2017 Defense Systems Acquisition Management (DSAM) Course

NDIA’s Defense Systems Acquisition Management course program purpose is it brings together the Industry program managers, assistant program managers, systems engineers, industry personnel serving on DoD Integrated Product Teams, and other personnel that must interface with DoD program offices involved in program development and execution. 

The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense industry program managers in today's dynamic environment, providing the latest information including and related to Defense acquisition policy for weapons and information technology systems; Defense acquisition and reform and initiatives; Defense acquisition procedures and processes; the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process, and the Congressional budget process.

The result of successful completion of this course is a comprehensive understanding of the environment and driving forces affecting program managers which will significantly increase awareness and effectiveness in dealing with programmatic issues.

The participation of such DoD presenters, Defense Acquisition University (DAU) professors and other guest speakers, and course participants is essential to achieve the purpose of the event program.

* Prospective government students must first contact Angie De Kleine via email adekleine@ndia.org prior to registering.

The tuition includes five days of instruction, substantial course materials, continental breakfast daily, two hosted receptions (Monday and Thursday), and morning and afternoon coffee breaks daily.