SOF Week 2025 – What Should We Ask?
We’ve got boots on the ground at SOF Week 2025, and that includes @rick-m, who will be doing live walkarounds, talking to vendors, speakers, and fellow Irregulars.
If you’re not attending — this is your chance to get questions answered and conversations started.
If you are attending — this is the time to sync up, scout booths, and contribute your own insights.
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FOR THOSE ATTENDING
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Categories + Sample Questions
Use these as examples or post your own. Tag vendors, drop booth numbers, or flag someone you want Rick to go find.
AI Systems & Services
General Use & Relevance
- How is your AI system being used today in live operational environments?
- What’s the decision-making boundary between the human and the model?
- How do you handle contested or disconnected environments?
Model Architecture & Training
- Are your models open weights, commercial closed, or government-furnished?
- How is model drift handled over time?
- Do you support on-device LLMs or require cloud access?
Security, Interop & Trust
- What efforts are in place to ensure transparency and auditability?
- Can your system integrate with existing military platforms or TAC stack?
- Is this AI approved for use in tactical edge environments?
sUAS / Drone Systems
Hardware Capabilities
- What’s the max flight time, range, and payload capacity?
- Can it be operated autonomously, and what failsafes are in place?
SOF-Specific Relevance
- What use cases are you seeing most from SOF units (e.g. ISR, logistics, breaching)?
- What are your counter-UAS or anti-jam capabilities?
Data & Comms
- How is video/data downlink secured?
- Is there support for mesh networking or edge compute onboard?
RF / EW Systems
Sensing & Collection
- What RF spectrum ranges can you monitor or manipulate?
- Is your system capable of detecting low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) emitters?
Countermeasures & Integration
- Do you provide real-time jamming or deception tools?
- Can your system deconflict with blue force emitters during missions?
Data & Visualization
- What kind of visualizations or operational interfaces are provided?
- How are signal detections verified and filtered to reduce false positives?
Space Systems
Sensors & Coverage
- What’s your revisit rate and latency for tasking?
- Are you doing optical, SAR, RF, or multispectral?
Operational Use
- Can your system deliver tactical-level relevance (e.g., on-the-move integration)?
- What’s the path from tasking to decision-making for operators?
Commercial-Gov Integration
- Are you a provider under NRO/NGA tasking authority?
- Do you offer access via API, GUI, or other tools for unit-level users?
Dual-Use & Emerging Tech
- How do you vet the dual-use ethical boundary?
- Are you adapting commercial tech or building gov-first?
- What consumer tools are being adapted most quickly?
Maritime, ISR & Sensors
- What is the refresh rate and resolution of your sensor network?
- Is your solution passive or active sensing? (Can it be detected?)
- Do you offer detection of spoofing, ship-to-ship transfers, or emissions tracking?
Community-Oriented Questions
- What makes SOF Week useful for your team?
- What do you want from the SOF community right now?
- Who are you hoping to partner with this year?
Your Turn
Got a vendor or booth you want @rick-m to check out?
Want a specific speaker or product to be grilled on camera?
Post below and we’ll make it happen.
Let’s crowdsource the best questions, answers, and insights — and bring them back to the crew.