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Military VTOL craft full-scale model debuts at SOF Week 2024 - News

May 07, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024--TAMPA, Fla. Autonomous vehicle maker Mayman Aerospace (Long Beach, California) unveiled a full-scale model of Razor, its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) high-speed air utility vehicle, during SOF Week 2024, now underway (May 6-10) in Tampa, Florida.

Avionics

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to address SOF Week 2024 - News

May 06, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 - TAMPA, Fla. – Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., 21st Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver the keynote address at SOF Week 2024 on Thursday morning, May 9, where he will discuss "the power of allies and partners."

Avionics

Heads-up-display concepts demonstrated at SOF Week by Kopin - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. Kopin Corporation will demonstrate its latest head-up display (HUD) technology at SOF Week, including daytime and nighttime readable HUD concepts, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

USSOCOM innovation shop sees four-fold increase in proposals: official - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. An "innovation platform" for U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) that seeks to solve problems for Special Operations Forces has seen a four-fold increase in proposals as interest in the program ramps up, an official says.

A.I.

AI-driven analysis for operational readiness showcased at SOF Week by Virtualitics - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. Virtualitics will present AI-driven analysis technology for operational readiness, anomaly detection, and object tracking at its booth at the SOF Week show this week.

Comms

Reticulate Micro showcases VAST video-compression technology at SOF Week - News

May 06, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024--Tampa, Fla. Commercial and defense technology supplier Reticulate Micro is showcasing its VAST encoder technology at the SOF Week exhibition, held this week in Tampa, Florida.

Comms

BATLCHRG soldier systems wireless charging concept introduced by Galvion at SOF Week - News

May 06, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 - TAMPA, Florida. Galvion is demonstrating its new soldier systems wireless charging concept, BATLCHRG, at SOF Week 2024 along with the company's wider systems and solutions on booth 948. The BATLCHRG capability will be demonstrated in two battlefield scenarios: integrated into a vehicle seat and wall-mounted mat in a ready-room scenario.

Comms

iDirectGov and Tampa Microwave announce partnership to provide a cost-effective training and testing platform - News

May 06, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 --TAMPA, Fla.  iDirect Government (iDirectGov), a provider of satellite communications to the military and government, and Tampa Microwave, which manufactures electronic parts, announced at the SOF Week 2024 exhibition that they are forming a partnership to supply an ease-to-use, transportable and cost-effective training and testing platform to support all-encompassing mission-readiness scenarios.

Comms

SATCOM services for U.S. Navy E-6B fleet to be provided by SDG - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. Satcom Direct Government (SDG) and U.S. Space Systems Command have extended a contract to provide satellite communications services to the U.S. Navy's Boeing E-6B Mercury fleet, the company announced in a statement.

Comms

Gen. Fenton, USSOCOM Commander, to keynote SOF Week 2024 - News

May 06, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 - TAMPA, Fla. – General Bryan P. Fenton, 13th commander of USSOCOM, will deliver the keynote address at SOF Week 2024 on Tuesday morning, May 7, and share his vision for SOF Week 2024 and the USSOCOM enterprise.

Comms

No- and low-bandwidth comms software contract won by Immersive Wisdom - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. Immersive Wisdom won a five-year sole-source contract worth up to $25 million from the U.S. Air Force to deploy no-bandwidth and low-bandwidth communications software across various branches of the military through 2029, the company announced at SOF Week.

Comms

Laser detection and comms tech to be showcased at SOF Week by Torrey Pines - News

May 06, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. Torrey Pines will showcase a series of technologies at SOF Week, from a new laser detector to a voice and data comms flashlight, the company announced in a statement.

Radar/EW

Low-cost mesh networking tech to be showcased at SOF Week by goTenna - News

May 05, 2024

TAMPA, Florida. GoTenna is showcasing new advanced mesh networking technology at the annual SOF Week show, unveiling new products aimed at boosting connectivity for tactical operations while lowering costs, company officials told Military Embedded Systems in an interview.

Comms

EO/IR payloads for Space Development Agency to be delivered by L3Harris - News

May 03, 2024

MELBOURNE, Florida. L3Harris Technologies won a contract from Millennium Space Systems to build eight electro-optical infrared payloads for the Space Development Agency’s Fire-control On Orbit-support-to-the-war Fighter (FOO Fighter) program, the company announced in a statement.

Unmanned

Origin UAV delivers precision strike drone to NATO member countries - News

May 03, 2024

SOF WEEK 2024 -- TAMPA, Fla. Uncrewed-system developer Origin UAV announced the delivery of its first system to NATO member countries: Set to be on display from May 6-9 at the SOF Week exhibition, in Tampa, the Origin UAV Beak is a man-portable ISR [intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance] uncrewed aerial system (UAS) with precision bomb-drop capability.