The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world. Hear directly from senior leaders with leading government and industry organizations, including: Missile Defense Agency Space and Missile Defense Command Strategic Command Northern Command Spac...

Why Attend?Explore the innovations that will shape national security for the next century at NDIA’s flagship Emerging Technologies Conference! Hear directly from technology leaders in government, defense industry, the commercial sector, and academia on cutting edge developments, operational needs, and business opportunities and in critical mission areas. Conference themes include Game Changing Emerging Technologies, Working with Allies a...

Explore the innovations that will shape national security for the next century at NDIA’s flagship Emerging Technologies Conference! Hear directly from technology leaders in government, defense industry, the commercial sector, and academia on cutting edge developments, operational needs, and business opportunities and in critical mission areas. Conference themes include Game Changing Emerging Technologies, Working with Allies and Partners...

Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium (GVSETS) & Modernization Update provides the opportunity to personally network and share technical research to approximately 2,000 attendees. Scientists and engineers from government, academia and industry are invited to submit papers for the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Michigan Chapter’s 16th Annual GVSETS & Modernization Update, in coordination wit...

The NDIA Space Division and Rocky Mountain Chapter are pleased to announce the 5th Annual Space Warfighting Integration Forum (SWIF). Bringing together leaders from industry, government, and academia, SWIF 2024 promises to further the discussion on space warfighting visions, requirements, and existing and emerging capabilities. Attendees will be sure to hear from top USSPACECOM and USSF leadership in both unclassified and classified forums, as...

The San Diego Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is proud to present the 36th Annual Department of the Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event from August 19 - 21, 2024. The NDIA Department of the Navy Gold Coast Event is the premier Navy procurement conference in the country. Gold Coast provides a forum to educate, guide, and assist businesses, large and small, in support of the warfighter mission within De...

The Integrated Program Management Division (IPMD) is the primary forum for exchanging views and information to promote and communicate integrated program management best practices. The IPMD actively works to foster a mutual understanding and effective working relationships between industry and government regarding the development, documentation, and maintenance of effective integrated program management processes. Join us August 21-22, 2024, a...

Join the NDIA Technical Information Division at the next Configuration and Data Management (CDM) Course & Exam to develop a strong professionalism in these disciplines that are critically important in the design, development, production, test, integration, and maintenance of complex products. With such importance, these disciplines have many global applications in both commercial and government realms because most organizations recognize C...

Helping industry, government and the public understand the critical role of special operations (SO) and low-intensity conflict (LIC) forces in our national security strategy and how these forces are integrated into our military structure is the mission of NDIA’s SO/LIC Division. A big part of that work is facilitating contact and cooperation between industry and SO and LIC forces to assure that those forces have access to ideas and techn...