Please join NDIA on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 for the Legislative Information Division (LID) Breakfast Series featuring Senator Joe Manchin. Senator Manchin serves as the Chair of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Airland. He is also a member of the Emerging Threats & Capabilities Subcommittee as well as the Readiness & Management Support Subcommittee.

**This event is currently postponed from the April 8-9 dates. New dates are TBD** 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...

Please join NDIA on Thursday, April 3, 2014 for the Legislative Information Division (LID) Breakfast Series featuring Congressman Mo Brooks. Representative Brooks is a Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces and House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. He is also a member of the Research and Space Subcommittees of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

Join NDIA and Mr. Douglas L. Loverro, a member of the Senior Executive Service, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. In this role he is responsible for establishing policy and guidance to assure U.S. and allied warfighters the benefits of Space capabilities and to help guide the Department’s strategy for addressing space-related issues. Register online now to attend this special event!

Mr. James F. Geurts, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy for Acquisition, U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, FL. He is responsible for all special operations forces research, development, acquisition, procurement and logistics. Register now to hear him speak at the SOLIC Breakfast on April 1!

To provide a forum for the senior test and evaluation representatives from the Defense Department and senior executives of representative U.S. defense system manufacturers to periodically meet every four months and review issues of common interest and concerns. Discussions encompass test and evaluation policies and procedures which impact weapons systems development, procurement, and use.

Successful Internet-based businesses rely on rapid development and deployment of software to deliver new features to customers. They use agile methods and have reduced the time to test, integrate and put capability into production. You want to do some of that too, but you are not a start-up web business. You have legacy, infrastructure, in short, baggage, that you need to bring along. Maybe you are a government agency wanting to serve citizen...

Please join NDIA on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 for the Legislative Information Division (LID) Breakfast Series featuring Congressman Joe Heck. Rep. Heck is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. He is also a member of the House Permanent Committee on Intelligence.

NDIA's Joint Undersea Warfare Technology Spring Conference will be held March 25-27, 2014 at the Admiral Kidd Conference Center at Naval Base Pt. Loma. The theme is "Supporting and Executing a Game-Changing USW Theater Strategy." and focuses on the execution of Undersea Warfare and it allows discussion of all levels of command - unit, squadron, group, theater, area, and force. There will be a focus on the Navy's key core competency mission of...

This seminar will explore the challenges associated with maintaining a reliable, trusted and effective supply chain. In addition to presenting the science, theory, necessity and available tools for supply chain risk management, this seminar will focus on practices for defeating specific supply chain risks including: Anti-counterfeiting Insider threat Cyber security