The 2019 NDIA Armament Systems Forum is planned as a single event with concurrent parallel events for each of the three division committees to ensure synergism, communication, and networking opportunities across the armament community thus ensuring value and benefits for attendees and exhibitors. The concurrent events will also allow for an expanded number of technical/oral presentations and poster presentations addressing subjects relevant to...

Why should you attend?Did you know that Congress and the President have passed a $716 billion-dollar defense budget for 2019? This is the largest defense budget in history! The time is now to act on learning more about doing business with agencies located on the Rock Island Arsenal or contract opportunities issued by these agencies. The IA-IL Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is hosting the 12th Annual Midwest Gover...

Updated Parking Information Below The NDIA Manufacturing Division is partnering with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers to hold a Missile Science and Technology (S&T) /Industry Manufacturing Technology Interchange. The event will be a technical interchange between industry, academia, and representatives from Redstone Arsenal. Representatives from Industry will be sharing what new manufacturing technologies are coming down the pipe and...

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.

This bi-annual conference, presented in partnership with the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), serves as the forum for executive-level security leadership and policy-makers across the federal agencies and U.S. Industry to convene to address major government security topics. Don't miss this opportunity for candid discussion, high-level networking and updates on important topics. Themes and challenges addressed include: Continuing security...

This bi-annual conference, presented in partnership with the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), serves as the forum for executive-level security leadership and policy-makers across the federal agencies and U.S. Industry to convene to address major government security topics. Don't miss this opportunity for candid discussion, high-level networking and updates on important topics. Themes and challenges addressed include: Continuing security...

Join us May 17th for a briefing from Dr. Alexis Ross, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Strategy and Acquisition Reform on the Army’s latest policy directive related to intellectual property. Dr. Ross will be briefing industry attendees on the Enabling Modernization Through the Management of Intellectual Property memo and how its implications will impact the treatment of IP moving forward. Read Dr. Ross's bio.

Mark your calendar for the 17th U.S.-Sweden Defense Industry Conference.Background U.S. and Swedish defense establishments and their defense companies have a history of sharing defense technology that dates back to the mid-1950’s and continues today. Both sides prospered from their past and ongoing business relationships. The future should be no different. It is no surprise their cooperation peaked during the 1980s Cold War period; the...

The 62nd Annual NDIA Fuze Conference welcomes the participation of both domestic and allied fuze designers, manufacturers and component suppliers, and research organizations, and along with government representatives. This conference provides the opportunity to discuss and share ideas to help advance the state-of-the-art in fuzing and related fields for the next generation of fuzing that meets the users’ needs. Note: some concurrent sess...

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...