DSI’s SOF Symposium is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The symposium will focus on intelligence driven planning for emerging threats. This year's Symposium will focus on the critical role of globally connected SOF, whereby operators and support staff can pro...

About the Conference Conference program will feature agencies and organizations that finance, procure, coordinate, and manage geospatial and engineering projects outside the United States with presentations on their programs, budgets, requirements, and procurement procedures. Private sector professionals experienced in international business will share best practices and lessons learned. Sessions will focus on both new entrants to the market...

2014 EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium Maintaining EOD, IED & Countermine Capabilities Force Structure within a New Environment July 22 – 23, 2014 – Alexandria, VA Our EOD/IED Countermine Defeat Symposium will bring together DoD & Military policy-makers, EOD/IED technicians, members of the low intensity conflict community, as well as DHS and Civil Public Safety Bomb Squad professionals in an information exchange forum for...

Improving identity management is a critical step towards improving national security as well as increasing the efficiency of Government internal operations. Forensics and biometrics have provided DoD and Federal Civilian Organizations with dramatic advancements in capacity to identify threats, reduce costs, and target valuable resources where they are needed. When combined with other tools and technology, biometrics and forensics form the basi...

Bringing IT Innovation to the Nation: A Public Sector Thought Leadership Conference State and local governments are back in growth mode when it comes to IT spending. These organizations, unlike the federal government, are pivoting from a period of cost-cutting to a new era of resurgence. Public sector IT integrators, contractors and vendors who focus on the nearly $60 billion SLED sector are engaged in a market now growing faster than federal...

Course Description: One of the most pressing deficiencies in recent joint operations has been trying to achieve coordinated and cohesive operations within the Electromagnetic Environment (EME). Decades of “Lessons Learned” and interference reports have culminated in a realization that anything that operates in the EM spectrum (communicates, radiates, locates) must be effectively managed. This short survey course will review current...

Course Description: This course provides insight into the whole electronic warfare field at the systems and operational level. It uses little math beyond algebra, yet the sources of important propagation and jamming equations are made amply clear. All information needed to understand the material is explained and included in the text. Both the course and the text avoid deep mathematical coverage, explaining all concepts in practical, physical...

2014 Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium Advancing CBRN Response, Defense & Technology Readiness March 17 – 18, 2014 | Mary M Gates Learning Center – Alexandria, VA DSI’s Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate...

Course Description: This four day course covers the major concepts of Radar and Electronic Warfare (EW). The first two days cover radar and make use of the excellent book , Introduction to Airborne Radar (Second Edition) by Stimson. The material is presented in an easy-to-understand manner, with emphasis on those concepts of most importance to the EW matters to follow. Understanding radar principles is very important to effectively apply elect...

The 13th annual Defense Logistics Conference is taking place from December 3-5 in Alexandria, VA. This year’s conference theme is Facing the New Certainties: Budget Reductions & Affordable Logistics.In a constrained budget environment, there are limited opportunities and venues for the Defense Community to come together and strategize on logistics solutions. We’re continuously offering a relevant and timely event to address the...