The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is Hosting a industry day

For relevant technologies to strengthen Coastal Sentinel

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

All Day Event

San Diego, California

Free Event

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is conducting market research to gather industry input regarding relevant technologies that could strengthen the Coastal Sentinel capability portfolio. 

This RFI does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or Request for Quotation (RFQ), and it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to enter a contract, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response to this request. All information contained in this RFI is preliminary and is subject to change if, and when, a solicitation is issued. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract, and unsolicited proposals will not be accepted. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this RFI, or future solicitations.

The United States Coast Guard Office of Rapid Response and Prototyping (CG-RAPTOR) invites industry to submit information on mature, operationally relevant technologies that could strengthen the Coastal Sentinel capability portfolio. Based on the responses, the Coast Guard intends to down-select to no more than ten companies to participate in an invitation-only Coastal Sentinel Industry Day the afternoon of 29 September 2026 in San Diego, California.

The Government may select fewer than ten companies at its discretion.

The objective is to identify technologies that can be evaluated rapidly with operators, integrated with existing or emerging maritime data and command-and-control workflows, and transitioned at a pace consistent with urgent operational needs.

A response may address one technology area or an integrated solution spanning multiple areas.

The Government is especially interested in solutions that are already demonstrated in relevant environments, can show measurable operational value, and can be presented or demonstrated on the event date without significant Government-funded development.

Technologies should improve the quality and operational usefulness of maritime tracks and detection beyond basic position reporting.

Areas of interest include:

Multi-source track correlation;

Sensor fusion;

Confidence scoring;

Identity resolution;

Track history and behavior;

Kinematic analysis;

Anomaly detection;

Sensor provenance;

Alert generation; and

Data enrichment for operational decision-making.

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