The primary purpose of our quarterly meetings is to engage in local dialogues about how we can increase the quality of STEM education; the quantity of STEM educated graduates that are eligible for employment in the Aerospace and Defense(A&D) industries; and the amount and effectiveness of engagement by A&D employers, working in partnership with others in their communities. Previous meetings have demonstrated the productiveness of bring...

Mr. James W. Cluck is the Acquisition Executive and Director, Special Operations Research, Development, and Acquisition Center for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, with responsibility for all Special Operations Forces research, development, acquisition, procurement, and logistics programs; as well as management of the SOF Acquisition Workforce Enterprise. Mr. Cluck has over 39 years combi...

Please join us for breakfast as we hear from a distinguished panel on "DoD Environmental Programs in the President's FY 2013 Budget Request."

NDIA's Annual National Logistics Conference & Exhibition has become the premier national-level forum for exchanging ideas and sharing insights into improving the support to our nation’s warfighters across the spectrum of military operations. The conference brings together the senior logistics policy officials and senior practitioners attracting high-caliber government and industry participants. In addition, the expanded exhibit forum...

The purpose of the 2012 Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference & Exhibition is to provide a forum for Industry and Government to have an honest dialogue for identifying the technologies that will be able to meet the future needs of the Warfighter. The Department of Defense recently published its Ground Robotics Vision of establishing an integrated manned/unmanned force that strengthens the United States as the world's preeminent land powe...

WHY ATTEND PRECISION STRIKE ANNUAL REVIEW 2012 As our Nation transitions, the Defense Department continues to pursue Better Buying Power by making affordability a requirement for weapons systems and by seeking to eliminate redundant defense programs. We must keep our focus on the current challenges and the importance of delivering value for the warfighter, concentrating on weapons reform, adapting acquisition processes, and making further impr...

Using Eglin Air Force Base as a background, efforts to deconflict and integrate Testing and Training missions into a seamless process that ensures overlapping needs for space, time and spectrum with minimal disruption to either's needs will be examined. The Cross Talk Forum will encompass leadership and range operator missions across the Services from both the Testing and Training Communities.

The Mastering Business Development® Workshop is an educational and professional development program which focuses on the thinking, process and discipline required for professional Business Development. This 2-day workshop fosters participants' understanding of the core competencies required for success in the Business Development role. Business Development is primarily a relationship development and intelligence gathering process. Particip...

The 23rd Annual NDIA SO/LIC (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict) Symposium & Exhibition will examine the changing roles of Special Operations Forces (SOF) and General Purpose Forces (GPF) in the new world dynamic. As major combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan diminish, SOF and GPF will face new challenges. A continuing threat from global terrorists, popular uprisings and a rapidly shifting political landscape, the coming need t...

Politics, Budgets, Better Buying & Downsizing-- What's a Contractor to Do? Join us for the NDIA Annual Acquisition Seminar January 22-23, 2012 at the Westin Casuarina Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.