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VAMPIRE located at L3Harris booth at SOF Week 2024 - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024, TAMPA, Florida. Engineers at L3Harris are showcasing their Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment (VAMPIRE) iat SOF Week 2024 in the Tampa Convention Center. VAMPIRE s a portable kit that can be installed on most vehicles with a cargo bed for launching of the advanced precision kill weapons system (APKWS) or other laser-guided munitions.

Comms

Cubic highlights real-time tactical radio language translation (video) - News

May 08, 2024

Among the capabilities on display by Cubic at SOF Week 2024 was the company's tactical radio voice translation, which was demonstrated to Shephard.

Comms

Tactical networking system gets demo at SOF Week 2024 - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Tactical-communications provider Silvus Technologies is providing live demonstrations of its DOCK StreamCaster tactical networking system at this week's SOF Week exhibition, now underway in Tampa.

A.I.

Mobile command center Raven showcased by GDIT at SOF Week - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. A mobile command center designed to allow analysts to digest and disseminate tactical intelligence was showcased by General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) at SOF Week.

Avionics

USSOCOM to fly Black Hawks into the 2050s due to FARA cancellation: official - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. The U.S. Army's cancellation of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program in February will force the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment to make some adjustments to its future aviation plan, including having Black Hawks continue flying into the 2050s, the head of the rotary wing program executive office at U.S. Special Operations Command said at SOF Week.

Comms

Geopolitical realities to drive SOF teams operation changes, says Ben Wallace, former U.K. defense secretary - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. The Rt. Hon. Ben Wallace, the former British defense secretary, asserted in his keynote speech at the SOF Week 2024 exhibition that the current geopolitical scenario requires changes in the way SOF [special operations forces] teams operate.

Comms

Converged C4ISR radio shown by L3Harris at SOF Week - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. L3Harris Technologies is showcasing its Falcon IV AN/PRC-167 multi-channel manpack radio -- a tactical radio that leverages the power of multiple tactical devices converged into a single manpack -- at this week's SOF Week exhibition.

A.I.

AI company debuts new name, new Head of Product at SOF Week 2024 - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. DataShapes, Inc. (Charlottesville, Virginia), a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions targeting the electromagnetic spectrum, announced that it has named Kevin Larrabee as Head of Product for the company's AI technology aimed at defense and enterprise customers; at the same time, the company also unveiled the addition of "AI" to its logo and branding, to be known as DataShapes AI.

Unmanned

Bounce Imaging unveils two new 360° tactical cameras - News

May 08, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Florida. Tactical-imaging manufacturer Bounce Imaging has unveiled two new solutions at this week's SOF Week 2024 exhibition in Tampa: its Recce360TW throwable camera and its Land Shark TW K9, both of which have more functionality than previous versions of the company’s products. 

Cyber

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.