The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is hosting the International Special Operations Forces (ISOF) Range 2026, scheduled for April 14-15, 2026, at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) in Nevada. This event aims to invite technology demonstrations from private industry, government R&D organizations, academia, and individuals, focusing on innovative lethality technologies, including weapons, visual augmentation systems, and counter-unmanned aircraft systems (cUAS). The ISOF Range 2026 serves as a platform for market research, allowing attendees to evaluate technologies that address lethality gaps and inform future requirements, with submissions due by October 30, 2025, for the first tranche and January 30, 2026, for the second tranche. Interested parties can contact Marvin Marcia at marvin.marcia@socom.mil for further details.

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USSOCOM will host the International Special Operations Forces (ISOF) Range 2026 from April 14-15, 2026, at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), NV, with a 'Last Line of Defense' (LLOD) rodeo on April 12, 2026, for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (cUAS) testing. This Request for Information (RFI) invites private industry, government R&D organizations, academia, and individuals to demonstrate innovative lethality technologies. Key technology categories include Weapons, Visual Augmentation Systems, Demolitions/Breaching, Ammunition, Shoulder Launched Munitions, Precision Strike Systems, and Other Relevant Disruptive Technologies. Technologies for ISOF Range 2026 should be TRL 7 or higher, while 'Other Relevant Disruptive Technologies' can be at a lower TRL. Submissions for the first tranche are due by October 30, 2025, and for the second tranche by January 30, 2026. All submissions must be unclassified. Participants are responsible for their costs, and selected exhibitors will coordinate logistics and fees with Phoenix Defence. The event is for market research, not a solicitation for proposals or contracts.

1. EVENT: The Program Manager – SOF Lethality (PM-SL), in cooperation with the Joint Services Small Arms Program (JSSAP) and OUSD R&E, P&E, Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Office, will conduct the International Special Operations Forces (ISOF) Range 2026, 14-15 April 2026 at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), NV. In addition, there will be an opportunity for selected novel technologies to participate in the Last Line of Defense (LLOD) rodeo on 12 April 2026 for small-unit counter-unmanned aircraft systems (cUAS) testing.
   1. This Request for Information (RFI) is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this RFI is to invite technology demonstration candidates from private industry, government Research and Development (R&D) organizations/labs, academia, and individuals (hereinafter “respondents”) to apply with an exhibitor technology application addressing innovative lethality technologies to exhibit at ISOF Range 2026. For the audience, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) will provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) end users, SOF component combat developers, government technical engineers, contracting officers, the USSOCOM program management office, thirty(+) invited international SOF units, federal law enforcement special units, inter-agency special units, federal RDT&E agencies, and the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard combat development offices (hereinafter “attendees”). The attendees will use ISOF Range 2026 to conduct “hands-on” market research of technology to address lethality gaps and inform future requirements. The attendees will provide selected respondent technology applications with written feedback on their demonstrated technologies. For the ISOF Range 2026 event, technology applications will be submitted to Phoenix Defence website: https://isofrange.com/ (see section C).

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