PEO Soldier Industry Summit on 4 MARCH 2025.pdf

PEO Soldier Industry Summit – Road to improved capabili es and integra on

Industry/Stakeholder Engagement Forum (I/SEF)

Title of Event: PEO Soldier Industry Summit: Road to improved capabili es and integra on

Audience: Department of Defense Contractors and Government Stakeholders

When: 4-5 March 2025

Where: Hilton Marks Center, 5000 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22311

Purpose: Assistant Program Execu ve Office Soldier (APEO Soldier) will conduct an Industry Summit on

4-5 March 2025 at the Hilton Marks Center, 5000 Seminary Rd, to brief industry on APEO ac vi es/capabili es and to inform Project Polaris ’26.

Key tasks center around an explana on of Project Polaris, the vision for the Infantry Brigade Combat

Team (IBCT) focused Forma on Based Architecture, outlining current capability roadmaps, and iden fying common integra on and interoperability interfaces on the Soldier and Squad pla orm to

Industry and Key DoD Stakeholders.

DoD Briefers include:

PEO Soldier

Soldier Lethality Cross-Func onal Team (SL CFT)

Maneuver Capabili es Development and Integra on Directorate (MCDID)

Assistant PEO (APEO) Office [PEO S]

Project Manager (PM) Soldier Warrior (SWAR) [PEO S]

Project Manager (PM) Soldier Lethality (SL) [PEO S]

Project Manager (PM) Soldier Survivability (SSV) [PEO S]

Project Manager (PM) Soldier Medical Devices (SMD) [PEO S]

Members of our S&T Communi es (DEVCOM SC, DEVCOM AC, DEVCOM C5ISR and Army

Research Laboratories)

Stakeholders of the Close Combat Integra on Enterprise (CCIE)

The desired End State: APEO receives and incorporates feedback from Industry Summit par cipants into the Polaris’26 document during 2025. Industry and DoD Stakeholders have a shared understanding of

PEO Soldier’s Moderniza on Plan and Project Polaris.

DRAFT AGENDA: This is a two-day event and is subject to change. An agenda will be published a later date. The government is not reques ng any input from Industry.

No requests for one-on-one mee ng will be accommodated at this event.

This Industry Summit will be held at the CUI level.

Informa on con nued on the next page.

Reserva ons:

Eligibility to par cipate is limited DoD Contractors and Government Stakeholders with access to

CUI.

Each Industry organiza on will be limited to a maximum of four (4) a endees.

There is no fee to make a reserva on.

Meals will not be provided by the Government at this event.

The Government will not reimburse par cipants for any fees related to this event.

To Make a Reserva on: Industry partners interested in a ending the Industry Summit must submit an email with subject line: " PEO Soldier Industry Summit 4-5 March 2025 Reserva on/ A endee Request” no later than 1600 hrs, on 20 February 2025. PEO Soldier may not be able to accommodate any reserva ons that come in a er the stated date/ me.

Administra ve POC, Ms. Donne e Smalls, email: donne e.k.smalls.ctr@army.mil

The registra on e-mail should contain:

Company Name:

CAGE code (if applicable), business unit, and address. (This will be used to validate CUI access and par cipa on eligibility)

Does your company have authoriza on to serve a DoD contractor (Y/N)

Short Descrip on of Services

Business Type (Large, Small, other classifica ons of status)

Does your business qualify as a Non- Tradi onal Defense Contractor?

Primary Coordina on POC: Name, phone number, and e-mail address

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Confirma on of registra on for the event will be provided by email.