Training and Technology Advancements to Defeat the Device IED Train the Force in Afghanistan are increasing at an alarming rate: insurgents planted 14,661 devices in 2010, a 62% increase over the previous year. Military leaders are already projecting another significant increase in IED threats for 2011. Due to 80% of the coalition casualties being caused by IEDs, there is a great acquisition effort currently underway to mitigate this escalatin...

Defending against and defeating cyber attacks requires combined efforts by both public and private sectors, working to develop new technologies and approaches for maintaining real-time protection of their individual networks. To this end, IDGA’s Cyber Warfare Summit is designed to primarily focus on the topic of cyber warfare and cyber security. Attendees will be able to partake in discussions and debates on the framework for collaborati...

Hear what PEO Aviation, HQDA G-3/5/7, AMRDEC, PEO IEW&S, DARPA, and others are doing to transform Army’s Fleet! IDGA’s Army Aviation Conference & Showcase is the premier forum for bringing together the leaders in Army Aviation with the most relevant experience, intriguing ideas, and feasible solutions to best support the warfighters at risk in theater. With the all-new conference and Showcase format, we can join more people...

IDGA’s Tactical Vehicles Summit is proud to announce its fourth installment as the nation’s foremost tactical vehicle event addressing the strategy, procurement, challenges, and opportunities with both an exhibition floor and summit. This year’s event will focus on the challenges ahead for the MRAP, M-ATV, and FMTVs in Afghanistan, including what will be done in the coming year to address the RESET of vehicles as overseas con...

IDGA's 9th Annual Maritime Homeland Security Summit will focus on the leadership visions and partnerships between DHS, DOJ, DoD, Industry, and Law Enforcement organizations to enhance the National Capacity for Maritime Homeland Security. The Summit will also focus on increasing activity in the Arctic, and the implementation plan for the Small Vessel Security Strategy. At IDGA’s 2011 Maritime Homeland Security Summit you will hear: Coast...

Exploiting Mission Systems to Increase ISR Capabilities! IDGA’s 2nd Annual Non-Traditional ISR Summit will provide the most up-to-date information on the latest NTISR advancements in technologies and the lessons learned from recent efforts and aircraft enhancements. View the Program Agenda at http://tinyurl.com/3a9rvja for complete speaker and event details. At IDGA’s 2nd Annual Non-Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Recon...

Enhancing Counter-Insurgency Operations and Force Protection Government and military users across the spectrum of strategic and tactical roles and missions are clamoring for more and better means to collect, analyze, exploit and share full motion video. While the deployment of unmanned systems has led to a significant increase in the amount of video that can be captured, the means to exploit that video for near-real time analysis and dissemina...

Understand the latest management analysis to ensure you don’t lose funding. The Government Performance Management Summit will provide you with guidance and available tools to support major changes in the management of your organization. The amendment to the landmark Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 is dramatically reforming the federal government’s efforts to track and improve agency performance. Don’t lose fund...

Tactical and Practical with RF Communications From the latest air, land, sea and space-based radars, to next generation communication and SIGINT/ELINT/COMINT systems, antennas are the cornerstone of modern military RF systems. It is, therefore, no exaggeration to say that the future of the military is inextricably linked to continued advances in antenna technologies. As the DoD also aims for interoperability, a key challenge to be addressed is...

Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has become an increasingly vital part of the Department of Defense’s continuous process improvement efforts. The benefits of LSS, the tool that was successfully pioneered and adopted by the commercial world to achieve continuous process improvements, are now being fully realized by the federal government and the DoD in particular. The objective of LSS is to utilize a data-driven approach and methodology to eliminate...