Military Embedded Systems

TAMPA, Florida. L3Harris Technologies recently began delivering its OA-1K Skyraider II armed reconnaissance aircraft to U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), with the first operational aircraft delivered to Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field last month, company officials told reporters at a Tampa airfield where a Sky Warden aircraft was displayed for SOF Week 2025.

Imagine a fighter pilot entering a dense threat environment, surrounded by enemy aircraft and ground-based defenses. Instead of information overload from dozens of displays demanding attention, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered system presents only what’s critical through an advanced helmet display, highlighting threats, suggesting tactical options, and managing nearby unmanned wingmen – all while the pilot’s eyes never leave the sky. This is the envisioned future for military avionics, and it’s already in the works.

TAMPA, Florida. A one-way attack drone swarm capability developed by AeroVironment has been used on the battlefield, the company's CEO revealed during a media briefing at SOF Week 2025 on Tuesday.

TAMPA, Florida. Data storage will be a critical focus area for U.S. Special Operations Command going forward, said Melissa Johnson, USSOCOM's acquisition chief, during her keynote address at SOF Week 2025.

TAMPA, Florida. The war in Ukraine shows the necessity for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to innovate much more quickly than it has in the past, Gen. Bryan P. Fenton, USSOCOM commander, said during his keynote address at SOF Week here on Tuesday.

TAMPA, Florida. Targeting platforms enabled by artificial intelligence and counter-drone systems are some examples of technologies that need to be rapidly introduced to the field, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told attendees during his keynote address at the SOF Week 2025 annual symposium here on Tuesday.

TAMPA, Florida. SOFWERX, the innovation accelerator for U.S. Special Operations Command, has facilitated 362 events resulting in significant operational impacts for warfighters, including 75 technology transitions to contracts or programs of record, officials said at SOF Week 2025 here on Monday.

TAMPA, Florida. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has reached a new record with $1.8 billion in prime contracts awarded to small businesses last year, according to Bill Innes, deputy director of acquisition for Special Operations Forces Aquisition, Technology, and Logistics (SOF AT&L), who gave and overview of SOF AT&L during the SOF Week 2025 Welcome Session.

MONTREAL, Canada. Haivision will exhibit its suite of real-time video networking and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) products during SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, Florida, the company announced in a statement.

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts. Kopin Corporation will exhibit its augmented and virtual reality optical systems for soldier and pilot applications at SOF Week 2025, the company announced in a statement.

PASADENA, California. GuRu Wireless will demonstrate its wireless energy transfer system for enabling persistent flight of small uncrewed aerial systems (sUAS) during SOF Week 2025, the company announced in a statement.

ORLANDO, Florida. Aptima will present a suite of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions designed to enhance warfighter readiness, decision-making, and information integrity at SOF Week 2025, the company announced in a statement.

TAMPA, Florida. PteroDynamics will exhibit its Transwing® autonomous vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) at SOF Week 2025, the company announced in a statement.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Palladyne AI and Red Cat Holdings completed a cross-platform autonomous flight involving three uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), demonstrating collaborative operations across heterogeneous drones using onboard computing and constrained communication protocols, the companies announced in a statement.

TAMPA, Florida. Spectra Group will unveil a new mobile troposcatter communications capability called Troposcatter on the Move (TOTM) at SOF Week, developed in partnership with BATS Wireless and Comtech Telecommunications Corp., the company announced in a statement.

ANDOVER, Massachusetts. Mercury Systems completed its acquisition of Star Lab, a provider of anti-tamper and cybersecurity software for mission-critical aerospace and defense systems, the company announced in a statement.

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania. Near Earth Autonomy, in partnership with Honeywell, won a $15 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop an uncrewed logistics capability by retrofitting UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters with autonomous flight systems, the company announced in a statement. 

YORK, Pennsylvania. BAE Systems won a $188.5 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to begin full-rate production of 30 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) armed with a 30mm remote turret system, the company announced in a statement.

SAN DIEGO, California. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) delivered an MQ-9A Block 5 Extended Range uncrewed aerial system (UAS) to the U.S. Marine Corps, the company announced in a statement.

AMARILLO, Texas. Bell Textron and Boeing announced the upcoming completion of the CV-22 Osprey Program of Record for the U.S. Air Force, the companies announced in a statement.