Join us at the NDIA Small Business Innovation Summit to learn how you, as a small business innovator, can support supply at the tactical edge and positively impact national security interests. Are you a small business looking to take your defense technology to the next level? Are you new to government contracting? Are you looking for tips on how to engage in the SBIR/STTR program or navigate the rich federal innovation ecosystem? This conferen...

*Please note: This event is closed to the press as it is classified SECRET//NOFORN. The 2023 Aircraft Survivability Symposium is a SECRET//NOFORN event; attendees must hold at least a Secret clearance and be U.S. citizens. Please review the security clearance and gate access information page when available and submit your clearance information via DISS according to the instructions.

This Spring, the Combat Survivability Division is ensuring the survivability community’s ability to catch up and get ahead before this year’s symposium by presenting tutorials in aircraft survivability. These webinars will offer both new and long-time members of the survivability community the chance to further learn critical information and develop the foundations of the field.

Don't miss your chance to engage directly with SBIR Program Managers about current open SBIR solicitations!The NDIA SBIR Topic Workshop is an annual event bringing together small business innovators and SBIR Program Managers from NAVSEA, NAVAIR, and DHS to connect and discuss open SBIR/STTR Topics from the 2022 solicitation. This event is a great way for small businesses at every stage of maturity to learn directly from Federal Program Manager...

U.S. National Security increasingly relies on software to execute missions, integrate and collaborate with allies, and manage the defense enterprise. However, fielding new software-based capabilities takes too long, is too expensive, and exposes warfighters to unacceptable risk by delaying their access to tools they need to ensure mission success. The current approach to software development is based on traditional acquisition norms and has be...

Augmented Reality (AR) is a key technology that will facilitate a major paradigm shift in the way users interact with data. As commercial AR has enjoyed increasing success among marketers and gamers, industrial AR, especially in the defense industry, has only just recently been recognized as a viable solution for solving many critical needs (e.g., maintenance, training, operations). WHY ATTEND? Facilitate the development and adoption of AR tec...

The Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) invites you to participate in the 2018 Winter Simulation Innovation Workshop (SIW) at the Florida Hotel and Conference Center in Orlando, Florida, January 21 - 26, 2018. This theme of the Winter 2018 SIW is: Simulation – Enabling Real-World Innovation. From jet aircraft landing on water, to rocket boosters returning to the launch pad, to satellites rendezvousing with asteroids...

NDIA is pleased to offer our ninth workshop designed to address the challenges with providing government systems with assured access to Trusted and trustable microelectronics. This workshop will focus on recent think-tank studies that have examined the issues with maintaining the military technical superiority provided by microelectronics. The findings of three essential studies, listed below, will be presented and each will be followed by a d...

Ever wondered how the Department of Defense (DOD) goes about buying something from start to finish? The How Washington Works® training course gives those who attend the understanding and insights into the processes that guide DOD actions and decisions for the future. The two-day course is a fast-paced overview of the three principal DOD decision-making support systems and how they are used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and US...

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. Particip...