The last decade has seen a significant increase in the domestic use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), often referred to as drones in the media. Join our keynote speaker Mr. Thomas Baker, Director of UAS and CounterUAS Initiatives at NORAD/NORTHCOM in a discussion of the safe integration of UAS into the national airspace and other national level issues. Following our keynote we will host a distinguished panel of experts representing the U.S....

Join us for the 41st Air Armament Symposium Nov 3-4, 2015 Emerald Coast Convention Center in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The 41st Air Armament Symposium Objectives Include: Two-day interchange for senior DoD, Service and industry leadership to identify and share opportunities for DoD's Armament Innovation and discuss current and planned armament development and modernization Networking opportunities among senior leaders and Eglin R&D, acqu...

Over 20 Experts from FAA/Air Worthiness, Air Transportation (COE), UAS (COE), DOT, NASA, Amazon Prime Air, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Harris, NUAIR, MAAP, Small UAV Coalition, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, AIA, INAOE, Dentons U.S. LLP, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, AeroVironment, Aurora Flight Sciences, Duetto Group, Arcturus UAV, BPD, PrecisionHawk, Persistent Surveillance Systems, Ultravance, Drone Aviation & and Tayzu Roboti...

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) are pleased to announce the 2015 Technical Data Rights Forum & Workshop. This year’s event will be a 2-day event comprised of a Forum with panel discussions on October 15 and a half-day Workshop on October 16. There is no registration fee for the event. The Forum will provide an opportunity for dialogue between government and industry re...

Future Requirements – Missions – Capabilities – Opportunities The need for more and technologically superior ISR assets now permeates government planning across a broad range of critical missions. Today, from the Middle East to the increasingly tumultuous Asia-Pacific region and even home to CONUS, the urgent need for a diverse and evolving leap-ahead ISR Automated Technology is paramount to counter increasingly sophisticated...

Emerging Opportunities, Needs and Challenges Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) and Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) have seen a golden age in the last decade growing to an annual budget of $7 billion. Most of this growth has been through the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but with the drawing down of troops, what’s next? Analysts still predict growth in this industry, estimating a total increase to just over $89 billion in the next decade....

Please join the NDIA Space Division in congratulating this year’s winners of its highest recognition, the Honorable Peter B. Teets Award. This award recognizes public or private sector leadership or achievement that results in significant contributions to the development, introduction, operational contribution or support of space systems. Our Government category honoree for 2014 is the General John Hyten, USAF, Commander Air Force Space...

The Next Big Thing! – Civil and Commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems The markets for civil and commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) or Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) are poised to explode. UAS manufacturers who to date have been feeding the huge defense market are being joined by an ever increasing number of non-defense UAS platform and payload developers who are targeting the potentially enormous markets for civil and commercial cap...

“Controlling the Fight in the Electromagnetic Spectrum” DSI’s Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across U.S. military and U.S. civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The Summit will focus on Supporting capabilities & technology that enables full spectrum ope...

The Space Symposium is the premier global, commercial, civil, military and newspace conference. It is held at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA, and has brought together space leaders from around the world to discuss, address and plan for the future of space since the inaugural event in 1984. The Space Symposium has become widely known as the premier U.S. space policy and program forum and as the "must attend" opportunity for infor...