IDGA has made a proactive effort in light of emerging challenges in order to provide a senior-led, accessible event from the comfort of your own home! Our pivot to the online arena for our FGCV Summit comes off the heels of 8 successful years in providing ear to the ground content of benefit to the community. For our inaugural Online FGCV, our senior participating faculty has graciously provided theirtime to enable this shared virtual learning...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. In person event has been postponed until December, 2020. Welcome to IDGA's 8th succesful iteration of our Future Ground Combat Vehicle Summit, a keynote industry event highlighting the ever-evolving needs of the Ground Combat Vehicle community. Highlighting one of the major Modernization Priorities of the US Army, the Next-Generat...

We have released our full event guide for the 5th Annual Government IT Modernization Event, taking place this July 29-31 in Washington, D.C. Be amongst federal and state executives and learn how they are capitalizing on their renewed momentum to boost the efficiency, performance, and security of their agencies’ IT systems. All active government professionals attend at no cost. Our confirmed speakers include: Frank Konieczny, Chief Techno...

A more connected defense and intelligence world means that warfighters receive more information faster and more accurately than ever. However this increased connectivity also means that there are more opportunities for cyber attacks, data leaks and other IT security breaches. This is the issue at the crux of modern cybersecurity issues: Developments in technology also mean new tools and strategies to protect our critical networks. The goal of...

Join us at The Hilton Alexandria Mark Hotel from May 29 - 30, 2019. Enjoy a jam-packed 2 days of sessions from government official leaders in the IA industry from: Bill Pratt: Director of Strategic Technology Management at Department of Homeland Security Guy Cavallo: Deputy CIO, Office of the Chief Information Officer U.S. Small Business Administration Stoney Trent: Chief Operations Officer, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center at Department o...

FGCV brings together more than 200+ industry executives, military program managers, academic researchers, engineer, and other key decision-makers together to discuss upcoming acquisition & modernization programs, new initiatives and technologies in the combat vehicle space for both manned and unmanned systems. FGCV provides a unique opportunity for the combat vehicles community to come and gather in an intimate setting to discuss and deter...

Advancing Training Capabilities to Maintain Battlefield Dominance and Soldier LethalityThe Synthetic and Simulation Training summit will discuss the current and future direction and utilization of virtual training & simulation technologies throughout the Military, Academia, Commercial Aviation, and Gaming sectors to ultimately allow military leaders the ability to plan, prepare, execute, and assess training events through minimal time, mo...

Cyber threats continue to originate from a wide variety (and ever-multiplying) range of entities from state-sponsored groups and terrorists to criminal elements and emerging hacktivist movements. As these groups exercise increasing sophistication in their use of advanced technology, the federal government is pressured to keep “ahead of the game” in protecting a wide array of disparate legacy systems with more limited resources. Th...

Protecting Our Nation From Faceless Enemies IDGA's flagship cyber event, the 3rd Annual Cyber Security for Defense is back! Last year’s event hosted over 200 attendees, and a variety of extraordinary speakers. This year, we are taking it to a whole new level! An exciting array of new additions will be the key highlight of this year's event taking place in Washington D.C. Bringing in law enforcement and international military perspectives...

Safely integrating commercial drones / unmanned avaitation vehicles in to the national airspace The Drones Middle East Conference supported by the General Civil Aviation Authority is the only conference in the region that focuses on the commercial use of drones and provides an in depth understanding about the regulatory and approval process for drone operations.In its 2nd edition, the conference will focus on the drone technologies available,...