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...

USGIF’s NGA Tech Showcase East is a full-day classified event that offers attendees the opportunity to listen to briefings and see demos inside and around NGA’s facilities and workspaces. Attendees will learn what challenges NGA is working on, what business opportunities are coming, and how your company can help NGA accomplish its mission. This event requires a TS//SI/TK clearance. Clearance must be passed no later than Nov. 9. Reg...

USGIF has expanded its Small Satellite Workshop to offer a second day of classified content at the TS//SI/TK REL FVEY clearance level. Separate registration and fee is required to attend Tuesday’s classified day. Registration is now closed. Building off of the great content provided by Monday’s unclassified day, Tuesday will focus on current classified studies on resiliency, provide opportunities to hear from agencies currently wor...

USGIF is hosting the Small Satellite Workshop as the opening event for this year’s GEOINT Community Week. Registration is now clowed. The day-long agenda will include keynotes and panels from top leaders in government and industry as well as a number of displays, demonstrations, and learning opportunities from subject matter experts and industry innovators. Advances in sensors, processing, communications, miniaturization, and manufacturi...

AnnouncementA major conference focusing on improving acquisition and performance of Defenseprograms and systems, including net-centric operations and data/information interoperability, system - of - systems engineering and all aspects of system sustainment, will be convened on October 26-29, 2015 in Springfield, VA. This conference is sponsored bythe National Defense Industrial Association, Systems Engineering Division, with echnical co-sponso...

Welcome The 2015 Interagency Visual Media Group (IVMG) Annual Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2015, at Waterford Receptions in Springfield, Virginia. The meeting is a one-day event for visual media professionals working in the Intelligence and Defense communities. The event is free and open to civilians, military personnel, and contractors who support the national security mission. What is IVMG? The Interagency Visual Media Gro...

The 16th Annual Science & Engineering Conference will turn its focus to the 17 DoD Communities of Interest (CoIs) on March 24 - 26, 2015. In light of the pending implementation of the budget sequestration, a great concern for both the Department of Defense and the Defense Industrial Base, the DoD identified 17 critical areas of interest, effectively known as the aforementioned ‘Community of Interest (CoI).’ The CoIs were formed...

CONFERENCE THEMEThe 30th Annual National Test & Evaluation Conference will focus on the proper roles of T&E in our defense acquisition system, specifically “The Future of T&E: Maintaining the Defense Technology Edge.” DoD ATL has been pushing 3 actions to achieve simplicity and restraint in Defense Acquisition: adhere to tight timelines, reduce timelines, and good process management; actions that are all highlighted in...

AGILE IN GOVERNMENT Mutual Adaptation Adapting agile to acquisition and acquisition to agile Scaling, Contracting, Governance, Measurement The purposes of this event are: develop better understanding of how agile software development methods can be fit within prescribed processes of government acqusition to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implications these have for evolving Government approac...