The below features blogs, articles, and other news from our event organizers and media partners.
SOF Week News
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The unique characteristics of the missions performed by SOF teams require them to be mobile and fast in any scenario. In order to offer soldiers additional options in terms of maneuverability, the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) will evaluate electric motorcycles in its next Technical Experimentation (TE 23- 3) event.
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The US Special Operations Command has announced it will consolidate a pair of Program Executive Offices (PEOs) into a single entity to support the National Defense Strategy (NDS), according to acquisition executive Jim Smith
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The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) will observe an emerging communications concept at SOF Week in Tampa, Florida designed to maximize high throughput connectivity at sea.
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To enable SOF teams to overcome current and future threats and perform their tasks better, the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is seeking commercial solutions to be deployed from the tactical unit to senior leadership levels. The goal is to access systems and technologies that can improve the communication and decision-making process and enable operations in contested scenarios.
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From cyber security to rapid prototyping to Faraday bags, small defense contractors crowded into the Small Business Pavilion during the 2023 SOF Week annual conference throughout the week, with many describing the event as a success with higher booth traffic than expected.
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California firm AeroVironment has been producing loitering munitions and other drones for the US military for more than a decade, but the war in Ukraine has become an “inflection point” for the firm, according to CEO Wahid Nawabi.
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SOF News’ John Friberg writes on some of the more interesting offerings on display at SOF Week. Today’s post is about a tactical diving vehicle called the Shadow Seal. The information below in quotes is from a press release about the Shadow Seal.
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UK-based JFD is preparing to hand-over the first production model of its Shadow Seal tactical diving vehicle (TDV) to strategic partner Blue Tide Marine as it looks to establish an undersea maritime capability in the US.
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iDirect Government, a leading provider of satellite communications to the United States military and government, is excited to announce the availability of their 450mp integrator kit at the 2023 SOF Week.
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A couple of years after Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Adm. William McRaven announced a bold new vision for special operations. That vision never came to be, but 10 years later, U.S. Special Operations Command is pursuing a new list of superpowers, topped not by bulletproof suits but by something like omniscience.
