IDGA's inaugural Defense Logistics & Support Conference will provide a vital platform to learn, share and connect with your peers and counterparts to ensure that the US can build agility and resilience into defense-critical supply chains through the adoption of emerging technologies and close collaboration with industry. In the wake of significant events such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukrainian War, vulnerabilities in defense-critic...

The US has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons as a part of its conventional prompt global strike program since the early 2000s. In recent years, it has focused such efforts on hypersonic glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles with shorter and intermediate ranges for use in regional conflicts. Although funding for these programs has been relatively restrained in the past, both the Pentagon and Congress have shown a ma...

At a crucial time when the United States Department of Defense plan to at least $636 million on Counter-UAS research and development and at least $75 million on C-UAS procurement in 2022, the IDGA Counter-UAS Summit will bring together senior decision-makers from both the Federal Government and the military to discuss key challenges, requirements and procurement programs. The rapid proliferation of UAS has been one of the most unsettling tacti...

With a new year comes new goals, priorities and challenges for stakeholders involved in Homeland Defense and Security for the United States. This senior and expert-led Summit will highlight the ongoing efforts to empower knowledge sharing and collaboration with those across the Military, Defense, Law Enforcement, Industry and Academic sectors at the local, state and national level.Recent developments have highlighted the need for technology, s...

IDGA is proud to announce the return of our 13th Operational Energy Summit this January 29-31, in Washington, D.C. This summit will once again be the annual community gathering place, to explore and promote energy technologies, expand reusable, accessible and efficient solutions to address the latest challenges and provide paths to enhance Soldier lethality and support logistic missions. The Summit will discuss current programs and future prio...

With the rise of domestic and foreign acts of terrorism and the increase of global instability, Homeland Security Week 2019 has been designed to focus on priorities, policies and framework to enhance and secure our nation from the evolving landscape of current and future threats. This 14th Annual Homeland Security Week will bring together top homeland security leaders from government, industry and academia to dive into current challenges and f...

A new arms race is upon us. The major global super powers of the United States, Russia, and China are now engaged in a race to build and test hypersonic weapons, with the ultimate goal of deployment capabilities. To win this race it is crucial to the United States that redundancies are eliminated, ideas are shared and that the best available technology is integrated to properly defend our global posture. Join us this October 28-30 as we discus...

IDGA is excited to announce the return of our Robotics and Autonomous Systems Summit. This is the only event of its kind in the United States. There is no other Robotic and Autonomous Systems event that is strictly military and government focused. IDGA will bring together leaders from across all sectors of the government, as well as leading industry experts, to talk challenges, upcoming strategies, and collaboration initiatives for Robotic and...

IDGA’s inaugural Defense Logistics Summit will provide an essential platform for the exchange of information relating to the future modernization of multifaceted defense logistics, and the innovations required by industry partners to meet its vision. Panels, workshops, and up-to-the-moment case studies will touch on a variety of logistic modernization objectives including; Predictive Maintenance, Additive Manufacturing, Automation, Suppl...

The Enemy of future battlefields will be unlike those of the past. Over the last two decades our adversaries have examined our capabilities and have developed various ways to counter act against them and weaken our domain overmatch. With this in mind we have launched the Multi-Domain Battle Management Summit this August 21 – 23 in Washington D.C. bringing together Battle Managers, Heads of Planning and Operations, Commanders & indust...