Back in May, when NSWC Crane posted the Hypervelocity Improved Capability Assault Rifle (HICAR) solicitation, I closed my article by asking whether any currently available carbine platform was genuinely built to handle sustained fire at 82,000 PSI, or whether every vendor would need a...
SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive Office Maritime, Undersea (PEO-M-U), will host a virtual Assessment Event on 30 September 2026. The PEO-M-U Program Office is engaging industry to determine the readiness of the manufacturing base to evaluate, fabricate, provide Objective Q...
SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive Office SOF Digital Applications (PEO-SDA), will host a series of events to identify and evaluate decentralized and collaborative mission autonomy solutions for heterogeneous, multi-platform, multi-domain unmanned systems in support of the U...
Berger's 140-grain OTM bullets have been selected for USSOCOM's M1200 6.5 Creedmoor Special Ball Long-Range Ammunition, marking a significant contract win for the Mesa-based manufacturer. Capstone Precision Group, which owns Berger and distributes Lapua, Vihtavuori, and SK-Rimfire produ...
This one is pretty short notice. On August 26, 2026, SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive Office Maritime (PEO-M), will host an event with industry to provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) operators, and Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) vendors with opportunities for collabora...
Picture Perfect Accountability SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Marine Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC), will host a collaboration event on 17 September 2026, to identify innovative technologies and technical approaches that modernize serialized ground ordnance accountability. The...
SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM 4th Psychological Operations Group (4 POG), will host a Collaboration Event (CE) 23-24 September 2026, to identify and select innovative software tools. The goal is to integrate these tools into a singular, comprehensive software solution to support informat...
The USSOCOM Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program will soon be accepting submissions for these technology areas of interest: Direct to Phase II Topics: SOC26BZ04-DV004: Advanced Stand-off Detection of Concealed Materials (ASDCM) SOC26BZ04-DV005: Replanning for Evasive Autonomy to Coun...
SOFWERX and USSOCOM PEO-TIS are hosting a Warfighter Radio Industry Day August 11 to 13 at SOFWERX to gain a better understanding of the current market and the technical capabilities of a Key Leader Radio (KLR), an Intra Team Radio (ITR), and a Team Networking Device (TND). USSOCOM has a critical...
In a Sources Sought Notice issued recently to industry, Headquarters (HQ) USSOCOM Special Operations Forces (SOF), Acquisition, Technology & Logistics (AT&L), Program Executive Office-Fixed Wing (PEO-FW) is performing market research to understand Industry capability to deliver an Air Loi...