The National Defense Industrial Association Systems Engineering Division is pleased to announce the 11th Annual CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model Integration) Technology Conference & User Group. The purpose of the conference is to exchange ideas, concepts and lessons learned concerning the continuing evolution, adoption and use of the CMMI® and its associated appraisal (assessment and evaluation) methods. This conference brings toge...

The primary purpose of our quarterly meetings is to engage in local dialogues about how we can increase the quality of STEM education; the quantity of STEM educated graduates that are eligible for employment in the Aerospace and Defense(A&D) industries; and the amount and effectiveness of engagement by A&D employers, working in partnership with others in their communities. Previous meetings have demonstrated the productiveness of bring...

The Navy-Industry International Dialogue (NIID) provides a Navy-Industry-Attaché-Foreign Procurement Group forum to address issues involving security cooperation and sea service concepts and programs that help drive future capabilities for international maritime partnerships. This NIID will focus on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) management and capabilities. The USN is unique among the US services in its acquisition of UAS; deploying sys...

The NDIA C4ISR Division is sponsoring a unique workshop to help DoD acquisition personnel build awareness of, and experience in person, some of the methods and principles of iterative, agile development methods. Such methods have been in limited use in the DoD for almost 10 years, but recent changes in direction in guidance for IT system acquisition are raising awareness of the potential for different acquisition and development methods. To he...

This one day industry and government bilateral conference was designed to focus on ways in which the two countries defense and security industries can work more closely togehter to accomplish common goals by illuminating those technological and programmatic areas which will provide U.S. and DoD and Finland's MoD officials have identified as needed now. Knowledge of those areas will provide U.S. and Finish companies witha point of departure fro...

23rd Annual International IPM Conference Co-sponsored by: NDIA, PMI EVM Cop, SCEA Exhibits, Sponsorships and Tools Track

This classified symposium will focus on aircraft design and enhancement of susceptibility, vulnerability, and tactics for surviving the currently emerging and next generation of complex and lethal threats. Areas of Interest: Complex Battlefield Threats and Intelligence Forecasts New Developments in Observable Technologies Active and Passive Countermeasures/Enhanced Situational Awareness Emerging Vulnerability Reduction Technologies and Techniq...

Guest Speaker: General Raymond T. Odierno, assumed duty as the 38th Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army on 7 September 2011. General Odierno will discuss the challenges facing our young soldiers today and in the future.

PSTS (held each October) is intended to conduct in-depth reviews at the SECRET/NOFORN level of emerging precision strike innovative technologies—highlighting the most promising next generation precision engagement concepts, capabilities, and processes. Further, PSTS is expected to provide a forum for exchanging insights, experiences, and ideas regarding joint and coalition precision strike technologies to improve the kill chain. Topics o...

The 49th Annual Targets, UAVs & Range Operations Symposium & Exhibition will bring together recognized experts from Government, Military and Industry to showcase the latest developments in Targets, UAVs and Range Operations. As threats and weapons systems evolve and robotics become ever more prominent in warfare, training and testing for these advanced scenarios becomes increasingly critical. Questions of threat replication and fidelit...