SOFWERX, in collaboration with USSOCOM Program Executive-Special Operation Forces Warrior (PEO-SW), will host an Assessment Event (AE) 27-29 January 2026 to evaluate low-cost First Person View (FPV) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) (Group 1) Thermal and EO/IR cameras. Primary focus is fixed mounted cameras with low SWaP and secondary focus is gimballed payload with IR Pointer. 
Current fielded camera systems are high cost or low quality making it uneconomical for consumable FPV drones to operate, or ineffective in training and the battlefield due to lower quality. USSOCOM requires lower cost camera units to bring down the overall cost of the Group 1 UAS program.
Primary objective is to field and deploy low-cost/low-SWaP Thermal and EO/IR cameras that can integrate onto current and future Group 1 sUAS FPV drones. Secondary objective is to find a low-SWaP gimballed Thermal and EO/IR with a Class 3B IR Pointer.
Submit NLT 12 December 2025 11:59 PM ET
Visit events.sofwerx.org/eoirfpv-cameras for more information.