News - SOFWERX

• Special Operations

  SOF Week 2023: SOFWERX lays out its stall (video)

  9th May 2023

  SOFWERX Director Leslie Babich speaks to Shephard Media on the sidelines of SOF Week 2023 in Tampa.

• Special Operations

  Special forces need tools to fight ‘wars on the horizon’, says USSOCOM chief

  13th May 2020

  The Commanding General of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has highlighted how SOF must be suitably equipped to handle a trio of ‘wars on the …

• Special Operations

  SOF seeks integration help to counter unmanned aircraft

  8th May 2020

  US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is seeking industry white papers for its C-UAS Systems Integration Partner (CUxS SIP) requirement. In an RfI published on 17 April, USSOCOM …

• Special Operations

  Dry Combat Submersible needs a transporter

  8th May 2020

  US Naval Special Warfare Command, as a component of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), is seeking a transportation device to support the mobility requirements of …

• Special Operations

  SOF seeks expanded SUAS payloads

  29th August 2019

  The US Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) SOFWERX collaboration enterprise is preparing to conduct a Capability Assessment Event focused on expanded mission payloads for small UAS (SUAS). …

• Special Operations

  USSOCOM advances cockpit efforts

  2nd August 2019

  USSOCOM is moving forward on its efforts to identify the next generation Special Operations Aviation (SOA) cockpit. The multi-phased effort was originally outlined in a special …

• Special Operations

  USSOCOM looks to future helicopter cockpit

  21st June 2019

  US Special Operations Command is exploring industry capabilities for a “next generation Special Operations Aviation cockpit.” Command interest in related industry capabilities was expressed in …

• Special Operations

  USSOCOM looks to mobile messaging

  19th June 2019

  United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is seeking to gain knowledge of potential sources to explore industry capabilities for a Secure Mobile Messaging Solution (SMMS). …

• Special Operations

  SOF looks to next generation Combatant Craft Heavy

  21st February 2019

  Collaborative efforts focused on assessing the current industrial capability to design a new craft, or modify an existing design, to meet the requirements for the …

• Naval Warfare

  West 2019: US Navy looks to stand up innovation cell

  17th February 2019

  Building on lessons learned from experiences with organisations like Sofwerx, the US Navy is pursuing a ‘NavalX’ concept to facilitate procurement actions incorporating innovative ideas …

• Special Operations

  SOFWERX to rapidly review industry ideas

  11th February 2019

  SOFWERX, a Tampa, Florida-based experimentation hub that collaborates with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), has announced plans to host its first-ever ‘Collider Event’ from April …

• Special Operations

  USSOCOM looks to austere basecamps

  3rd July 2018

  USSOCOM has announced that it will host a Generation X Austere Basecamp capabilities assessment event (CAE) on 28-29 August 2018, at the SOFWERX facility in Tampa, …

• Special Operations

  SOFIC 2018: USSOCOM looks to next generation information awareness

  4th June 2018

  The US Special Operations Command’s Program Executive Office (PEO) SOF Warrior has started to generate plans to explore a next-generation warfare concept capable of optimizing …

• Special Operations

  SOFIC 2018: ThunderDrone update

  26th May 2018

  The US Special Operations Command’s (USSOCOM’s) year-long ThunderDrone experimentation program will wrap up on 20th June 2018, SOFWERX officials have confirmed. Addressing delegates at the …

• Special Operations

  SOFIC 2018: USSOCOM embraces hackers and makers

  22nd May 2018

  USSOCOM has embraced the potential involvement of so-called “hackers” and “makers” in an accelerated acquisition process. Hacker and maker involvement feeds the process through the …