The Procurement Division will hold their Annual Acquisition Symposium which draws in members from all committees and top industry and government speakers and panelists to discuss current issues facing the defense industrial base and network on current challenges facing the acquisition and procurement community. This year's theme is "Framework for Success" and includes subtopics such as The Shrinking Environment and the Future of Defense Contra...

All course materials and handouts will be provided to students on CD ROM. Please bring a laptop computer that is equipped with a CD ROM with you to the class. If you do not have access to a laptop, please contact the respective meeting planner as soon as possible. There will be a limited number of laptops available for use through NDIA, so please call early. Overview The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense...

The Pacific Institute's "Discovering the Power in Me (DPM)" education will be presented on 19 - 20 September in Arlington, Virginia. The seminar is open to anyone, but especially specialists and managers responsible for caring those who have suffered sudden, traumatic injuries such as spinal cord injuries; visible and/or invisible wounds such as PTSD and blast injuries; or emotional and/or mental trauma. Lt. Gen Larry Farrell (ret, USAF), CEO,...

The Mastering Business Development® Workshop is an educational and professional development program which focuses on the thinking, process and discipline required for professional Business Development. This 2-day workshop fosters participants’ understanding of the core competencies required for success in the Business Development role.Business Development is primarily a relationship development and intelligence gathering process. Par...

The Precision Strike Association will be hosting a PEO Summer Forum at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station Rivers Edge Conference Center on June12-13, 2012. The symposium will be a two-day event, preceded by the 2nd Annual PSA Golf Event on June 11, 2012. The theme of this event will be Integration and Interoperability...Getting More from Less. We will be addressing the What, When, Where, Why, and How of Integration and Interoperability...

PRECISION STRIKE SUMMER GOLF OUTINGTo benefit the Precision Strike Association and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2012 Cedar Points Golf CourseNaval Air Station Patuxent River—22268 Cedar Point Rd, Patuxent River, MD 20670 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:1100 Arrival, Registration and Range ($5 snack shop credit for all golfers)1145 Opening remarks1200 Shotgun Start for Golf * (Captain’s Choice Scramble Format)163...

The primary purpose of our quarterly meetings is to engage in local dialogues about how we can increase the quality of STEM education; the quantity of STEM educated graduates that are eligible for employment in the Aerospace and Defense(A&D) industries; and the amount and effectiveness of engagement by A&D employers, working in partnership with others in their communities. Previous meetings have demonstrated the productiveness of bring...

WHY ATTEND PRECISION STRIKE ANNUAL REVIEW 2012 As our Nation transitions, the Defense Department continues to pursue Better Buying Power by making affordability a requirement for weapons systems and by seeking to eliminate redundant defense programs. We must keep our focus on the current challenges and the importance of delivering value for the warfighter, concentrating on weapons reform, adapting acquisition processes, and making further impr...

The Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) regularly reviews current project status, assesses emerging threats, identifies new user requirements, and selects proposals for new research and development projects to meet those requirements. This Advance Planning Briefing for Industry (APBI) forecasts the requirements anticipated for funding in Fiscal Year 2013 and advertised using a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). Introduction The...

The Physics-Based Modeling in Design & Development for U.S. Defense Conference is the first of its kind and is sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association’s Systems Engineering Division, and is being supported by the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Research & Engineering, High Performance Computing Modernization Program. BackgroundAcquisition of defense systems now takes far longer than ever before, partly due to inc...