2026 C5ISR Industry Expo

U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) Center 2026 Industry Expo

The C5ISR Center is hosting an engagement event open to all of industry, for the purpose of providing two-way collaboration on current and future technologies. 

1. Who: The intended audience includes active and prospective industry partners. No media will be invited to attend. 
    
2. When/Where: The two-day event is Tuesday 25 August – Wednesday 26 August. It will be held fully in-person at Aberdeen Proving Ground, in both the Myer Auditorium and the APG Recreation Center gymnasium.
    
3. Purpose: The Army has been undergoing significant change over the last year focused heavily on increasing the speed with which capabilities are delivered to Soldiers and reducing bureaucratic challenges along the way. Through ongoing Continuous Transformation and Acquisition Reform, paired with strategic organizational realignments for Forge Generation, Force Development and Force Design, the Army is adapting faster than ever to sustain asymmetric advantage and remain resilient against emerging threats. A key tenet to the success of these efforts is the close partnership and collaboration with the Army’s industrial base. This year’s Industry Expo will offer insights to critical science and technology (S&T) efforts across the Center’s core competencies and aid industry in identifying how to best invest internal research and development (IR&D) funds supporting these activities.
    
4. Format: The event will utilize a dual approach in delivery. The C5ISR Center will present key S&T efforts and investment / technology thrust areas through panels and slide presentations (day one) and then transition to a symposium-style format (day two) with booths representing technology areas across the Center to facilitate a two-way dialogue.
   
   NOTE: Booths are for C5ISR Center technologies/personnel only. Industry will not be provided booth space for demonstrations or displays. 
    
5. Registration: Each business entity (per each CAGE Code) will be entitled to register five (5) representatives to attend the event. Registration opens 0900 on Monday 15 June 2026 and may be accessed through the following link: https://c5isrcenter.devcom.army.mil/c5isr-expo-2026/. There will be no on-site registration on the day of the event, nor any substitutions after 17 August 2026 at 1700.
    
6. Technology Areas: A draft listing of all projected technology areas discussed during the day one briefing and areas hosting a booth during the day two expo will be posted as controlled attachments within this SAM.gov posting once available. To gain access to controlled attachments, your company/entity must be certified by the Joint Certification Program (JCP). Your entity/company’s Data Custodian requester (designated) on block 3A of the DD Form 2345 is the only authorized individual that can download the controlled attachment. Your entity/company is responsible for the protection of the controlled document after the download. If your entity/company is not pre-certified by the JCP, you will need to apply for certification by completing a DD Form 2345 and emailing it to jcp-admin@dla.mil. Detailed information regarding the JCP application procedures is available at the JCP website at https://www.dla.mil/Logistics-Operations/Services/JCP/. Please direct any questions regarding the JCP certification process to jcp-admin@dla.mil. To request access to download the controlled attachment, click on the tab for “Attachment/Links”, then click on the title of the controlled document. When you receive the pop-up window to request access, enter the reason for the request in the window, making sure to include your entity’s CAGE Code and JCP Certification Number, then hit submit. Once the notice is submitted, the access status on the controlled document will change to “Pending.” The Access POC will review your request, granting access if requirements are met or reject for correction.
    
7. Classification Level: Attendees must be U.S. citizens. Individuals attending   classified sessions must have a favorable completion and adjudication of at least a Tier 3 Personnel Security Investigation. All attendees must complete one of the following.
    
   1. Submit a Visit Authorization Request (VAR) through DISS to SMO W4G8AA7 no later than 1700 EST on 17 August 2026, the Government POC should be listed as Access Control, usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.list.badges-access-incoming-visit-reqs@army.mil or (443) 861-0468. For confirmation or questions pertaining to your VAR, please contact the C5ISR Center access control team at usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.list.badges-access-incoming-visit-reqs@army.mil.
      
      OR 
       
   2. Submit proof of U.S. Citizenship no later than 1700 EST on 17 August 2026. U.S. citizenship can only be verified through a copy of one of the following documents: most recently issued passport, original U.S. birth certificate, consular report of birth abroad (FS-240), naturalization certificate, certificate of citizenship. The documents may be sent electronically to the access control team at usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.list.badges-access-incoming-visit-reqs@army.mil. Please reference “Industry Expo Verification” in the subject line of your email.
      
      Those who do not complete one of these steps will be ineligible to attend. Those attending a classified session must complete verification option #1 above, by submitting a VAR to SMO W4G8AA7. All attendees shall bring a form of photo identification on both days of the event. Anyone who has not properly completed the registration process or arrives without photo identification will not be admitted
       
8. Survey: A post-event survey will be located on the C5ISR Center Industry Expo website and distributed to attendees following the conclusion of the event.

We look forward to the relationships, innovative solutions, and collaborative exchange to come from this industry-wide engagement.

Point of Contact: C5ISR Center Office of Strategic Communications & Engagements (STRATCOM)
usarmy.apg.devcom-c5isr.mbx.strategic-comms-and-engagements@army.mil 
Phone: 443-861-7597 / 7607 / 7609 / 7685
The information shared is for planning purposes: it neither represents a pre-solicitation synopsis nor constitutes an invitation for bid or request for proposal, and it is not a commitment by the government to purchase the desired products and services.