TAMPA, Florida. U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) commander Adm. Frank Bradley used his keynote address at SOF Week to warn a room full of defense industry executives about one of the most important developments on the modern battlefield: the migration of commercial technology into adversary weapons systems. Both his remarks and technology showcased on the trade show floor indicate that the organization is in a race against adversaries to use that technology on the battlefield.

TAMPA, Florida. U.S. Special Operations Command is quietly assembling the institutional architecture of an organization that functions less like a combatant command and more like a full military department -- with its own civilian secretariat, its own acquisition system, its own industry ecosystem, and its own direct relationships with Congress and allied partners, a week of senior leadership keynotes and briefings at SOF Week 2026 revealed.

TAMPA, Florida. Frontgrade Technologies is showcasing its Modular Amplified Communications Suite (MACS) at SOF Week this week, displaying a scalable communications architecture designed for rapid deployment across tactical environments and vehicles of opportunity, the company says.

TAMPA, Florida. The Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (SOLIC) will hold its first quarterly industry day on July 24 in Washington, D.C., official in charge of the office announced during his keynote address at SOF Week.

TAMPA, Fla. Mission-critical software firm Rise8 announced that the U.S. Air Force (USAF) 309th Software Engineering Group (309th SWEG) chose it to support Torque, SWEG's enterprise system that delivers aircraft and personnel scheduling, fleet inventory, and forecasting capabilities across the Air Force.

SOF WEEK 2026--TAMPA, Fla. Beretta Defense Technologies (BDT, a subsidiary of Beretta Holding Group) is expanding its portfolio of ammunition with a new purpose-built line of rounds to counter drones at ranges of up to 150 m (164 yards).

SOF WEEK 2026--Tampa, Fla. Tactical uncrewed aerial system (UAS) company Redwire Corp. announced that it won a multiyear contract valued at "high eight figures" to supply an undisclosed NATO country ally with its Penguin Mk3 UAS as part of an ongoing modernization program for that country’s tactical UAS capabilities.

TAMPA, Florida. Annapolis Micro Systems displayed its WILDSTAR SAF2 Small Form Factor Module at SOF Week this week, with the company pitching the system as a portable, high-performance signal processing solution designed for special operations forces operating in austere environments.

SOF WEEK 2026--TAMPA, Fla. Vuzix Corp. -- a company that supplies artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses, waveguides, and sugmented-reality (AR) technologies -- is showing its advanced waveguide solutions during SOF Week 2026, underway now in Tampa,

TAMPA, Florida. The head of Shield AI says that operating in GPS-denied environments remains a top challenge for the autonomous military systems industry, arguing that the vast majority of autonomous systems on the market cannot function in the communications-jammed environments that define modern battlefields.

SOF WEEK 2026--TAMPA. Tactical camera manufacturer MOHOC is launching into the booming first-person view (FPV) uncrewed aerial system (UAS) market with the launch of its Optac cameras, it announced at SOF Week 2026, now underway in Tampa. 

SOF WEEK 2026--TAMPA. Defense autonomy company SPARC AI announced a strategic partnership with Rate Manufacturing, a U.S.-based defense manufacturer, under which the two will integrate SPARC AI’s Overwatch platform into Rate’s Model-F multimission uncrewed systems and future platforms. The new partnership was announced at SOF Week, now underway in Tampa, Florida. 

TAMPA, Florida. The commander of Special Operations Command Africa said his command is looking at using the continent's operating environment to develop and refine emerging capabilities that cannot be tested in higher-end theaters without exposing them to adversary observation.

TAMPA, Florida. Senior special operations commanders cautioned this week against wholesale adoption of tactics and technologies from the war in Ukraine, arguing that future fights will require a different framework even as the conflict offers critical organizational lessons.

TAMPA, Florida. L3Harris Technologies has delivered 18 of its OA-1K Skyraider II armed overwatch aircraft to Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), with the program now under contract for 45 aircraft and targeting combat deployment in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2027, Jason Lambert, ISR sector president for L3Harris, told reporters during SOF Week.