Military Embedded Systems

The Future Airborne Capability Environment, or FACE, approach seeks to drive down defense system costs and accelerate delivery through software reuse, portability, and interoperability. Ada – a language purpose-built for high-integrity, real-time embedded systems – aligns naturally with these goals. With robust support for safety, security, and long-term maintainability, Ada is an appropriate language for software that aligns with the FACE Technical Standard. The recent approval of AdaCore’s verification methodology by the FACE Consortium further reinforces Ada’s role in this ecosystem, enabling developers to produce standards-compliant, portable components using Ada and the GNAT technology stack.

SOF WEEK 2025 -- Tampa, Fla. The proliferation of aerial threats and the need for better equipment for personnel on the battlefield have been pushing industry and military services toward developing passive sensors and implementing their use in counter-uncrewed aerial system (c-UAS) missions. 

TAMPA, Florida. Cambridge Pixel demonstrated their Visual Situation Display (VSD) software at SOF Week 2025, which provides a customizable operator display solution specifically designed for counter-drone operations.

TAMPA, Florida. The need to rapidly field new technologies and quickly adapt to emerging threats dominated conversations at SOF Week 2025, with military leaders and industry representatives emphasizing the critical importance of shortening development timelines from years to months or even weeks.

At SOF Week 2025, Austin Farnham, president of Octane Wireless, explains how the company is advancing UAV communications for special operations forces by developing lightweight, high-performance antennas tailored for mission-critical uncrewed systems.

SOF WEEK 2025 — Tampa, Fla. Engineers at Astronics Test Systems are featuring their ATS-6100 RTS at SOF Week 2025, booth #245. The tester combines 19 instruments into one, offering fault detection and operational verification of radio communications at all levels of deployment.

At SOF Week 2025, Donald Sidell, Portfolio Director – DoD & USSOCOM at Octasic U.S., unveils the company’s compact, software-defined radio (SDR) solution delivering 2G through 5G capabilities in a SOCOM modular payload format.

At SOF Week 2025, Stan Nowak, Vice President of Marketing at Red Cat, and Matt Vogt, Chief Revenue Officer at Palladyne AI, explore how their collaboration is reshaping tactical autonomy through AI-driven drone technology.

SOF WEEK 2025 -- Tampa, Fla. Octasic, a Canadian supplier of joint all-domain solutions for unmanned systems (UxS), introduced its Wraith ultra-compact multimission solution at the SOF Week 2025 exhibition, now underway in Tampa, Florida. The capability is expected to be available in the market by the last quarter of 2025. 

SOF WEEK 2025 -- Tampa, Fla. Reticulate Micro, Inc. (RMX) announced that it is participating in a live tactical video demonstration during this week's SOF Week 2025 exhibition, currently underway in Tampa.