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This document is an announcement for U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) Industry Days, a two-day informational event scheduled for April 21-22, 2026, at Newlab Detroit in Detroit, Michigan. The event is designed to facilitate collaboration between GVSC and industry, academia, and government partners across ground vehicle systems technology. GVSC is the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Center responsible for autonomy and robotics, power and mobility, survivability, modeling and simulation, advanced manufacturing, vehicle electronics, cyber engineering, software engineering, system engineering, and digital engineering. The center also serves as the DoD's responsible agent for ground fuels and lubricants specifications, water supply and wastewater treatment, tactical military bridging, construction equipment, and material handling equipment.

The event consists of two separate tracks with different attendee restrictions. Day 1 (April 21) is a Distribution A event open to all small and large businesses, institutions of higher learning, and government institutions interested in new partnerships. Day 2 (April 22) is a Distribution D event restricted to Department of Defense contractors only and involves Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). Both days include briefings from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. covering technology area overviews and contracting information, followed by one-on-one meetings with technology leads from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Online registration opens February 17, 2026, and closes March 20, 2026, with no exceptions. Pre-registration is required; attendance is free but there is a parking garage fee. Attendees must be U.S. citizens with a Need-to-Know, and Distribution D attendees must provide a company CAGE code. Each company may sign up for up to three one-on-one meeting timeslots on a first-come, first-served basis. This event is informational only and does not constitute a formal solicitation or government commitment.

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DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. OPSEC10273

U.S. Army DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)- Industry Days

Tuesday – Wednesday, 21 and 22 April 2026

Hosted at Newlab Detroit, 2050 15th Street, Detroit, MI 48216

Schedule – Day 1, 21 April 2026 – Distribution A Event:

• Suggested Attendees: Open to all small and large businesses, institutions of higher learning and Government institutions interested in collaborating with GVSC.

• In-Person Only

• Registration: 8:00 a.m.

• Industry Day: Briefings to include technology area overviews, congressional and contracting - 8:30 a.m.

to 12:00 p.m.

• One-on-one meetings: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Schedule – Day 2, 22 April 2026: Distribution D Event:

• Suggested Attendees: This will be a Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Distribution D event authorized to Department of Defense (DoD) and DoD contractors only.

• In-Person Only

• Registration: 8:00 a.m.

• Industry Day: Briefings to include tech area overviews, congressional and contracting - 8:30 a.m. to

12:00 p.m.

• One-on-One meetings: 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

*Contractors shall ONLY attend one event. The Distribution A event is to involve contractors for potential new partnerships, and the Distribution D event is for current Government contractors only.

Purpose:

• U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) is the U.S. Army’s Research, Development and Engineering Center for all Ground Vehicle and Ground Vehicle Systems technology and integration. GVSC’s primary areas of focus are: autonomy and robotics, power and mobility, survivability, modelling and simulation, advanced manufacturing, vehicle electronics, cyber engineering, software engineering, system engineering, and digital engineering.

• GVSC also serves as the U.S. DoD responsible agent for all ground fuels and lubricants specifications;

water supply and wastewater treatment; tactical military bridging; construction equipment; and material handling equipment.

• Industry Days serve as a forum to provide information on GVSC’s ground vehicle systems technology focus, as well as ancillary force projection technologies, to include technology roadmaps, planned spending and opportunities for collaboration with industry, academia, and other Government partners.

• Presentations by GVSC’s Technology Directorates will be augmented by the ability for participants to sign up for on-site individual one-on-one meetings with technology leads for open discussion and capability demonstrations of select technology and laboratory facilities.

• General information about GVSC can be found at: https://gvsc.devcom.army.mil/

Topics:

• Keynote, GVSC Director’s address, and Briefings on individual Technology Area’s Funded & Future

Projects (Power and Energy, Mobility, Survivability, Robotics and Autonomy, Vehicle Electronics and Architecture, and others).

https://gvsc.devcom.army.mil/

• Opportunity to meet face-to-face with GVSC Technology Leads, included Leads will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration Information:

• The Attendee Registration Site can be found at https://gvsc.devcom.army.mil/events/

• Online registration period will open on 17 February 2026. Registration will close on 20 March 2026, unless capacity is reached earlier. There will be no exception to this deadline.

• Pre-Registration is required. There will not be on-site registration.

• There is no fee to attend.

• There is a parking garage fee and the garage is a few minute walk to the event venue.

• Attendees must be U.S. citizens and have a Need-to-Know.

o Note: Organizations that do not have Need-to-Know should register for GVSC’s unclassified Industry Briefings during the NDIA Michigan Defense Expo, 12-14 May 2026, at Huntington Place. https://mdex-ndia.com/

• For The Distribution D Event Only, contractors will need company CAGE code number for registration.

One-on-One Meeting Registration:

• Opportunities to meet with Government technical representatives on Days 1 & 2 will be available for all attendees; first-come, first-served, sign-up is limited to three timeslots per Company.

• Sign-up will be available only after you are approved to attend the event. Once approved to attend the link to sign-up for One-on-Ones will be provided to you.

• GVSC will make every effort to ensure sufficient representation from technical areas is available for meetings. Time slots will only be reserved through the website link.

For questions pertaining to this announcement, please send an email, SUBJECT: GVSC Industry Days, to the GVSC Events Coordinators: alycia.m.stockdale.ctr@army.mil and rachel.l.serra.civ@army.mil.

This event is for informational and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a formal solicitation for proposals or abstracts, and shall not be considered as a commitment by the Government for any purpose.

Attendance is strictly voluntary and the government will not reimburse attendees/participants for any costs associated with attending, nor provide an attendance confirmation receipt. Any information submitted in conjunction with participating in this event is subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 USC § 552(a). The government does not request that any proprietary information be submitted, nor shall it be liable for any consequential damages for proprietary information so submitted. This event is closed to the media.

https://gvsc.devcom.army.mil/events/ https://mdex-ndia.com/ mailto:alycia.m.stockdale.ctr@army.mil mailto:rachel.l.serra.civ@army.mil

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