Following the transition of U.S. Army Futures Command to full operational capability and the establishment of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle as a priority modernization area, Defence iQ is delighted that the International Armored Vehicles USA (IAV USA) conference will return to Austin, TX, in June 2022. IAV USA provides a forum for decision makers and senior leaders from both the customer community and industry to contribute and share know...

Additive Manufacturing, or 3D printing, is quickly becoming a staple component of advanced manufacturing capability across the aerospace, space and defense industrial base. With this in mind, the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is holding our first annual Additive Manufacturing for U.S. Aerospace, Defense and Space Summit on June 7-8 in Orlando, Florida. This senior and expert-led Summit will highlight the ongoing effor...

The ISR and C2 Battle Management USA conference serves as a landmark strategic forum for the Five Eyes partners, bringing more than 150 representatives from DoD, Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Joint Staff together with defense industry leaders. It is part of Defence IQ’s world-leading ISR portfolio, the overall aim of which is to deliver and to sustain a decisive information and decision-making advantage for combat forces across...

In light of the critical and rapid nature of the hypersonic community, IDGA is bringing back out Hypersonic Weapons Summit this October 28-30, to comprehensively analyze and enable the realization of next generation hypersonic technology and weaponry.

IDGA is proud to announce the return of our 13th Operational Energy Summit this January 29-31, in Washington, D.C. This summit will once again be the annual community gathering place, to explore and promote energy technologies, expand reusable, accessible and efficient solutions to address the latest challenges and provide paths to enhance Soldier lethality and support logistic missions. The Summit will discuss current programs and future prio...

A new arms race is upon us. The major global super powers of the United States, Russia, and China are now engaged in a race to build and test hypersonic weapons, with the ultimate goal of deployment capabilities. To win this race it is crucial to the United States that redundancies are eliminated, ideas are shared and that the best available technology is integrated to properly defend our global posture. Join us this October 28-30 as we discus...

IDGA’s inaugural Defense Logistics Summit will provide an essential platform for the exchange of information relating to the future modernization of multifaceted defense logistics, and the innovations required by industry partners to meet its vision. Panels, workshops, and up-to-the-moment case studies will touch on a variety of logistic modernization objectives including; Predictive Maintenance, Additive Manufacturing, Automation, Suppl...

The Enemy of future battlefields will be unlike those of the past. Over the last two decades our adversaries have examined our capabilities and have developed various ways to counter act against them and weaken our domain overmatch. With this in mind we have launched the Multi-Domain Battle Management Summit this August 21 – 23 in Washington D.C. bringing together Battle Managers, Heads of Planning and Operations, Commanders & indust...

IDGA's 4th Annual International Military Helicopter Summit will provide a means to discuss the ongoing efforts to meet the next generation of innovative rotary winged assets to bolster air and battlefield overmatch. Following Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the DoD called for an inquiry into the US Armed Forces’ rotorcraft fleet’s capabilities, as it did not meet the Commander’s and Warfighter’s...

IDGA is proud to announce the return of our 4th Directed Energy Systems Event this June 26-28, in Washington, D.C. Over the three-day summit we will look to provide a forum to discuss the ongoing efforts to develop and deploy directed energy systems in support of U.S. national security priorities and battlefield superiority. We will also take a deep dive into policy and operational considerations for the development and employment of these nex...