Through the HORIZONS Scholarship program, Women In Defense National has invested over $310,000 in more than 130 females to support their advancement in national security and defense careers. In the 28 years that Women In Defense has offered these scholarships, members have witnessed the tremendous impact this support has had in the lives of young women. HORIZONS scholarship winners have been able to launch their careers in government agencies...

This is NDIA’s 8th Annual event on a critical national defense topic, and the subject of an increasingly important and continuously growing new body of military art: The State of Integrated Air and Missile Defense, or IAMD. In addition to updates on the state of critical IAMD systems and initiatives, our speaker theme this year will be to highlight the idea of “Speed to Capability ---- Changing the Way We Deliver New IAMD Capabilit...

PRECISION STRIKE TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (PSTS-16) October 25-27, 2016 The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Kossiakoff Center – Laurel, MD Please register NOW to join us for the 26th Annual SECRET//NOFORN Precision Strike Technology Symposium (PSTS-16). This very popular and time-critical forum is one of the best technology symposiums of its kind. Nearly 50 powerful military and civilian superstars in3 dayswill focus on P...

Join us for the Global Explosive Ordnance Disposal Symposium & Exhibition (GESE), produced by NDIA in partnership with the EOD Warrior Foundation. This year we address training and technology requirements for the joint service EOD force with a focus on interagency interoperability. Concurrently we are proud to host a Technology Outreach by the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Agency – their only such event of the year. Hear JIDA...

The seventh annual SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) will be held May 23–26, 2016 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL. This year’s conference theme, “Evolving the Network to Counter Emerging Threats,” reflects the enduring vision of a global Special Operations Forces (SOF) network, acknowledging the SOF network is in place and now must adapt to address present and future threats. The conference...

The Medical Research, Development and Acquisition in Support of the Warfighter Conference is co-hosted by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). This event is the second in a series of events. The first event took place in March 2015 and focused on USAMRMC missions, goals and objectives. This second event expands to include the medical research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) missions across the Department of Def...

The 32nd Annual National Logistics Forum will bring together senior government and industry logistics policy officials and practitioners to address current challenges facing the delivery of logistics capabilities and services in the current and future severely resource constrained environment. NDIA’s National Logistics Forum will highlight the challenges, attempt to identify the opportunities and assess future impacts on logistics suppo...

Ground robotic and autonomous systems, rapidly adopted during the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, have enabled the U.S. and its allies to operate more effectively, efficiently, and safely in a variety of mission profiles, such as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Combat Engineering, and Reconnaissance. These proven capabilities have secured a path for ground robotics’ future alongside the Warfighter. The Joint Ground Robotics Enterprise with...

NDIA hosts the 20th Annual Global Demilitarization Symposium, December 7-9, 2015 at the Hilton Parsippany in Parsippany, NJ. This event continues to support US Department of Defense and Industry in global efforts directed at reducing the stockpile of excess and obsolete strategic, tactical, and conventional munitions. The Symposium will feature keynote speakers from the U.S. Army, industry presentations, and table top exhibits. The agenda focu...

The 2015 IPM Workshop is your chance to learn about project performance techniques, including earned value management (EVM). The workshop provides training, current topics from practicing professionals, access to world leaders in project performance management, networking and the latest in software and consulting to make your program successful.