on the Future Vertical Lift platform under development by the Army that uses the Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), the official in charge of the office told SOF Week.

Avionics

USSOCOM seeks to expand industry ecosystem, wants more prototyping submissions - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is trying to expand the industry ecosystem it relies on for the development of new technology and platforms, said SOCOM Acquisition Executive Melissa A. Johnson at SOF Week.

Unmanned

Spectrum dominance and counter-UAS at SOF Week - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024--TAMPA, Fla. Dominance in the spectrum domain is goal of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and especially of USSOCOM [United States Special Operations Command]. In an interview I did with Pete Gallagher, Maj. Gen., U.S. Army (Ret.) and Senior Vice President for Technology and Solutions, CACI International Inc. at SOF Week 2024 in Tampa, he and I discussed the capabilities CACI delivers to USSOCOM for dominating the electromagnetic spectrum. Pete also covered the counter-UAS [uncrewed aerial system] solutions his team is showcasing at SOF Week. Edited excerpts follow.

Unmanned

Uncrewed systems are 'changing the character of war': top USSOCOM officials - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA BAY, Florida. The rapidly evolving world of uncrewed systems has upended modern warfare and is leading to generational changes on the battlefield in a matter of months rather than decades, top U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) officials said at SOF Week.

Avionics

USSOCOM chief denounces actions of China, Russia, and others; warns of 'decisive decade' - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. The United States is facing a long list of adversaries who are becoming increasingly emboldened to try to weaken U.S. partnerships around the globe, with China and Russia at the top of the list but many others below them, said Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), during his keynote address at SOF Week.

Unmanned

UAS loitering munition system from AeroVironment chosen for DoD autonomy drive - News

May 07, 2024

ARLINGTON, Va. Uncrewed aerial system (UAS) manufacturer AeroVironment (AV) reports that its Switchblade 600 loitering munition system has been selected for Tranche 1 of the first iteration of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Replicator initiative, the U.S. government's drive to field thousands of autonomous systems across multiple warfighting domains.

Unmanned

Military VTOL craft full-scale model debuts at SOF Week 2024 - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024--TAMPA, Fla. Autonomous vehicle maker Mayman Aerospace (Long Beach, California) unveiled a full-scale model of Razor, its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) high-speed air utility vehicle, during SOF Week 2024, now underway (May 6-10) in Tampa, Florida.

Avionics

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to address SOF Week 2024 - News

May 06, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 - TAMPA, Fla. – Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver the keynote address at SOF Week 2024 on Thursday morning, May 9, where he will discuss "the power of allies and partners."

Avionics

Heads-up-display concepts demonstrated at SOF Week by Kopin - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. Kopin Corporation will demonstrate its latest head-up display (HUD) technology at SOF Week, including daytime and nighttime readable HUD concepts, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

USSOCOM innovation shop sees four-fold increase in proposals: official - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. An "innovation platform" for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) that seeks to solve problems for Special Operations Forces has seen a four-fold increase in proposals as interest in the program ramps up, an official says.