In the last article on The Last Mile, we sat down with Admiral Olson, a retired Navy SEAL, former U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Commander, and current advisory board member of AstraNav, to discuss the common mistakes that emerging technology companies and innovative technology startups make when trying to work

Last November, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced sweeping proposed changes to the way the U.S. Department of War (DoW) acquires solutions and services in an attempt to clear bureaucracy and expedite the provision of mission-critical tools and technologies for the warfighter. Many of these proposed changes are designed to

Last month, the senior leaders and decision-makers from the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community came together with industry leaders and solution providers at the 2022 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC). This annual event is one of the most attended Special Operations-focused events of the year. It is the best

With a hundred mile per hour winds pelting water at their skin, dense jungle canopies covering their drop zone, and overwhelming darkness blinding their path, the Military Assistance Command – Studies and Observations Group’s (MACV- SOG) six-man recon team made history as they plummeted into foreign territory for the first

Those who operate in austere, geographically isolated areas outside of a cell service bubble need reliable communications for the duration of their mission. They’re either battling wildfires, searching for missing people, or monitoring border activity across huge swaths of land. Traditionally, the only way to have continuous coverage for situational