Bringing Industry and Government Together
Organizations will continue to be added over the next few weeks. Keep checking back for updates!
Only Sponsor/Exhibitors at the Indo-Pacific Irregular Warfare Symposium are eligible to participate in the CNECT 1:1 Meetings. The sales and sponsorship intake form will be used for your application. No further action is required!
1:1 Meetings
Committed Organizations
Top Priorities:
Advanced Analytics (AI/ML), C5 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber), Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRNE), Electronic Warfare, EOD and C-IED Systems, ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance)
Specific Needs:
Communications and Networking
- Free-space optical communications
- Novel maritime communication solutions
- Software Defined Radios + antennas
Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
- Mobile mapping technology
- GPS-denied blue force tracking
- Alternatives to PNT – For example, software and sensors for operation/navigation in EMI environments
- Tag, Track, Locate, Report technologies
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- AI to assist in developing novel chemical formulations supporting (adulterants, absorbents, liquid metal embrittlement, etc.)
- AI to influence pixel lock (for target acquisition)
- Network analysis technologies- AI-powered analytics, network visualization, and network modeling
- Architecture and Protocol Analytics
- Automated Software Assurance
Autonomous Systems and Remote Operations
- Vehicle Interface Remote Operation
- Small SWaP Maritime Payloads
- Clandestine Long-Range UAS Delivery
- RF Environment Emulation
Sensing and Imaging
- Standoff technologies for ISR-ish or strike capability
- Low-light object recognition
- Hyperspectral imaging
- AI-supported sensor optimization
Immersive Technologies and Modeling
- AR: Integration of digital information with the user’s environment in real time
- VR: Computer-generated environment that simulates reality, allowing users to interact with it in three dimensions
- XR: Extended Reality, which is a term for technologies that combine the physical and digital worlds. XR includes virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR)
- 3D Modeling- The process of creating 3D objects using software
Pathways and Networks
- Innovative Microelectronics Development
- Equipment and Systems Analysis Tools
- Delivery Platform Enhancement Systems
- WMD Activities or Weapons Systems Characterization
- Infrastructure Assessment
- Expertise (Targeting, Disruption, and Defeat)
Top Priorities:
Advanced Analytics (AI/ML), Autonomous Systems (UxS / UxV) and Counter-Autonomous Systems (C-UxS / C-UxV), C5 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber), Electronic Warfare, EOD and C-IED Systems, Ground Mobility, Information Operations, ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance), Soldier Equipment and Systems / K9s, Weapons Systems, Optics, Targetry
Specific Needs:
We need UW academic knowledge and CounterUAS techniques, including ISTAR academics, including C2 establishment and running under auspicious conditions.
Top Priorities:
Autonomous Systems (UxS / UxV) and Counter-Autonomous Systems (C-UxS / C-UxV), Ammunition / Demolition, ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance), Maritime Systems, Visual Augmentation Systems, Weapons Systems, Optics, and Targetry.
Specific Needs:
Keen to explore uncrewed and counter uncrewed systems, diver propulsion options, and assault/projection boats (i.e. 8-12m).
Top Priorities:
Advanced Analytics (AI/ML), Autonomous Systems (UxS / UxV) and Counter-Autonomous Systems (C-UxS / C-UxV), C5 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber), Electronic Warfare, Energy and Power Generation, ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance), Maritime Systems, Soldier Equipment and Systems / K9s, Visual Augmentation Systems
Specific Needs:
Un-crewed and autonomous systems, Man portable strike options, non-kinetic effectors, common operating picture technology. Seeking high TRL capability options for consideration for rapid procurement
Top Priorities:
Advanced Analytics (AI/ML), Autonomous Systems (UxS / UxV) and Counter-Autonomous Systems (C-UxS / C-UxV), C5 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber), Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (CBRNE), Electronic Warfare, Energy and Power Generation, ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance), Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Maritime Systems, Visual Augmentation Systems, Weapons Systems, Optics, Targetry.
Specific Needs:
1. Community Home Defense Operations (also known as Resistande Operating Concept)
2. Non-combatant Evacuation Operation
3. Maritime Irregular Warfare capabilities under the Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept construct
4. Unmanned Vehicle Systems (surface/USV, subsurface/UUV, and air/UAV)
5. Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) capabilities, focus on enablers such as:
a. All-domain intelligence fusion and common operating picture (COP);
b. Cyber-Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (CEMSO) integration with SOF activities;
c. Resilient, distributed command and control (C2) in contested or GPS-denied environments; and
d. Synchronized information/influence operations with physical domain actions to achieve convergence and decision superiority.
These directly support our ongoing capability development work on the CHDO Concept, Maritime Scenario Planning, gray-zone simulations and visuals, JSOC-PN-PCG cooperation frameworks, and partner interoperability (SOCPAC, SASR, etc.).
Top Priorities:
Advanced Analytics (AI/ML), Autonomous Systems (UxS / UxV) and Counter-Autonomous Systems (C-UxS / C-UxV) , C5 (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber), Energy and Power Generation, Ground Mobility, Information Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Soldier Equipment and Systems / K9s, Soldier Survival / Medical, Visual Augmentation Systems, Weapons Systems, Optics, Targetry.
Specific Needs:
UW operation, Airborne operation, Waterborne operation
Organization Commitment deadline: 17 July 2026
Notification of meeting date and time: NLT 31 July 2026
Interested in CNECT Meetings? There is still time to become a sponsor or exhibitor! Please contact Trevor Burnett at tburnett@gsof.org.
