Join AFCEA Washington, DC for the 42nd annual Winter Gala, the must-attend social event of the year for senior leaders from the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, Armed Services, intelligence agencies and industry. Tickets are now available for this elegant, widely-attended black-tie affair returning to the National Museum of Women in the Arts. About the Gala The AFCEA Washington, DC Winter Gala started in 1975 with th...

The 2017 Combat Systems Symposium is scheduled for December 4-5, 2017 at the Washington Navy Yard Catering and Conference Center. Theme: Positioning the Combat Systems Engineering Team for our Navy’s Future “Surface forces provide our nation with credible combat naval power at and from the sea in order to control the sea at the time and place of our choosing for the Joint Force to project power. We will do this by providing our war...

The November 2017 Mobile Summit will allow Government and Industry partners to discuss the challenges and successes of enabling wireless broadband mobility capabilities on Air Force Bases, Posts, Camps and Stations, to include continuity of operations and disaster recovery.

As geopolitical power shifts around the globe, the 5th Annual Defense One Summit will gather top military, foreign-policy, and intelligence leaders to discuss ideas and concerns about the future of American and global security. Topics that will be covered at the event include: The Air Force’s New Approach to Space Politics of National Security Distributed Firepower is Changing Maritime Warfare The CIA Looks to AI & Information Warfar...

The Association of the United States Army’s Annual Meeting is the largest landpower exposition and professional development forum in North America. Taking place over three days, the Annual Meeting is designed to deliver the Army’s message by highlighting the capabilities of Army organizations and presenting a wide range of industry products and services. AUSA accomplishes this task throughout the entire event by providing informati...

Global tensions are high, and never before has the need for a global, layered, Integrated Air and Missile Defense been greater. With various threats manifesting in the form of inter-continental ballistic missiles testing, and proliferation of cruise missile and UAV technology, the U.S. and its allies must develop the tools and techniques to protect assets at every echelon of the force. Now is a crucial point in the development of air and missi...

The Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) biennial 2017 Naval Future Force Science and Technology (S&T) EXPO will take place July 20-21, 2017. The Expo is the premier S&T event for the Navy and Marine Corps and is held every two years. It draws several thousand attendees and is designed to support the objectives of the Naval S&T Strategy. CNR RADM Hahn will discuss his strategic vision: "Naval Research: A Framework for the Navy ...

IDGA announces the Directed Energy and Next Generation Munitions event – June 26-28in Washington, D.C. At this event we will be looking closely at Incorporating Directed Energy into the BMDS and CUAS Architecture, the DoD’s Vision for Directed Energy Systems in the Third Offset Strategy, Joint Roadmaps for Directed Energy, Providing Distributed Lethality with Directed Energy and other EW platforms and more.. Get an In-Depth Underst...

The new AFA Breakfast Series: Capitol Hill Edition will address a variety of important topics such as the need to increase and train the necessary manpower to achieve the needed readiness to be an effective force, undertake the advanced research into the weapons and strategies of the future and build our airlifters, tankers, bombers jets and surveillance and reconnaissance platforms to ensure that America is protected into the future. We will...

Ms. Mary J. Miller is the acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. In this role she provides Science and Technology leadership throughout the Department of Defense; shaping strategic direction and strengthening the research and engineering coordination efforts to meet tomorrow's challenges through research, development and engineering laboratories and centers, academia, industrial and international partners and allie...