The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence Community must preserve our nation’s competitive advantages in highly contested environments; real-time flow of information, reliable communications, and accurate data are absolutely essential to our country’s strategic efforts. Our warfighters must succeed where stable communication links are sparse, bandwidth constraints impede data flow, cyber threats loom large, and the d...

We’re bringing together federal and industry leaders for our Defense IT Summit to discuss how IT modernization programs are restructuring the defense landscape. Hear senior leadership’s priorities and get a jump start on the shifting needs around artificial intelligence, JADC2, data innovation, and workforce development. Join us for insights on the future of national security.

With over 7,000 individual and corporate members, our chapter boasts the largest membership in the AFCEA International community. Our chapter is blessed with the hometown advantage of having the Pentagon in our back yard, the Nation's Capital right next door, and the backbone of the Internet at our center. This means that our Monthly luncheons, IT Days, Breakfast and special events connect you with Government speakers that provide current poli...

GovFuture Forum, a monthly demo and panel event where government innovators, technologists, thought leaders, movers-and-shakers, government ecosystem partners, and interested people see showcases on cool new technology in a demo format, learn from innovators in high-value panels, and interact with each other.Agenda:9am-9:15am: Check-in and networking9:15am-10:15am: Innovation Demos10:15am-11am: Hot Topic Panel & Discussion

Join us at the forefront of the C2ISR community as we tackle unprecedented challenges from near-peer competitors and chart a path towards restoring our forces' competitiveness and seizing the information advantage. The future of warfare is marked by an accelerated tempo, increasing complexity, extended operational distances, and decentralized operations across all domains. To overcome these formidable obstacles, it is imperative that we integr...

The National Summit on Artillery & Indirect Fires will comprehensively analyze indirect fires and its current function in contemporary warfare while also examining its efficacy, efficiency, and security. Join ACI as they focus on a range of important topics related to modern warfare, including long-range precision fires, range, lethality, and digitization of fires. They will also be exploring these issues in the context of near-peer oppone...

ComDef 2023, the 55th event in the Common Defense Conference series, will take place on the 25th of October at the Boeing Company, Arlington, VA. The conference will have the theme, "Forging Indo-Pacific Partnerships". The featured country will be Japan. What new acquisition approaches should be expected? Will these approaches be legislated? How will these impact older defense programs? What programs are likely to be impacted? What will be the...

GovFuture Forum, a monthly demo and panel event where government innovators, technologists, thought leaders, movers-and-shakers, government ecosystem partners, and interested people see showcases on cool new technology in a demo format, learn from innovators in high-value panels, and interact with each other.Agenda: 9am-9:15am: Check-in and networking 9:15am-10:15am: Innovation Demos 10:15am-11am: Hot Topic Panel & Discussion “The In...

The AI DC 2023 - ICIT Fall Briefing is an exclusive gathering of America's leading minds in the realms of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, national security and policy-making. This one-day event based in the DC Metro is focused on driving robust discussions around AI's implications for our nation's security, the potential for innovation with AI, and the strategies we can implement to safeguard our homeland via policy and technology. AI...

Building on the huge success of last year's launch, Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology USA will return for its second sell-out edition in Arlington, VA, on September 27 - 28, 2023, with an all-new exciting agenda. Why should you attend? In 2021, the US Navy revealed their Unmanned Campaign Framework, outlining the goal to innovate and adapt new technology to build a more lethal and distributed naval force for the future. Attending Unmanned M...