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TAMPA, Florida. Legion Intelligence is showcasing two new products at SOF Week 2026: a set of role-specific AI agent packages called Mission Packs and a new ultra-small form factor edge AI system called Centurion III.

TAMPA, Florida. BlackSea Technologies displayed its Comet unmanned surface vessel at SOF Week 2026 this week at Dock 18 on the Tampa Convention Center waterfront, the company announced in a statement.

TAMPA, Florida. AeroVironment (AV) is showcasing MAYHEM 10, a modular, multi-role launched weapon designed for contested environments, at SOF Week 2026 this week.

TAMPA, Florida. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) will not tolerate closed, proprietary systems -- and is actively working to reopen legacy platforms that have become locked to single vendors, Melissa A. Johnson, acquisition executive at USSOCOM, told industry attendees during her keynote at SOF Week 2026.

TAMPA, Florida. The January seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during Operation Absolute Resolve has set a new benchmark for how U.S. Special Operations Forces will operate in future conflicts, said U.S. Navy Adm. Frank M. Bradley, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), during his keynote address at SOF Week 2026.

TAMPA, Florida. Emil Michael, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Department of War's Chief Technology Officer, will headline a panel discussion on lethal artificial intelligence and autonomous systems at SOF Week 2026 on May 20, joining senior industry leaders to address what organizers are calling the evolution of America's "asymmetric edge" in special operations.

TAMPA, Florida. SOFWERX, the nonprofit innovation lab that helps small and non-traditional defense firms do business with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), has contracted $503 million through 1,824 purchase orders and commercial agreements -- more than quadrupling the $116 million figure reported at SOF Week 2023, said Leslie Babich, director of SOFWERX, during a session at SOF Week 2026.

TAMPA, Florida. Learning how to operate in a radio frequency (RF) environment that is heavily contested is one of the chief challenges facing U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), and figuring out autonomous trust will be key to that effort, said David Breede, Deputy Director for Acquisition at USSOCOM, during his keynote at SOF Week 2026.

TAMPA, Florida. L3Harris will highlight counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) technology, tactical communications, electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) systems, night vision equipment, fiber-optic cables, tethered intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and its Red Wolf vehicle during SOF Week, company officials told Military Embedded Systems.

TAMPA, Florida. Doodle Labs will showcase wireless networking technology for uncrewed and autonomous systems operating in contested environments at SOF Week, according to a company official.

TAMPA, Florida. Red Cat will showcase autonomous systems for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), first-person view (FPV) drones, and uncrewed maritime operations at SOF Week, according to a company official.

TAMPA, Florida. Cubic Defense will use SOF Week 2026 to showcase command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) technologies aimed at special operations forces operating in distributed and communications-limited environments, a company official told Military Embedded Systems.

WILMINGTON, Massachusetts. Analog Devices Inc. released the ADRV9006, a dual-channel narrow-band and wideband radio frequency (RF) transceiver intended for portable and battery-powered communications equipment, the company announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have agreed to a plan to improve KC-46 Pegasus tanker readiness and speed up delivery of aircraft upgrades to the fleet, the Air Force announced in a statement.

FORT WORTH, Texas. Elbit Systems of America won a $212 million delivery order to produce Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular (ENVG-B) systems for the U.S. Army, the company announced in a statement.

TAMPA, Florida. Skyborne Technologies received a U.S. Department of War Limited Safety Release for its CODiAQ armed unmanned ground system under a $6.5 million research, development, test, and evaluation contract supporting U.S. Special Operations Command evaluations, the company announced in a statement.

SOLANA BEACH, California. AEVEX Corp. will display autonomous systems, launched effects, airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and related mission technologies during SOF Week 2026 in Tampa, the company announced in a statement.

BALABAC ISLAND, Philippines. U.S. and allied special operations and reconnaissance forces took part in maritime security training during Exercise Balikatan 2026 in the Philippines, including reconnaissance, airfield seizure, and crisis-response activities, the U.S. military announced in a statement.

ARLINGTON, Virginia. AeroVironment’s LOCUST high-energy laser system completed a counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in coordination with Joint Interagency Task Force 401 and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the company announced in a statement.

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California. Northrop Grumman’s XRQ-73 hybrid-electric uncrewed aircraft has started flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base in California for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the company announced in a statement.