The seventh annual SOFIC (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) will be held May 23–26, 2016 at the Tampa Convention Center, Tampa, FL. This year’s conference theme, “Evolving the Network to Counter Emerging Threats,” reflects the enduring vision of a global Special Operations Forces (SOF) network, acknowledging the SOF network is in place and now must adapt to address present and future threats. The conference...

Tee off for the troops! This annual golf outing benefitting the USO-Metro is sponsored by the NDIA Washington D.C. Chapter and held at the courses at Andrews Air Force Base. Approximately 260 golfers and sponsors play on two courses, enjoying a fun day of camaraderie, competition, relaxation and a chance to meet some of our nation's heroes from local military hospitals who are also invited to play. Proceeds from this benefit go towards USO-Met...

29th International Symposium on Ballistics Join us for the 29th International Symposium on Ballistics (ISB), jointly organized and supported by the International Ballistics Society (www.ballistics.org) in conjunction with NDIA, May 9-13, 2016 at the Edinburgh International Conference Center in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK! The ISB is an opportunity for ballistics scientists, engineers, and others to report, share, and discuss current research and a...

Introduction The 59th Annual NDIA Fuze Conference welcomes the participation of both domestic and allied fuze designers, manufacturers and component suppliers, and research organizations along with government representatives. This year’s theme is "Fuzing Systems for Advanced Weapon Performance". This conference provides the opportunity to discuss and share ideas to help advance the state-of-the-art for the next generation of fuzing that...

The Medical Research, Development and Acquisition in Support of the Warfighter Conference is co-hosted by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). This event is the second in a series of events. The first event took place in March 2015 and focused on USAMRMC missions, goals and objectives. This second event expands to include the medical research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) missions across the Department of Def...

The 32nd Annual National Logistics Forum will bring together senior government and industry logistics policy officials and practitioners to address current challenges facing the delivery of logistics capabilities and services in the current and future severely resource constrained environment. NDIA’s National Logistics Forum will highlight the challenges, attempt to identify the opportunities and assess future impacts on logistics suppo...

FITARA Implementation Symposium III Theme: Assessing the Financial Management Impact Transparency is a key element of FITARA. Agencies will need to trace plans, investments, budgets, procurements and resources to business and mission outcomes. The approaches pioneered to enhance visibility across the CxO communities can benefit all areas of Government. Initial Scorecards On November 4 the House Oversight and Government Reform, Information Tech...

WHY ATTEND PRECISION STRIKE ANNUAL REVIEW 2016 Theme: “Better Precision Through Better Buying Power” (Implications of Recent Acquisition Initiatives on Precision Technology Development & Program Execution) As we near the edge of the technical envelope, it behooves both Government and Industry to work cooperatively in the new "better, faster, cheaper" acquisition environment to anticipate, get ahead and develop the next new thin...

The 2016 Annual Women in Defense Conference theme is Driving Innovation, describing a landscape in which leading women in national defense and security are leveraging innovation to grow every aspect of their business. Sharing our innovative ideas during this forum will help us all grow, and move forward in today’s rapidly evolving market. WID features keynote speakers from DARPA, CyberCom and StratCom as well as a Government Leadership P...

Join us for the 27th Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition, "Countering Hybrid Threats in a Complex World"! The speed, lethality, and cost of modern warfare make major state-on-state conflict involving the U.S. or our allies a very dangerous, yet unlikely, possibility. We will most likely encounter adversaries who exploit all instruments of national power short of war to their achieve objectives. Tactics such as subversion, propaganda, empl...