The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world. This year only, vSMD 2020 will virtually deliver government and industry updates from the space and missile defense community beginning Tuesday, August 4 at 8 a.m.

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.

EW System Development: Critical Thinking in Design Tradeoffs Thursday, July 23, 2020 14:00 -15:00 EDT EW system development is far from immune to the impacts of requirements creep on overall program success. Keeping such add-on requirements from becoming an anchor on delivery timeframes and costs is a constant battle that requires smart tradeoffs at almost every step of the design process. This webinar will present several notional examples o...

Why You Should Attend The 4th Unmanned Systems for Utilities & Power Conference will provide an avenue for UAS professionals to discover and assess best practices for improving efficiency and safety within utility operations. Sessions will feature Part 107 rules and regulations, data security, conceptualizing BVLOS operations, inspection techniques and more! This premier marcus evans conference will permit attendees the opportunity to anal...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled due to COVID-19 concerns. New Date: 7/20-7/21/2020 The 2020 DoD Hypersonic Capabilities Symposium brings together members of the DoD and Industry for an open dialogue about the various challenges and opportunities that exist in developing and employing hypersonic systems across the military. This educational forum will provide US military commands, government agenci...

Webinar Presentation Urban Air Mobility (UAM) could add a new dimension to our transportation system allowing travelers to make cross-city trips in a matter of minutes versus hours, while advancements in automated vehicles and autonomous shuttles offer similar promise. During this webinar, speakers will discuss the latest developments in both spaces and explore how these systems could eventually work together offering an end-to-end automated t...

Want to be brought current on developments in export controls over the past six months in only 90 minutes? ECTI’s got you covered. The last few months have been disruptive for all of us. But that hasn’t stopped federal agencies from implementing an array of new and amended rules. Now’s a good time to take a breath and catch up on changes to the Export Administration Regulations and the International Traffic in Arms Regulation...

The U.S. Air Force aims high in recruiting the best and brightest to support our nation’s defense apparatus. So, naturally, it recognizes the tremendous talent of its airmen to unlock innovation across the service. Enter AFWERX, a community of innovators with a diverse set of skills, passions and roles within the service – including active duty, Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, Air Force Civilian Service, and contractor perso...

Denial & Deception: Getting back to SIGINT’s roots Thursday, July 9, 2020 14:00 -15:00 EDT Signals Intelligence has focused in recent years on counterinsurgency (COIN) operations where enemy capabilities are often much lower than our own. However, sophisticated near-peer adversaries have far better training and technology to exploit gaps in friendly capabilities. As signals intelligence transitions back from COIN to direct action sc...

IDGA's 5th Annual International Military Helicopter 2020 Online Event will provide a means to discuss the ongoing efforts to meet the next generation of innovative rotary wing aviation assets to bolster air and battlefield overmatch. The US Future Vertical Lift (FVL) program will develop the next generation of military helicopters. Along with continued modernization and maintenance, FVL is driving helicopter capability development on a global...