NDIA's International Division presents a luncheon with the defense attaché staff from the Embassy of Belgium in Washington, DC. Each year, the International Division organizes a series of luncheons with the defense attaché staff from foreign allied and friendly embassies. The purpose of these luncheons is to provide industry with an opportunity to dialogue with foreign government representatives and for attaché staff to pr...

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVE The 2010 Joint CBRN Conference and Exhibition will provide a forum for the exchange of CBRN defense information among warfighters, CBRN incident responders, technology developers, acquisition professionals and the supporting industry. This exchange will focus on a better understanding and increased responsiveness to CBRN defense user's needs. Selected speakers from CBRN defense stakeholder organizations will discuss curren...

The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense industry acquisition managers in today’s dynamic environment, providing the latest information related to:• Defense acquisition policy for weapons and information technology systems including discussion of the DoD 5000 series (directive, instruction, and guidebook).• Defense acquisition, reform, and initiatives.• Defense acquisition procedures and...

"Adapting for a Secure Tomorrow" The Environment, Energy Security, and Sustainability Symposium and Exhibition (E2S2) provides an opportunity to share ideas on how to improve energy, environmental and sustainability management throughout DoD, the Services and other federal agencies. This year we have invited administration senior leaders from the White House, DoD, DoE, EPA and the Services to present, in the plenary session, their organization...

Introduction Are you, as a business owner in today’s recovering economy, looking to strengthen and grow your business operations within the Department of Defense, with small, medium, and large companies? The answer in the current rebuilding economy is a resounding yes. And at the NDIA Small Business Conference in Huntsville, Alabama, on Tuesday, May 25 - Wednesday May 26, you can do just that. The theme of the 2010 conference is ...

Introduction Joint Armaments Conference, Exhibition & Firing Demonstration - 2010 "21st Century Weapon Systems - Providing the Right Response" **Gun & Missile and Small Arms Combined for the First Time** The 45th Gun and Missile Systems Conference and Exhibition will be combined with the International Infantry & Joint Services Small Arms Systems Symposium, Exhibition & Firing Demonstration. It will be held May 17-20, 2010 in Da...

The year 2009 saw significant changes in American's national security leadership and a new Quadrennial Defense Review published. Even outside the Department of Defense, the prevailing thoughts on our future security challenges talk of smaller conflicts, irregular warfare, insurgencies, terrorism, and increasing use of special operations forces. There continues to be an evolving National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy that cal...