Join the NDIA Procurement Division on January 13, 2026, for its quarterly meeting, bringing together acquisition and procurement professionals from across the defense industrial base. The program will feature expert speakers and panel discussions addressing key challenges and priorities shaping today’s acquisition and procurement landscape. This meeting also provides an opportunity for the Division’s committees to conduct business...

Join the NDIA Procurement Division’s Government Property Group on January 20–22, 2026, for their quarterly meeting. This meeting will be held at BAE Systems in San Jose, CA and will bring together members of the Government Property community to discuss current challenges, share insights, and collaborate on key issues shaping the field. * Please note: This event is closed to the press and non NDIA members

The Naval Nuclear Submarine and Aircraft Carrier Suppliers Conference focuses on supply chain challenges and opportunities in the U.S. Navy’s Virginia and Columbia class submarines, as well as in Ford class aircraft carrier shipbuilding programs. This annual event also provides valuable insights on international initiatives that are related to these topics. The event will convene experts to effectively translate congressional mandates ou...

This webinar will explore the comprehensive business case for adopting robotic welding in naval shipbuilding, moving beyond simple labor savings to evaluate the full spectrum of benefits. The discussion will cover how automation can deliver a powerful return on investment by increasing throughput, improving weld quality, reducing material waste, and enhancing worker safety. It will also address how to overcome key financial and regulatory barr...

The Honorable Peter B. Teets Award is the Space Division’s highest honor, recognizing exceptional public and private sector leadership or achievement that significantly advances the development, introduction, operational contribution, or support of space systems. Each year, the Division honors one individual from government and one from industry whose contributions have had a lasting impact on the space enterprise. We are thrilled to ann...

This quarterly meeting aims to provide an update on the ongoing efforts of DoD to improve Innovation and Experimentation for CBRN defense technologies. Press: This event is not open to the press.

Are you CMMC ready?The NDIA CMMC Academy is your roadmap to staying eligible for federal and Department of War (DoW) contracts. Phase 1 implementation is underway, and new clauses are moving into prime and subcontractor agreements. If you touch federal work in any part of the supply chain, now is the moment to act. Join NDIA’s Cybersecurity Division and the Great Lakes’ Chapter for a practical briefing on what the regulation includ...

This session is the first webinar in ETI’s four-part series, “Digital Transformation for Acquisition (DxA) – The Answer to SPEED.” This webinar will discuss what digital acquisition is and why it is the answer to achieving speed in acquisition. Thought leaders will explore the foundations of digital acquisition, including digital infrastructures, digital twinning, digital threads, model-based systems engineering, and th...

The NDIA International Division invites you to join us on Thursday, January 29, from 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET for our quarterly meeting. This is a hybrid meeting where in-person attendees will meet at NDIA headquarters and virtual attendees will join via a ZoomGov link. Please be sure make your selection of in-person or virtual when registering for the event. Virtual access will be sent out to registered attendees approximately 24 hours in advance. N...

Mark your calendars for the 36th Annual Special Operations Symposium, taking place Feb 17-18, 2026 in Washington, DC. Complex, dynamic, asymmetric, technological, and intense – all are adjectives commonly used to describe modern conflict. Importantly, these are all adjectives that play to the strengths of special operations. While the return to great strategic competition has changed the stakes and arenas of conflict, its fundamental nat...