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SOF Week

Special operations community and industry; strong capture and business-development venue.

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Dates
May 3 to May 6, 2027
Where
Tampa, FL
Cost
Ticket $460 to $850. Full conference: non-profit/academia $460 early bird, $525 standard, $605 last chance; small business $555-700; industry $690-850. Page shows some inconsistent dates; confirm with organizer.
Type
Conference · Paid ticket
Organizer
SOF Week / USSOCOM-NDIA
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Cheaper ways in: Full-time student $125; exhibition-only $190-275; active duty military, US and partner nation government, and credentialed media are complimentary.

Speaking opportunities

Speakers are invited

Speaker/topic recommendations were due Oct 2, 2026 via form.

How to apply to speak

Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Defense and government contracting, Military transition and veterans, Cybersecurity for defense

Roles: capture manager, defense program manager, transitioning service member, cleared cybersecurity engineer

The field it serves: Aerospace & Defense

Verified open jobs
about 18,990

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

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Typical posted salary
$133,000 a year (middle half $101,000 to $152,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,849 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Entry or early-career level
33% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Employment, year over year
+0.6% in manufacturing, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

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Full Aerospace & Defense snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

  • Accelint Sponsoring 2026
  • Accrete Sponsoring 2026
  • AeroVironment Sponsoring 2026
  • AEVEX Sponsoring 2026
  • Air Center Helicopters Sponsoring 2026
  • Akima Sponsoring 2026
  • Amazon Kuiper Sponsoring 2026
  • Anduril Sponsoring 2026
  • Applied Intuition Sponsoring 2026
  • Astranis Sponsoring 2026
  • Axonius Sponsoring 2026
  • Bank of America Sponsoring 2026
  • Battelle Sponsoring 2026
  • Bombardier Defense Sponsoring 2026
  • CACI Sponsoring 2026
  • Capgemini Sponsoring 2026
  • Carahsoft Sponsoring 2026
  • Cellebrite Federal Solutions Sponsoring 2026
  • Deltek Sponsoring 2026
  • Draganfly Sponsoring 2026
  • EchoMAV Sponsoring 2026
  • Google Public Sector Sponsoring 2026
  • Lockheed Martin Sponsoring 2026
  • Nightwing Sponsoring 2026
  • Redcat Sponsoring 2026
  • Skydio Sponsoring 2026
  • Skylotec Sponsoring 2026
  • Textron Sponsoring 2026

Read from the event’s own pages: sofweek.org.

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Tampa, FL. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Past and planned editions

  • 2027: May 3, 2027 to May 6, 2027, Tampa, FL

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