Alan Besquin, Co-founder and CTO of Somewear Labs, knows the future of defense will be driven by autonomy and unmanned systems. To succeed in that environment, technology must be both flexible and reliable enough to support mission-critical operations. At Somewear Labs, we're building with that future in mind. Interested in joining us? Explore our open roles: https://lnkd.in/dGXqVwzX #BuildSomethingThatMatters
Somewear Labs
Telecommunications
San Francisco, CA 3,915 followers
Enabling critical communications for the world’s most important organizations.
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Somewear’s software platform and satellite-powered hardware enable commercial and government teams to maintain situational awareness during high-pressure operations — in any environment. Somewear serves a wide range of customers including helicopter paramedics, backcountry explorers, firefighters, and operators within the US Department of Defense. The company’s purpose is to build best-in-class solutions that keep people in touch, informed, and safe anywhere in the world.
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- Telecommunications
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- 11-50 employees
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- San Francisco, CA
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- Privately Held
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- 2017
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Next week, the Somewear Labs team is taking Horizon to SOF Week. In contested environments, network connectivity is often the first thing to fail, meaning the difference between compromised and successful missions comes down to maintaining command and control. Horizon keeps unmanned systems connected farther and longer by automatically transitioning from line-of-sight (LOS) to satellite connectivity, ensuring operators maintain command and control beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS). Stop by Booth #1648 to learn more about Horizon.
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Endurance and capability have long been central priorities in unmanned systems development. Increasingly, attention is being placed on survivability and operational continuity in contested environments. This extends beyond kinetic survivability to maintaining sensing, communications, and mission effectiveness when infrastructure degrades, links are interrupted, or the airspace itself becomes hostile. That challenge is showing up in very different parts of the sector. Skyeton’s latest Raybird upgrade introduces active anti-interceptor and threat detection capabilities designed to help reconnaissance platforms respond to hostile drones in real time. Survivability is increasingly tied not only to altitude and endurance, but also to how quickly a system can detect threats and adapt during a mission. Communications are evolving in the same direction. Somewear Labs’ Horizon radio is designed to maintain control continuity by automatically transitioning between line-of-sight and satellite connectivity when links degrade. As more platforms operate in distributed and contested environments, resilient communications are becoming less of a specialist capability and more of a baseline operational requirement. The same operational pressures are influencing ISR infrastructure. During ORION 2026, Elistair’s Khronos Tethered DroneBox provided continuous aerial surveillance without relying on GNSS or RF infrastructure, reinforcing the role persistent systems can play alongside free-flying platforms in high-intensity environments. What stands out across these developments is how survivability is now being shaped as much by continuity and adaptability as by the platform itself. Sustaining sensing, communications, and operational relevance under disruption is becoming a central requirement across unmanned systems development. Further insights from across the sector are explored in this week’s Unmanned Systems Technology newsletter ⬇️
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Big shoutout to Mason Elms and Matt Roberts for representing Somewear at the xTech National Security Hackathon hosted by Army PIT and Shield Capital this past weekend in San Francisco. After 24 hours of hacking, they developed a resilient capability for real-time object detection and target recognition. The data was routed to users in the field, actioned in real time, and updated back to C2, all through the Somewear network. This is also a clear example of Somewear’s culture in action: pushing our technology forward, testing bold ideas, and building alongside others working on some of the hardest problems in national security. Well done, Mason and Matt. Your efforts embody what we’re building at Somewear Labs.
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As the Pentagon’s Drone Dominance initiative accelerates production of UAS systems, a critical gap remains: most platforms still rely on legacy line-of-sight communications designed for past conflicts. Success in modern conflicts demands resilient network connectivity in contested or degraded environments to maintain command, control, and situational awareness. Somewear Labs' Horizon addresses this gap. For the first time, operators and OEMs now have an affordable, integrated LOS and BLOS solution purpose-built to enhance survivability in the modern fight.
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Next week, meet the Somewear Labs team at XPONENTIAL Show. Visit us at Booth #17032 to learn how Horizon keeps unmanned systems connected and mission-relevant when line-of-sight breaks. Designed for rapid deployment, Horizon integrates with existing C2, Ground Control Stations, and autonomy workflows, including MAVLink-compatible systems, without requiring a redesign of the platform or control stack. If you need to control your unmanned systems beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS), we’d love to connect.
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Our co-founder and CEO, James Kubik, sat down with Tectonic's Barratt Dewey to discuss the Horizon launch, what it means for operators, OEMs, and the United States Department of War, and why it’s a game-changer for long-range, attritable unmanned systems. https://lnkd.in/e2DiyFPh
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Introducing Horizon. Keep your unmanned systems connected and controllable no matter how far they need to go. Long-range, attritable drones are increasingly delivering a decisive edge on the modern battlefield. But scaling unmanned systems has been impeded by a simple fact: most platforms still rely on legacy line-of-sight (LOS) communications designed for past conflicts. This was the challenge the Pentagon approached Somewear Labs to help solve last year. Within 12 months, we developed and fielded this capability. Horizon is the first affordable, multi-network radio for unmanned operations, delivering LOS/BLOS command, control, and telemetry in contested environments. For the first time, operators and OEMs have an affordable, integrated LOS and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) solution purpose-built to enhance survivability in the modern fight. You can read our announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eZ98Jm6U AUVSI — Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, Iridium, Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Global SOF Foundation
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The proliferation of unmanned systems, and AI within the decision-making loop, is redefining how systems are networked and what bandwidth is needed for each mission. The real challenge is ensuring the right data moves across the right network, at the right priority, to support decentralized command and control. The advantage will go to forces that use software-defined networking to optimize data flow across mixed-throughput networks and get mission-critical information from the edge to command. James Kubik Join us: https://lnkd.in/dGXqVwzX #BuildSomethingThatMatters