Welcome to the first-ever 2020 Virtual Systems and Mission Engineering Conference! Why Attend? Gain insight on improving acquisition and performance of defense programs and systems. Hear from Progam Managers, Systems Engineers, Chief Scientists, and Engineers and Managers. Participate in Q&As with session speakers; getting your most pressing systems engineering questions answered. View handouts to supplement and enhance your virtual experi...

This is the 22nd year that NDIA has sponsored the Systems and Mission Engineering Conference in conjunction with the Department of Defense. This conference will convene on October 21-24, 2019, in Tampa, Florida. It will focus on improving acquisition and performance of defense programs and systems, including system - of - systems engineering, systems security, net-centric operations and data/information interoperability, and all aspects of sys...

The 34th Annual National Test & Evaluation Conference will be held May 15 – 17 at the Emerald Coast Conference Center, Fort Walton Beach, FL. In order for our country to remain the world’s finest fighting force, we need to rapidly generate and sustain a strategic advantage over our adversaries. The Department of Defense is taking steps towards this through reorganization and process reform to speed up the development and deploy...

Ever wondered how the Department of Defense (DOD) goes about buying something from start to finish? The How Washington Works® training course gives those who attend the understanding and insights into the processes that guide DOD actions and decisions for the future. The two-day course is a fast-paced overview of the three principal DOD decision-making support systems and how they are used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and US...

This jointly sponsored symposium combines the Ballistic Division’s Seventeenth Classified Ballistics Symposium with the Bomb & Warhead Division’s 65th Annual Bomb & Warhead Technical Symposium. The meeting provides a forum for classified, export-controlled, and limited distribution papers in the areas of ballistics, weapons effectiveness, and bomb and warhead technology. The symposium is classified at the SECRET/NOFORN leve...

The Special Operations Forces Industry Conference is the premier venue for the SOF community to interact with industry and to collaborate on the challenges, initiatives and way-ahead in delivering the most cutting-edge capabilities into the hands of SOF operators. SOFIC provides educational sessions, demonstrations, interaction with exhibitors and many networking opportunities across the SOF community. SOFIC is the single most important opport...

Agile has moved beyond software development. DevOps brought building, testing and releasing software into an agile construct, and now agile principles are finding their way into non-software areas such as business operations and hardware development. The reason is that agile offers more efficient and effective ways of getting things done: Faster delivery of value Focus on outcome Better quality Alignment with business needs The purpose of this...

NDIA, in conjunction with the US Pacific Command, will host the 2017 Pacific Operational Science and Technology (POST) Conference March 6 - 10, 2017. The theme for the 2017 POST is "Partnering in Science and Technology to Ensure Peace and Stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific". Past conferences have experienced participation from fourteen partner nations, and a wide variety of representatives from Industry, Academia and DOD/DOE/Interagency labs a...

The 32nd Annual National Test & Evaluation Conference will focus on the improvement of T&E in our defense and homeland security acquisition systems specifically, “Strategic T&E Collaboration: Government & Industry Partnering to Achieve Decisive Operational Advantage.” In order for our country to remain the world’s finest fighting force, we need to generate and sustain a strategic advantage over our adversaries...

The complexity of modern global conflict will require the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to engage in extensive joint, combined and interagency operations to achieve national military and strategic objectives. USSOCOM must now leverage emerging and innovative technologies as never before to link and share information with allies, U.S. Intelligence community members and interagency law enforcement partners as well as an arra...