The US Army, USSOCOM and New Zealand Defence Force are looking to the commercial unmanned industry to provide them with new technologies to support their individual defence interests.
A number of opportunities presented in which the sector could play a role were made clear by representatives of each service and, notably, they include a small ISR-capable unmanned solution and prototyping activities for short-range reconnaissance purposes – both US Army led.
USSOCOM was more vague in the specific platforms it wants to acquire as the service continues to focus on complex and varied missions, compared to other services.
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Cummings Aerospace presented its turbojet-powered Hellhound loitering munition at SOF Week 2025, offering a man-portable solution aligned with the US Army’s LASSO requirements.
PDW has revealed its Attritable Multirotor First Person View drone at SOF Week 2025, offering special operations forces a low-cost, rapidly deployable platform for strike and ISR missions, inspired by battlefield lessons from Ukraine.
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High-performance maritime industry player Kraken Technology Group, based in the UK, has used the SOF Week conference in Tampa, Florida this week to debut its K3 Scout uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to the North American market.
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