The newly issued National Security Strategy (NSS) defines the Nation’s goals and priorities. It discusses domestic and international “pillars” which are heavily dependent upon “peace through strength” across all instruments of national power, to include a strong military. The Strategy is dependent upon intelligence for warning and accurate assessments of rapidly evolving events to “pursue threats to their so...

To restore its comparative advantage against emergent threats and offset force shortfalls, the U.S. Defense Department seeks strategic investments, creative partnerships and agile mechanisms to facilitate the rapid integration of promising and potent technologies. Like the offset strategies before it, the Third Offset Strategy combines the creative energies of industry and government to augment the United States' capability and capacity to def...

The AFCEA Quantico-Potomac chapter will host the 9th Annual USMC IT Day on Tuesday, April 17, 2018. Senior leadership from around the Marine Corps will be in attendance to discuss the entire spectrum of current challenges and opportunities across the Marine Corps. Several new and emerging concepts will be unveiled to industry at this event. It will be a valuable event for both Marines, government, and industry. Seats are limited so register to...

Young AFCEA Washington, DC is proud to host the Digital Transformation Tech Talk The Tech Talk event offers an intimate and engaging environment for the brightest minds in industry and government to come together and discuss some of the most transformational technologies and business challenges we are currently facing. This event will generate discussions that will evolve the partnership between industry and government.

The Army clearly recognizes it needs to incorporate emerging technologies more rapidly as it builds needed solutions. It must overhaul its relationship with technology providers and take full advantage of initiatives in acquisition to achieve flexibility and speed to need. This symposium intends to open new dialog and expand conversations with industry. One important initiative at the Symposium is the Mission Command Industry Roundtable that t...

AFCEA Intelligence and the Defense Intelligence Agency are co-sponsoring the second DIA S&T Industry Day. This is an opportunity to engage directly with the Defense Intelligence S&T organization in a classified (TS/SCI) setting. Defense Intelligence S&T directly supports the DIA's current operations and strategic planning. The industry day will highlight the organization's capabilities along with areas where the private sector can...

SIGNAL Webinar Series - Sponsored by SafeNet Assured Technologies Core data center functionality is moving to the field as part of battlefield multi-domain transformation. It is becoming commonplace for command posts, mobile command centers, and even mobile platforms: vehicles, ships, and planes to contain micro data centers that provide new capabilities and services at the cyber-edge to the warfighter. What still needs to be addressed is how...

Cyberthon has become the Gulf Coast’s largest Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM) and Cybersecurity event of the year. This weekend event encourages and promotes a community culture of cyber awareness and collaboration between Government, industry and academia, bring together community leaders, cyber experts and a cadre of cybercompetitors from local schools to witness and participate in real‐world cyber operations and de...

Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium 2018! The Rocky Mountain Chapter of AFCEA is honored to have you as our guest, and we hope you enjoy Colorado Springs and the entire Pikes Peak region.Our Symposium provides a national forum for industry and government to work together to help solve the challenges of cybersecurity, community cyber readiness and national defense. Our theme this year is: “Secure the Enterprise: Data Strate...

The 2nd iteration of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI)-AFCEA Foreign Naval and Maritime Threat Symposium takes place on March 1, 2018. The enduring appeal of this annual event derives from its focus and leadership engagement in a classified forum where ONI Intelligence Analysts engage with industry about Scientific and Technical Threat Analysis goals, initiatives, challenges and business opportunities. ONI’s Farragut Technical Analy...