Special Notice: Limited Seating Industry Roundtable with Mitchell Institute – Increasing Resilience and Readiness

Special Notice: Limited Seating Industry Roundtable with Mitchell Institute – Increasing Resilience and Readiness

Headquarters Combat Forces Command is hosting a limited-seating industry roundtable in partnership with the Mitchell Institute on 17 July 2026. This operationally focused dialogue centers on increasing space enterprise resilience and readiness. It features senior-level insights alongside direct participation from Lt Gen Gregory Gagnon (Commander, Combat Forces Command) & Gen (Ret.) Kevin Chilton (Explorer Chair of MI-SPACE).

This is a limited-capacity engagement. Requests to participate will be considered in the order received, subject to security vetting, facility access requirements, relevance to the discussion topic, and Government approval. Due to space and security limitations, organizations should submit no more than one primary representative for consideration unless otherwise approved by the Government.

The Government is seeking senior-level participants (such as executives, technical experts, program leads, or operational SMEs) with the authority and depth of knowledge to contribute meaningfully to a senior-level dialogue.

• Focus Areas: Attendees must be prepared to speak substantively from an enterprise, operational, technical, or mission-support perspective on:
  • The Contested Threat Environment & Actionable Intelligence
  • Electronic Warfare Operations & Cultivating a Warfighting Mindset
  • Commercial Support and Integration
  • Advanced Operational, Test, and Training Infrastructure (OTTI)
• Exclusions: To maintain a highly focused dialogue, this engagement is strictly closed to general marketing, sales pitches, or standard company capability briefings.

Event Information:

Date: 17 July 2026

Time: 1000-1130

Location: Peterson Space Force Base

Format: In-person roundtable discussion

Classification: Unclassified

Requested Participant Information:

Interested organizations shall submit the following information for the proposed attendee:

1. Full legal name

2. Company/organization name

3. Position/title

4. Business email address

5. Business phone number

6. Citizenship

7. Confirmation of ability to access Peterson Space Force Base

8. Brief statement, no more than one paragraph, describing the attendee’s relevance to the discussion topics.

Submissions shall be sent to:

Shameice Knight

Director, Industry Engagement

Email: SpOC.Industry.Engagement@spaceforce.mil

Phone: (719) 554-3792

Responses are due no later than 8 July 2026 at 1200 Mountain Time, or once all available seats are filled, whichever occurs first. Late submissions, substitutions, or incomplete submissions may not be considered due to security and facility access timelines.

Security and Access Requirements:

All approved participants must comply with installation and facility access requirements. Attendance is not confirmed until the participant receives written confirmation from the Government.

Approved participants should be prepared to provide a valid, compliant form of government-issued identification for installation access. Participants may be required to obtain a visitor pass through the Visitor Control Center or other designated access-control process. Additional access instructions, including arrival time, parking, escort procedures, prohibited items, and facility entry requirements, will be provided to approved participants.

No walk-ins will be permitted. Substitutions are not authorized without prior Government approval. Participants who do not meet installation or facility access requirements may be denied entry.

Participants shall not bring classified information, Controlled Unclassified Information, proprietary information, source-selection information, acquisition-sensitive information, or company marketing materials unless specifically requested and approved in advance by the Government. The discussion will be conducted at an unclassified level unless otherwise stated by the Government.

Notice Disclaimer:

This announcement is for planning and industry-engagement purposes only. It is not a solicitation, request for proposal, request for quotation, invitation for bid, or promise to issue a future acquisition. Participation in this roundtable does not provide preferential treatment, does not guarantee future business opportunities, and does not obligate the Government to reimburse any costs associated with attendance or preparation.

The Government reserves the right to limit attendance, approve or deny participation, adjust the agenda, modify access procedures, or cancel the event as mission, security, or facility requirements dictate.

Seeking participants who can contribute at the senior operational, enterprise, technical, or mission-support level, rather than representatives attending solely for marketing, sales, or general business-development purposes.