By 2020, an estimated 30-50 billion devices will be connected to the internet. Each of these devices will collect and communicate massive amounts of data, and as these devices become more sophisticated they are incorporating the ability to analyze the data and plan, manage and make intelligent decisions autonomously about sharing that information via embedded machine-to-machine communications with other internet-capable devices. DoD, to some e...

PRINCE WILLIAM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ~ GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING MATCHMAKER ~ Small Businesses, Meet Big Opportunity The government is required to award 23% of its contracts to small businesses, but getting a foot in the door and navigating the bureaucracy to ACTUALLY land one of those business deals is a daunting challenge. For this event, small business owners are invited to a ½ day event providing access to local, state and federal agenci...

Join the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s Intelligence Champions Council (ICC) for a panel discussion on mission diversity that will explore how different perspectives, backgrounds, and skill sets contribute to the intelligence mission. The discussion will include panelists representing a wide spectrum of experiences across government leadership, junior staff, non-traditional intelligence backgrounds, and private sector lead...

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...

The US Army Research Laboratory Invites You to an Open Campus Open HouseNovember 3 & 4, 2015 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland See new partnerships formingAt the Army Research Laboratory (ARL), success is rooted in discovery and innovation, and also in the strength of new and existing partnerships. ARL is opening its campuses and sending its research staff to work as visiting researchers at partner institutions. By sharing access to ARL...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Given today's ever-changing threat environment, preparing for and training employees to cope with workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization's incident response planning. A Unique Training Opportunity University of Nebraska at Kearney, Office of Emergency Management and the National Protection and Programs Directorate Office of Infrastructure Protection within the U.S. Department of Homel...

AnnouncementA major conference focusing on improving acquisition and performance of Defenseprograms and systems, including net-centric operations and data/information interoperability, system - of - systems engineering and all aspects of system sustainment, will be convened on October 26-29, 2015 in Springfield, VA. This conference is sponsored bythe National Defense Industrial Association, Systems Engineering Division, with echnical co-sponso...

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 National Defense Industrial Association, San Diego Chapter (NDIA-SD) is dedicated to uphold the vision and mission of the national organization with a focus of bringing together the defense community of the city and county of San Diego in an effort to advocate new technologies, promote a government-industry national security team, and provide a legal and ethical forum for the exchange of information between industry and Government on Natio...