THEME Strategic Competition with Russia and China: Implications for U.S. and Allied Ground Forces. OBJECTIVE Highlight implications (in force posture, sizing, capabilities, and doctrine) to U.S. and Allied ground forces of the threats posed by revisionist powers Russia and China. REGISTRATION Online registration is open until 5 p.m. on 28 October 2019. After that date, all registration will be on-site on 30 October 2019. For further details, p...

At the Heart of the Mission Since 1919 In 1919, Brigadier General Benedict Crowell founded our earliest predecessor organization, the Army Ordnance Association, to address the American warfighter's need for enhanced industrial preparedness. In 2019, NDIA continues BG Crowell's mission of advancing the national imperative of having a responsive defense industrial base. This year, we are celebrating our reputation as America's leading defense in...

Blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented reality continues to create buzz throughout many industries and government is no exception. The US federal government budget for fiscal year 2020 calls on agencies to adopt emerging technologies to better empower their workforce, and accelerate and innovate public services. Key to moving forward is the ability for agencies to define emerging tech use cases and get started wit...

Keeping pace with mission demands is an increasing challenge for government. Developers are on the hook to deliver new capabilities to their agencies faster than ever. To hear how DevOps and cloud can help agencies accelerate their mission speed and capabilities, RSVP and join the Microsoft Azure Government DC user community for a DevOps focused meetup. During this meetup, you’ll hear from government and industry experts who will: Discus...

Experience unrestrained innovation for the mission ahead Headlines speak to the technology transformation taking place on the battlefield and data center. Powering this revolutionary advance is the human workforce executing the mission day in and day out on the computer devices they operate. These devices are indispensable to the mission. As the threats grow in complexity and emerging technologies become mission requirements, the capabilities...

With the explosion in biomedical data, the current scarcity is not in information, but in time and expertise to connect and analyze it. It would take somewhere on the order of half a million manhours to read just the abstracts of every journal article published in PubMed, and nearly a year of 24/7 reading to keep up with the 500,000 added each year. The Biomedical Data Translator is an effort to integrate multiple types of existing data from d...

Join industry and government representatives to honor General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, the 19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, and the principal military advisor to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council as this year's Eisenhower winner. About the Dwight D. Eisenhower Award The Dwight D. Eisenhower Award recognizes the significant contributions Dwight...

As AI emerges from research labs and IT back offices and into the mainstream, the transformational possibilities of AI for both businesses and government are enormous. According to the Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, released earlier this year, AI promises to drive growth of the United States economy, enhance our economic and national security, and improve our quality of life. To discuss how AI is...

To keep up with our country’s pace of innovation and ensure mission success, government agencies are under more pressure than ever to accelerate their IT modernization projects (and for some, just get them off the ground!). As agencies incur various challenges in their progress, they might be wondering if there’s an easy button for modernization. To explore successful strategies and hear practical execution tips for IT modernizatio...

Cloud technologies are critical to keeping pace with innovation and securing America’s technical advantage. Cloud enables leading edge solutions for federal and military agency missions; ranging from improved citizen services and safety to protecting our warfighters and national security. The importance of cloud to government is evident in the recently-released Department of Defense Cloud Strategy as well as the Office of Management and...