To remain competitive in a digital age of rapid change in technology, information, and threat complexity, the US must evolve its engineering practices in order to design, deliver, and acquire innovative capabilities at the speed of relevance. This year’s Digital Engineering for Defense Summit will explore how to integrate digital engineering practices to speed up the delivery of new defense capabilities, transform the acquisition environ...

DSI’s 3rd Annual Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) Summit will bring together members of the Military Services, DoD, Federal Government, Industry and Academia in a town-hall style forum to discuss the latest developments of PNT systems and GPS alternatives. PNT is a critical enabler for all warfighting functions across all domains and ensures the central component of situational awareness to the Warfighter: accurate and t...

The 11th Annual Joint Civil & DoD CBRN Symposium will convene senior level experts from key organizations across the government and military for a ‘Town-Hall’ type forum to discuss continued efforts and initiatives of the CBRN community to counter and defend the nation from current and emerging chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats. The 2023 Symposium will aim to advance a joint, cooperative CBRN community ess...

DSI’s 11th Annual Unmanned & Autonomous Systems Summit will emphasize the integration of UxS capabilities into the multi domain operating environment as well as their use cases beyond the battlefield in support of DoD. The Summit will cover both strategic and technical priorities and emerging research to best support UxS utilization across the Services. The 2023 Summit will provide attendees with an educational, ‘Town Hall...

Under the previous administration, there was a significant shift in US attitude toward Space. With the re-introduction of the National Space Council, under the direction of the Vice President, major new directives have been enacted, including exploration, commerce, traffic management, and military. Under the Biden administration these efforts have continued and expanded. Increase in funding has opened the door to innovation in both the public...

Military vehicle modernization has been identified as a key priority area for modernizing capabilities for the warfighter, and military vehicle modernization is a key to unlocking situational awareness, warfighter protection and lethality, and maneuverability on the battlefield. As we face a diverse array of threats in an era of strategic competition, the US military will need systems that promote operations across all domains, including the c...

The 9th Annual EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium will bring together members of the various Military branches & Federal Government agencies to discuss the current initiatives toward advancing domestic and international counter-IED missions in support of US National Security. Senior level speakers at this forum will examine the various ways they are collaborating on neutralizing the threat that these various types of explosives can cause...

As the future battlefield becomes increasingly more complex and technologically advanced, the joint forces are aggressively pursuing the development of directed energy weapons to maintain relevance in the fight. DSI’s 2022 Directed Energy Symposium will explore the increasing need to develop and deploy directed energy capabilities as a complement to kinetic systems to boost the U.S.’s ability to project power and deterrence. Direct...

DSI’s 3rd Annual Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium will once again bring together members of the Federal Government, DoD, US Military Services, Industry, & Academia in a ‘town-hall’ style forum to examine how advances in Digital Forensics, sometimes called ‘Computer Forensics’, are advancing investigative capabilities when examining electronic crimes, attacks, and intrusions at the national, st...

The 3rd Annual DoD Energy and Power Summit will focus on the technologies and policies necessary to support greater energy efficiency, resiliency, affordability, and environmental sustainability for the Department of Defense for both fixed and mobile environments. Attendees will hear from Military and US Government leaders about current efforts to meet the need for increased power systems in response to new, innovative, and rapidly developing...