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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A little over a year after winning first place at the xTech|Live at SOF Week 2025 competition, Icarus has progressed from an idea to full scale prototypes being deployed with Soldiers at recurring Army experimentation events supporting the Multi-Domain Task Forces (MDTFs), U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) and many other joint users. Company leadership…

As military operations demand quick, informed decision-making, the U.S. Army and broader Joint Force are turning to cutting-edge innovators such as Bounce Imaging to equip warfighters with a safer, smarter view of their surroundings.  

The U.S. Army xTech Program has released The Evolution of Army’s Premier Prize Competition, a showcase detailing major accomplishments in accelerating dual-use technologies and connecting commercial innovators with Army mission needs. Managed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary…

Compound Eye, a small business based out of Redwood City, Calif., is leveraging $13 million in Army SBIR CATALYST funding to develop a cutting-edge positioning and navigation tool for U.S. Army Soldiers based off its Visual Inertial Distributed Aperture System (VIDAS).

Speed, precision, and decisive force can determine the difference between mission success and failure.  That’s why enhancing soldier lethality – boosting combat effectiveness – remains a top priority for the U.S. Army.

The U.S. Army xTech Program, in partnership with the U.S. Army Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Task Force, hosted the second iteration of xTechLive at Special Operation Forces Week 2025, held May 6-7, 2025. With a $100,000 prize pool, the competition sought cutting-edge technologies that could transform how the Army conducts…

LiquidPiston, supported by Army innovation programs, is poised to transform the U.S. Army’s capabilities as the company delivers compact, heavy-fuel-capable rotary engines and hybrid electric power systems to Soldiers, setting new standards for power density and performance in military applications.

Reliable position, navigation and timing is essential for U.S. Army Soldiers to safely and effectively maneuver and communicate. TRX Systems, winner of the Army xTech Program’s xTechSearch 3 competition, now fields its technology – the Dismounted PNT System Generation II, also known as DAPS GEN II – as a program…

The U.S. Army xTech Program, in collaboration with U.S. Army Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force, is excited to announce its second live pitch competition, xTechLive. Set to take place during the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week in Tampa, Florida from May 6-7, 2025, xTechLive will identify cutting-edge technologies…

Genesis Systems ‑– a finalist in xTechSearch 5 in 2021 and winner of xTechEnergy Resiliency in 2022 – deployed its WaterCube® solution to the U.S. Army in August 2024.