At a crucial time when the United States Department of Defense have requested at least $668 million for counter-drone R&D and at least $78 million for procurement in FY2023, the IDGA Counter-UAS Summit arrives in a timely manner, bringing together senior decision-makers from the Armed Services, Federal Agencies and the DoD to discuss key challenges, requirements and procurement programs. The rapid proliferation of UAS has been one of the m...

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with growth and delivery of key armored vehicle programs, it is imperative that the US and allied nations continue to modernize their armored vehicle forces. With this in mind, the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement is pleased to host our annual Armored Vehicles Conference in Austin. Our event serves as a global platform for the comprehensive discussion of everything armored vehicl...

With a new year comes new goals, priorities and challenges for stakeholders involved in Homeland Defense and Security for the United States. This senior and expert-led Summit will highlight the ongoing efforts to empower knowledge sharing and collaboration with those across the Military, Defense, Law Enforcement, Industry and Academic sectors at the local, state and national level.Recent developments have highlighted the need for technology, s...

This 3-day summit will focus on priorities, policies and framework to enhance and secure our Nation from the rapidly evolving landscape of current and future threats. In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Solarwinds hack, the recent influx of activity at the US-Mexico border, the events at our Nation’s Capitol and continued violent extremist security threats, the new administration has outlined priorities for protecting the H...

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.

As the cyber battlefield escalates and systems are flooded with information, the ability to mine, process, and analyze the data in a speedy manner and deliver reliable and actionable intelligence becomes a key player to insure advantage against adversaries. Throughout the years, IDGA’s Intelligence Analytics Summit has brought together top leaders from across U.S. Intelligence agencies and from government and military branches to provide...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event is now a Virtual event due to COVID19 concerns. Location: Virtual With each iteration of the Counter UAS Summit's we keep getting bigger and better, becoming a global leader in Counter UAS space! This past summer our CUAS summit saw 350+ attendees come together from military and industry to discuss how we could integrate the latest technology designed to combat drone threats while impro...

IDGA’s inaugural Counter-Hypersonics Summit will provide a senior-level review of ongoing defensive hypersonic efforts that bolster the United States’ ability to conduct homeland defense. Detecting, tracking and defeating hypersonic weapons will be a critical capability enabler for Military operations across multiple domains as these threats continue to evolve in complexity.

With the rise of domestic and foreign acts of terrorism and the increase of global instability, Homeland Security Week 2019 has been designed to focus on priorities, policies and framework to enhance and secure our nation from the evolving landscape of current and future threats. This 14th Annual Homeland Security Week will bring together top homeland security leaders from government, industry and academia to dive into current challenges and f...

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...