The 5th Annual Michigan Defense Expo (MDEX) rolls into the Macomb Community College Sports Expo Hall this May 20-21 to once again showcase the latest and greatest capabilities the industry has to offer to serve the Warfighter. 61,000 sq. ft of vehicles, industry equipment and technology New networking and business-building events will enhance this year's Expo **NEW THIS YEAR** Staging areas available to you! Do you have a new product to presen...

The purpose of this 2 1/2 day meeting is to bring together corporate security leadership and industrial security leaders and policy-makers from a variety of federal agencies to address security topics of common interest. A series of panels and speakers will provide insights from diverse perspectives, enabling participants to identify critical issues and needs and to develop creative solutions to problems where they exist. Focus topics will lik...

Mark Your Calendar... Tee off for the Troops 2014! To all supporters of this year's outing: On behalf of USO-Metro, NDIA Washington, D.C. Chapter Board of Directors, Don Masch and Dave Longley, Golf Chairs, we would like to thank you for your generous support of the annual NDIA Washington, DC Chapter Golf Outing benefitting USO-Metro at Andrews Air Force Base this past May. The event was a great success. We enjoyed great weather, a great turno...

The 2014 Joint Armaments Conference, Exhibition & Firing Demonstration for Small Arms; Guns, Ammunition, Rockets & Missile Systems; and Unconventional Emerging Technology Armament Systems will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona, May 12-15, 2014. The Joint Armaments program theme is "Balancing Armament Innovation and Readiness Improvements within Budget Constraints". Sub themes include: Small Arms: "Small Arms Sy...

The Southwest Cybersecurity Summit Building for the Future Purpose This event brings together top industry experts and government leaders to address the cyber problem in the context of what we can and should be doing to build resilience and protection in our enterprises and Government. Attendees will learn about changing Government policy, cyber research trends, and the latest in protection and resilience. It explores how the nation is dealing...

Join us for the 7th Midwest Small Business Government Contracting Symposium May 7-8, 2014 at the i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois. The symposium theme for 2014 is "Small Business - Big Success". The 7th Midwest Small Business Government Contracting Symposium objective include: Two-day interchange for senior government and industry leadership to better understand future Arsenal Island business opportunities. Military, DoD Civilian, and Ind...

Ever wondered how the Department of Defense (DOD) goes about buying something from start to finish? The How Washington Works® training course gives those who attend the understanding and insights into the processes that guide DOD actions and decisions for the future. The two-day course is a fast-paced overview of the three principal DOD decision-making support systems and how they are used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and US...

SAVE THE DATE! Additional information will be available soon. This annual seminar historically has brought the military service, industry, prime contractors, subcontractors and their suppliers to­gether to discuss present and future wheeled vehicle requirements for all services. It has afforded an atmosphere for open discussions between the customers and the suppliers based on the needs of the military users. The information presented is v...

This event will be composed of the regularly scheduled bi-monthly meetings of the NDIA Contract Finance (CF) Committee, Contract & Acquisition Management (CAM) Committee, Legal Committee, and Procurement Executive Committee (PEC) to review issues of common interest or concern and to discuss future actions. This regularly scheduled meeting is being held in conjunction with the Procurement Division's Annual Acquisition Symposium on Monday, M...

The Procurement Division will hold their Annual Acquisition Symposium on May 5, 2014 in Norfolk, VA. This event draws in members from the procurement division and other NDIA members, top industry and government speakers, and panelists to discuss current issues facing the defense industrial base. Attendees also have the opportunity to network on current challenges facing the acquisition and procurement community. Who should attend: Contract Man...