INDUSTRY DAY: NGSRI - AID (Alternate Interceptor Demonstration), Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Fires, Portfolio Management Executive (PME) Defensive Fires

Description: The Army has issued this active Special Notice to provide an overview of the NGSRI Alternate Interceptor Demonstration and identify prospective acquisition opportunities; it is not a grant program. It seeks additional potential sources with production-ready, soldier-portable, fire-and-forget surface-to-air missile systems compatible with legacy Stinger platforms and capable of a spring 2027 demonstration against rotary-wing, fixed-wing, and Group 2/3 UAS threats. The Industry Day will occur on September 15, 2026, from 0900 to 1330 Central Time at Intuitive Research in Huntsville, Alabama, and the notice lists a response deadline of September 5, 2026, at 9:00 AM CDT.