Military UAV’s Create Multiple-Mission Opportunities for Industry Military spending for this technology is expected to grow as an overall percentage of large military budgets such as the United States’ and Chinese defense budget, offering specialized drone manufacturers and software developers a tremendous opportunity. While drones will never completely replace soldiers, this debate is becoming less important in the current strateg...

What’s coming over the horizon? At the 2019 edition of Defense One’s annual look into the future, we will discuss global threats, industry trends, advanced technology, national-security policy, and 2020 politics through interviews with top leaders and conversations about bold ideas.

Join the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in Baltimore, MD, as they co-sponsor the 3rd Annual FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Symposium. The Symposium provides stakeholders with the opportunity to talk face-to-face with a cross-section of government and industry representatives about regulations, research, and other initiatives to integrate UAS into the National Ai...

The global small drone market will reach $10 billion by 2020 according to a forecast by research firm MarketsandMarkets – this reflects a compound annual growth rate of 11.6 percent from 2015. Drone manufacturers who to date have been feeding the huge defense market are being joined by an ever increasing number of non-defense drone developers who are targeting the potentially enormous markets for civil and commercial capabilities. The a...

Security Today Conference Overview GovSec West is growing into Security Today! We live in a dangerous world where challenges to our security come from home and abroad. Whether from government, law enforcement, education or private industry you need the strategies, tools, and technology to protect your communities, businesses, and the homeland. Security Today combines training, tools, and technologies for meeting those challenges head-on. Atten...

3rd Annual Criminal & Intelligence Analyst Symposium. Pinehurst Resort Convention Center: Pinehurst, NC on August 12th - 14th, 2014. Training Includes: Day 1: Aug 12, 2014: Human Trafficking Investigation’s (4 Hours) >Jennifer H.B. Fisher : North Carolina Justice Academy - BLET Curriculum Coordinator/Instructor - Auxiliary Detective Brunswick County Sheriff Department since 1998 Day 1: Aug 12, 2014: Afternoon Session @ NCGIA GAC ...

The OpTac International SWAT and Critical Incident Management Program is based on the soon to be released book, SWAT Operations and Critical Incidents: Why People Die written by Stuart A. Meyers, and includes his Harvard University award-winning research on the complexities of critical incident management. Law enforcement administrators, executive officers, incident and tactical commanders, and SWAT team personnel will benefit from an improved...

Save your spot – register today! www.emergencymgmt.com/bostonemsummit/2013/register This year’s Boston EM Summit offers the unique opportunity to learn about the bombing from the perspectives of Boston’s first responder agencies. The Summit brings together Police, Fire, and Emergency Management officials to give participants a full scope of the events surrounding the tragic bombing and to allow others to learn from the City...

Register today to be a part of the first ever Atlanta EM summit! www.emergencymgmt.com/atlantaemsummit/2013/register This summit is a major opportunity to network with top area leaders and industry experts in one location! Home to many major company headquarters, such as Home Depot and UPS, Atlanta is a prime location for facilitating public-private partnerships. Efforts to revitalize the city make city planning—from public safety, utili...

Check out more details about this event here! Whether it's a catastrophic accident, devastating weather event, or act of terror, we cannot predict when and how disasters will strike. But we can always be better prepared. Encompassing expert strategies and tactics, and a wealth of practical information, our Summits are a superb opportunity for gaining new ideas, best practices and peer relationships critical to collaborative response capabiliti...