USCG VIRTUAL INDUSTRY DAY - ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS (RAS)

VIRTUAL INDUSTRY DAY: Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard, Program Executive Officer for Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

Description

This announcement constitutes a Special Notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SPECIAL NOTICE.  

This is a SAVE-THE-DATE special notice for a virtual industry day event on 28 AUG 2025 at 1:00pm ET.  All interested Offerors are required to access SAM.gov for future updates. Please view the registration information, attachments and details below.

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.

To help the Government prepare for your one-on-one session, please submit your questions to the Government POCs listed below by 1300 ET on 29 August 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

NOTE: Please be advised that if your company has already submitted questions pertaining to the requirements in response to our previous Request for Information (RFI), these will be addressed during your individual meeting.

Registration Form

If your company plans on attending the General Session of the Virtual Industry Day and/or scheduling an appointment for a Virtual One-on-One session, please submit a completed U.S. Coast Guard Virtual Industry Day: Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Program Counter- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) Vendor Registration form NLT 1500 ET on 25 August 2025 via the following link: U.S. Coast Guard Virtual Industry Day:  Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Program.  If requesting to schedule an appointment for a virtual one-on-one session, please be sure to identify which date and time slot from the below proposed schedule of events that you are requesting.

Proposed Schedule of Events.

28 AUGUST 2025, 1300 ET to 1500 ET: Virtual Industry Day, Briefings on Mission and Counter- Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) Needs

2 SEPTEMBER 2025 - Virtual One-on-One Sessions during following time slots:

Slot 1: 0900 ET to 0935 ET

Slot 2: 0945 ET to 1020 ET

Slot 3: 1030 ET to 1105 ET

Slot 4: 1245 ET to 1320 ET

Slot 5: 1330 ET to 1405 ET

Slot 6: 1415 ET to 1450 ET

3 SEPTEMBER 2025 - Virtual One-on-One Sessions during the following time slots:

Slot 7: 0900 ET to 0935 ET

Slot 8: 0945 ET to 1020 ET

Slot 9: 1030 ET to 1105 ET

Slot 10: 1245 ET to 1320 ET

Slot 11: 1330 ET to 1405 ET

Slot 12: 1415 ET to 1450 ET

4 SEPTEMBER 2025 - Virtual One-on-One Sessions during the following time slots:

Slot 13: 0900 ET to 0935 ET

Slot 14: 0945 ET to 1020 ET

Slot 15: 1030 ET to 1105 ET

Slot 16: 1245 ET to 1320 ET

Slot 17: 1330 ET to 1405 ET

Slot 18: 1415 ET to 1450 ET

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 - Virtual One-on-One Sessions during the following time slots:

Slot 19: 0900 ET to 0935 ET

Slot 20: 0945 ET to 1020 ET

Slot 21: 1030 ET to 1105 ET

Slot 22: 1245 ET to 1320 ET

Slot 23: 1330 ET to 1405 ET

Slot 24: 1415 ET to 1450 ET

Attachments:

Request for Information (RFI) # 1: Counter- Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS)

Special Announcement Industry Day

Draft/Notional Virtual Industry Day Agenda

Questions Regarding This Special Notice:

For questions regarding this Special Notice regarding the upcoming Virtual Industry Day and Virtual One-on-One Sessions, please send them to the USCG RAS Counter Air Team via email at COMDT-LST-DCS-RAS-Counter-Air@uscg.mil.