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A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing remotely piloted aircraft community checks weather during an Exercise Talon Spear at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., June 20, 2023. (Photo by Senior Airman Alexcia Givens)

SOCOM looking to acquire new drone-launched glide bombs

A technology assessment event is slated for April.

2 days ago By Jon Harper

(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barry Loo)

SOCOM launching new commercial solutions opening for digital applications

U.S. Special Operations Command is setting up a new avenue for onboarding software capabilities, the Defense Department announced Monday. SOCOM’s acquisition, technology and logistics directorate is launching…

Dec 2, 2024 By Jon Harper

Sailors from Special Boat Team 12 conduct boat operations supporting a West Coast-based SEAL team during their maritime operation training cycle. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adam Henderson/Released)

SOFWERX to help special operations forces tackle contested logistics challenges

The innovation foundry event will bring together officials, technology developers and other subject matter experts to brainstorm high-tech capabilities and their potential applications.

Jun 10, 2024 By Jon Harper

The Army’s Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Project Management Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Special Operations Command, executed a flight demonstration involving the first launch of the Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated Unmanned System (Altius) 700 air vehicle on Dec. 3, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (Army photo by Daniel Henke.)

SOCOM gearing up to assess air-launched kamikaze drones

U.S. Special Operations Command is looking for loitering munitions that can be dropped from a variety of aircraft in its inventory.

Feb 8, 2024 By Jon Harper

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Green Berets with 2nd Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), and an augmentee with Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, clear a corridor of threats during the Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat course, Jan. 24 to Feb. 3, 2022. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)

SOCOM taking innovation foundry to London to focus on special ops in ‘smart cities’

The event “will explore the challenges of physical and remote SOF operations in a range of future complex smart city scenarios,” according to SOCOM.

Feb 6, 2024 By Jon Harper

Special tactics operators conduct close-quarters battle training at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, Jan. 27, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carly Kavish)

SOCOM wants new targeting tools for urban battles

U.S. Special Operations Command is on the hunt for new non-line-of-sight targeting systems.

Oct 18, 2023 By Jon Harper

Non-standard commercial vehicles (SOCOM image)

SOCOM hunting for more flexible IT, comms gear for souped-up commercial vehicles

Special Operations Command and SOFWERX are looking for new technologies for the Non-Standard Commercial Vehicles (NSCV) program.

Aug 2, 2023 By Jon Harper

SOFWERX to host ‘innovation foundry’ event focused on information ops, behavioral responses

The confab, named IF13, will bring together SOCOM officials, industry, academia and other subject matter experts to think through capability concepts and technologies.

Apr 21, 2023 By Jon Harper

Composite image of modern city network communication concept (Getty Images)

Upcoming SOFWERX event to tackle challenges associated with omnipresent sensor networks

An innovation hub focused on solving SOCOM's toughest problems is organizing an event to brainstorm the tools commandos will need to operate in environments where sensors are…

Aug 5, 2022 By Jon Harper