All course materials and handouts will be provided to students on CD ROM. Please bring a laptop computer that is equipped with a CD ROM with you to the class. If you do not have access to a laptop, please contact the respective meeting planner as soon as possible. There will be a limited number of laptops available for use through NDIA, so please call early. Overview The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense...

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVESThe goal of the conference on Physics-based Modeling in Design & Development for U.S. Defense is to facilitate design innovation to improve DoD acquisition by speeding adoption of advanced models and tools by the U.S. defense government/industry complex to reduce acquisition time, cost and risk and improve system performance. The conference will build a community of interest in this area by bringing together the practi...

The CMMI® was developed in cooperation with commercial and defense industry, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the Software Engineering Institute and has become the de facto standard for integrated process improvement across multiple disciplines and areas of interest within commercial and defense industry, and governments, worldwide. This conference addresses all categories of users and applications and seeks to help provide a better und...

"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...