The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Program Executive Officer  (PEO) for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) will be holding a Virtual Industry Day event to engage with industry about the USCG’s needs relating to a potential upcoming requirement(s) and obtain information from industry as the USCG continues to seek a holistic approach to implementing Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) throughout the service with an immediate focus on rapidly deployable and adaptable C-UAS solutions for fixed, mobile, and temporary deployments to secure critical infrastructure and high-profile events.  This is a follow-on to the USCG PEO RAS’s previously published Request for Information (RFI) that preliminarily describes the USCG’s needs related to implementing C-UAS capabilities and solutions throughout the service. The previously published RFI is attached to this Special Notice for reference purposes.

Virtual Industry Day and One-on-One Sessions

General Session

The USCG PEO RAS will host a live event for a Virtual Industry Day via Teams on Thursday, 28 August 2025, from 1300 ET – 1500 ET.  A notional draft agenda for the event is attached to this Special Notice.  If the agenda is updated prior to the event, interested vendors will receive a more detailed agenda on or before the Virtual Industry Day.  There will be a forum during the live event to ask questions.  Interested may alternatively submit questions in advance of the event using the event registration included in the link to the registration section of this Special Notice.  In addition, there will be an opportunity subsequent to the event to submit follow-on questions regarding information presented during the General Session and these questions must be submitted via email to COMDT-LST-DCS-RAS-Counter-Air@uscg.mil by close of business (COB) by Wednesday, 3 September 2025. Please be advised that all questions and answers will be consolidated, answered, and publicly posted on sam.gov. Therefore, interested parties are encouraged not to submit proprietary information with their questions.

Virtual One-on-One Sessions

One-on-one meetings will be held from 2 September through 5 September 2025. There will be approximately 24 time slots available for one-on-one sessions.  Each appointment is limited to 35 minutes. Please be advised that the Government will try to accommodate all requests for one-on-one sessions, but ultimately reserves the right to decide on who to accommodate requests for one-on-one sessions with.  While we will try to accommodate your preferred time slot, the final schedule is determined by the Government. Your confirmed one-on-one time will be included as a follow-on email to your registration confirmation. Late registrations will be accepted, but early registrants will receive priority consideration for their preferred time slots.

The purpose of these one-on-one sessions is to gather objective feedback, foster open dialogue, and obtain information from industry as the USCG continues to seek a holistic approach to implementing Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) throughout the service with an immediate focus on rapidly deployable and adaptable C-UAS solutions for fixed, mobile, and temporary deployments to secure critical infrastructure and high-profile events  and to foster open dialogue. These sessions are not a platform for vendor promotion.