Registration will open soon! Streamlined and efficient logistical capabilities have always been a critical component of warfighter success. To maintain this efficiency, the Department of Defense (DoD) and defense industrial base are undertaking an ambitious effort to digitize their supply chains. This move will bring substantial advantages over traditional approaches to defense logistics, from improved acquisition timelines and accelerated des...

Join the NDIA Cybersecurity Division for a briefing on Cybersecurity and the Role of FISA Section 702. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was set to expire (“sunset”) at the end of this year; however, Congress will likely authorize a short-term extension until April 19, 2024. If the provision expires in April 2024, the nation will lose a major source of cybersecurity intelligence which can be shared with and u...

NDIA’s Emerging Technologies Institute has announced a public launch of its newest report, Directed Energy Weapon Supply Chains: Securing the Path to the Future. The event will take place virtually on January 23rd from 1:00-3:45 pm. Recent world events have exposed the fact that the United States faces substantial supply chain vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Nearly every sector has been affected, including emerging defense technologies....

Join the NDIA Procurement Division's Government Property Committee for their quarterly meeting on January 16-18 in Long Beach, CA. For additional details, please click HERE. Please Note: This meeting is closed to the press. Industry members ONLY.

This quarterly meeting aims to provide a CBRN threat update at the classified level. Press: This event is not open to Press

The NDIA Manufacturing Division is hosting the Mine-to-Metals Workshop sponsored by Lockheed Martin on January 16-17! The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) supply chains for rare earth element (REE) magnets are in a transition phase. Supported by U.S. and partner nations, new sources of supply from raw materials to magnets are being developed around the globe. By statute, effective January 1, 2026, restrictions on REE magnets will follow the suppl...

The NDIA International Division invites you to join us on Tuesday, January 16, from 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET for our quarterly meeting, which features Major General Rikard Askstedt as our keynote speaker. Major General Askstedt is the Defence Attaché for the Embassy of Sweden. This is a hybrid meeting where in-person attendees will meet at NDIA headquarters and virtual attendees will join via a ZoomGov link. Please be sure make your selection...

The January meeting of the Logistics Management Division will be held in person at NDIA Headquarters in Arlington, VA on January 12, 2024. If you are unable to attend in person, a virtual registration option is available as well. Our guest speaker will be Maj Gen David Sanford, USAF, Director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. NOTE: This event is closed to press/me...

Why Attend? Join the NDIA Procurement Division on January 9 for their quarterly meeting which will feature speakers and panelists addressing current defense industrial base issues and today's challenges facing the acquisition and procurement community. These meetings also provide an opportunity for the divisions' committees to conduct business specific to its members. Committees include: Contract and Acquisition Management and Legal Committee...

The Industrial Committee on Operational Test and Evaluation (ICOTE) is run by the Test & Evaluation Division with a mission to gain feedback from senior industry representatives, discuss OSD and military service policies which affect relationships with suppliers, discuss emerging issues in government and industry which affect the readiness and capabilities of U.S. defense systems, and to cooperate on projects of mutual benefit to the ICOTE...