Information-sharing and partnering are essential for keeping our nation ahead of today’s complex security threats. To facilitate government-industry innovation, AFCEA Intelligence and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) are sponsoring a full-day classified event dedicated to identifying areas of possible collaboration and business opportunity to help enable and accelerate NGA’s strategic vision. The event will be held...

We have entered an era in which voluminous data is available to national decision-makers, warfighters, intelligence professionals and individual citizens. The Intelligence Community has the responsibility to gain access to the right data, analyze it, and produce accurate assessments that help inform both policy-makers and battlefield commanders, while preserving what has made this country great… individual rights. The 33rd annual AFCEA...

The AFCEA/GMU Critical Issues in C4I Symposium brings academia, industry and government together to address important issues in C4I technology and systems R&D. This year the agenda is focused on the following technologies and topics: Software for Secure Systems SCADA System and Technology Issues IEEE/STEM Workforce Shortages Machine Execution of Human Intentions Quantum Computing The New Robotics Ecosystem for Defense and Security ISR Sub-...

This 11th annual symposium serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among scholars and practitioners of public sector acquisition. It features papers and presentations on recently completed and on-going projects conducted by researchers from universities and institutions from around the world, as well as remarks by a distinguished slate of guest speakers and panelists. We seek a diverse audience of influential attendees from academe, govern...

The Premier Event In Support of the Joint Information Environment (JIE) The Joint Information Environment, under development by the Department of Defense, is at a critical stage of its formation. This centerpiece of the Department’s information sharing and security strategy depends on a matrix of participating organizations to adapt technical solutions and adopt enterprise management in the name of efficiency, security, and reliability....

On April 2, 2014, AFCEA Intelligence and the Coast Guard will partner to host a special, one day classified event tailored for members of industry and focusing on Coast Guard Intelligence. With a confirmed speaker line-up including VADM John P. Currier, Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard, VADM Peter V. Neffenger, Deputy Commandant for Operations, and RADM Christopher J. Tomney, Assistant Commandant for Coast Guard Intelligence and Criminal Inv...

The whole world is part of an all-embracing transformation process. So are the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency and AFCEA, two "number one" in communications and information technology. Increasing tasks in the defence and security sector are challenged by decreasing budgets in the western world. However, intensive information exchange on an ethical platform between users and producers of state-of-the-art C4ISR hard and software...

2014 AFCEA Homeland Security Conference "4th Generation DHS: Remaining Ever-Vigilant" Registration is open! The AFCEA Homeland Security Conference is the premier event in the National Capital area to learn about our nation’s most significant homeland security issues. The conference offers an opportunity for you to engage with key Government and Industry leaders on these critical matters. The Conference will address these current Homeland...

On February 26, 2014 , AFCEA Intelligence and the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, will present the second annual Air Force ISR Industry Day. This one day, classified conference will examine the state of ISR in the U.S. Air Force and among its mission partners. General Mark Welsh III, USAF, Chief of Staff, USAF, is now confirmed as the keynote speaker and...

Welcome to the 2014 AFCEA Winter Intelligence Symposium! In late 2012, the National Intelligence Council (NIC) published its Global Trends 2030 paper, outlining a series of factors that could define the security environment of the mid-third of the 21st century. Several of the paper’s themes were far outside the realm of traditional national security issues. The AFCEA Winter Intelligence Symposium will use the NIC paper not to discuss the...