Listening to the needs and priorities of our forces and allies, IDGA’s International Fighter USA 2020 online summit is once again designed to bring cutting edge perspectives from prominent decision makers to address the leading themes in global fighter priorities from USAF, DoD and international allies and provide answers to the challenges of 4th and 5th generation integration, next generation fighters, multi-domain joint operations, mul...

Convergence of TDOA/AOA in Operational Environments Thursday, September 24, 2020 14:00 -15:00 EDT This webinar will discuss the two primary methods of direction finding: time difference of arrival (TDOA) and angle of arrival (AOA). An overview the requirements and benefits/limitations of each will be presented. The architecture of hybrid geolocation techniques will also be discussed in operational environments.

JADC2 applications will connect distributed sensors, weapon systems (shooters), and data from all warfighting domains--cyber, space, air, ground, and sea--to all forces. The development of a data infrastructure will be critical to the success of JADC2. The U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) is now the leading technical solution for JADC2. But will other military services accept ABMS as the starting point for JADC2...

The way we work will never be the same because of the personal, professional, and cultural changes brought by COVID-19. The Department of Defense has greatly expanded telework capability for millions of workers, deploying a variety of tools. DOD officials are creating a much more robust, enhanced teleworking capability, providing new services and collaboration tools to meet the requirements of a remote workforce. Additionally, the DOD has deve...

The Lost Art of HF: The Rebirth of Shortwave in a Digital World Thursday, August 6, 2020 14:00 -15:00 EDT Much of the pioneering work in radio technology was done at "high frequency," and generations of RF engineers, radio operators, and SIGINT specialists cut their teeth on shortwave. But is there still room for HF in the digital world of cellular, satellites, wi-fi, and microwave? This webinar explains why the "lost art" of HF is not only s...

Presented by the Aspen Strategy Group, the Aspen Security Forum is a resolutely nonpartisan annual public conference at which senior global leaders, over the course of three days, explore some of the United States’ – and world’s – most pressing national security issues. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, the 2020 Aspen Security Forum will take place digitally across August 4, 5, and 6. Additionally, the Forum wi...

The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world. This year only, vSMD 2020 will virtually deliver government and industry updates from the space and missile defense community beginning Tuesday, August 4 at 8 a.m.

EW System Development: Critical Thinking in Design Tradeoffs Thursday, July 23, 2020 14:00 -15:00 EDT EW system development is far from immune to the impacts of requirements creep on overall program success. Keeping such add-on requirements from becoming an anchor on delivery timeframes and costs is a constant battle that requires smart tradeoffs at almost every step of the design process. This webinar will present several notional examples o...

Denial & Deception: Getting back to SIGINT’s roots Thursday, July 9, 2020 14:00 -15:00 EDT Signals Intelligence has focused in recent years on counterinsurgency (COIN) operations where enemy capabilities are often much lower than our own. However, sophisticated near-peer adversaries have far better training and technology to exploit gaps in friendly capabilities. As signals intelligence transitions back from COIN to direct action sc...

Due to the recent spread of COVID-19 and changes in some companies employment structure, some individuals have found themselves looking for new opportunities, some of you are in the middle of a transition from the military, and some are curious to see what positions may be available in your field.... If you or someone one you know are in any of these situations, we organized the following event to help people connect with companies that are hi...