Army convening industry summit for IBCT modernization push

The Army will convene an industry summit in early March that will focus on capabilities for Project Polaris -- an effort by the service to modernize Infantry Brigade Combat Teams’ equipment.

The Army’s Assistant Program Executive Officer Soldier plans to hold the event March 4-5 in Alexandria, VA, according to a December notice that was updated Jan. 6.

The event will include briefings from multiple Army and Defense Department officials within various program offices, according to the notice. The goal is to outline “current capability roadmaps” and identify “common integration and interoperability interfaces on the soldier and squad platform to industry and key DOD stakeholders.”

The Army’s Close Combat Integration Enterprise will incorporate the feedback from the summit into the “Polaris ‘26 document” during 2025, the notice states.

Vendors are asked to respond to the notice by Feb. 20.