NCMA's 51st Annual Aerospace + Defense Contract Management Training Forum will be held in San Diego, California, March 14–15, 2013, at the Westin San Diego. Charting the Course for Contract Management Excellence! This year's event focuses on four core competencies: • Fiscal Responsibility & Accountability • Ethics & Compliance • Collaboration in Government & Industry • Developing a Quality Workforce Atten...

(DoDAF) Department Of Defense Architecture Framework What’s New in DODAF 2.02? Step-by-Step Examples for Constructing DODAF Architecture Products Meeting the Latest JCIDS CJCSI 3170.01G and CJCSI 6212.01F Integrated Architecture Requirements How to get the most ROI from your Architecture Products Tips on Using DoDAF to Guide You Through the DIACAP Process How to Transition from DoDAF 1.5 to DoDAF 2.02 ABOUT THE PROGRAM This year, the DOD...

While funding for many defense programs are getting cut amid the Department of Defense’s (DoD) latest cost saving measures, Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) spending continue to be a priority with spending remaining in the billions. Recent estimates have yearly global spending on unmanned aircraft doubling in the next decade with a projected $94 billion total in the next 10 years. Underlining the importance of unmanned aircraft systems and...

Attend an upcoming National Contract Management Association (NCMA) National Education Seminar at the Aerospace and Defense Contract Management Training Forum! The COR Member of the Acquisition Team: The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) Guide to Performance and Quality The "COR Member of the Acquisition Team” National Education Seminar (NES) is designed to better illustrate the important role that the contracting officer...

Earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits at this event! Recognizing that the care and well being of our warfighters does not stop when they return home, IDGA are proud to welcome a diverse group of subject matters being addressed by both DoD and VA speakers. As our troops return from theater, healthcare professionals need to identify many of their symptoms, both physical and behavioral. Many of the psychological wounds, such as TBI and...

Check out more details about this event here! Whether it's a catastrophic accident, devastating weather event, or act of terror, we cannot predict when and how disasters will strike. But we can always be better prepared. Encompassing expert strategies and tactics, and a wealth of practical information, our Summits are a superb opportunity for gaining new ideas, best practices and peer relationships critical to collaborative response capabiliti...

Course Description: This course provides a practical introduction to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs), their missions, payloads, and data links. The main thrust of the course is to understand the traceability of mission-related performance requirements from the target, through the payloads and data links, to the operational user. The course begins a brief overview of the history of UAV development and current...

SANS will be back in San Diego May 10-18 for SANS Security West 2012 with the best security training money can buy! You'll find more than 20 first-class course offerings brought to you by our top-rated instructors. Register & pay by Wednesday, March 28, 2012, to receive a $500.00 discount.At SANS Security West, you have the opportunity to advance your information security skill set, learn to prepare your organization for the future, and en...

IDGA’s Special Operations Summit West will provide in-depth discussion on the latest strategic, technological and strategic advancements as well as lessons learned from recent efforts in each of the regional Special Operations combatant commands. It will detail military strategies within SOCOM and the armed forces as a whole as Special Operations forces (SOF) are beginning to examine potential new hotbeds of activity with their Pacific,...

The purpose of the 2012 Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference & Exhibition is to provide a forum for Industry and Government to have an honest dialogue for identifying the technologies that will be able to meet the future needs of the Warfighter. The Department of Defense recently published its Ground Robotics Vision of establishing an integrated manned/unmanned force that strengthens the United States as the world's preeminent land powe...