Increasing Immersion and Realism for Tomorrows Training Systems! IDGA’s 2nd Annual Modeling & Simulation Summit will provide the most up-to-date news on the latest advancements in technologies and the lessons learned from recent efforts. This event will take a closer look at military strategies for M&S including Irregular Warfare and Counter IED training. Due to increasing challenges, acquisition decisions are currently being mad...

Net-centric tactical vehicles are being designed to be more survivable than ever and to include the latest in ruggedized networking, weapons and communications equipment. An important consideration for designers of these next-generation vehicles is that they include built-in diagnostic monitoring solutions that can alert the operator to critical network faults and IT performance issues, especially within the vehicles’ communication infra...

Military Vehicles Exhibition & ConferenceExhibition: August 10-11, 2011 Focus & Conference Days: August 9-11, 2011Cobo Convention Center , Detroit, MIRegister today for your FREE EXPO PASS for limitless information-sharing and networking at the largest stand-alone military vehicles exhibition in the US! Complimentary Event Content 2011 Attendee Snapshot: Get a sneak peek of who you will meet at this year’s event. Conference Broc...

Advancing a Secure US and Canadian Border through Next-Gen Technology, Interoperability, and Infrastructure Join us for a diverse and timely discussion of topics including: 1. The RCMP’s surveillance and screening technologies and interagency information sharing.Presented by: Peter M. German, Deputy Commissioner West, Royal Canadian Mounted Police2. The newly opened Operational Integration Center on Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI....

IDGA’s Amphibious Operations Summit seeks to support the US and Allies’ amphibious capability through a focused dialogue on the advancement of capabilities as well as potential changes in doctrine, concepts and TTPS. The Summit will bring together senior level officials from the Department of Defense, US Allied Defense Forces, the defense industry, and the academic community to increase the effectiveness of amphibious operations. H...

Implementing Technological Advances to Own the Night In the past five years, IDGA’s Night Vision Systems has become the premier annual event of the military night vision community. Why? The conference brings together major stakeholders from DoD, industry, labs, and academia to discuss the state of the art and upcoming technology advances in an intimate and collaborative setting. IDGA’s 6th Annual Night Vision Systems is the place t...

Training and Technology Advancements to Defeat the Device IED Train the Force in Afghanistan are increasing at an alarming rate: insurgents planted 14,661 devices in 2010, a 62% increase over the previous year. Military leaders are already projecting another significant increase in IED threats for 2011. Due to 80% of the coalition casualties being caused by IEDs, there is a great acquisition effort currently underway to mitigate this escalatin...

IDGA’s Third Annual Command and Control Summit will address the policy, doctrine, requirements, and materiel development for Command and Control systems. This joint service conference will provide you with warfighter needs assessments, mission command migration timelines, and current development of C2 systems.

This new era of military logistics asks the question – “How will you adapt to a new budget environment without sacrificing Warfighter support?” U.S. forces and their industry partners are facing unprecedented challenges transporting the materiel supporting Operation Enduring Freedom; representing the most substantial logistics undertaking in the modern era. The Military Logistics Summit 2011 will address the transportation a...

IDGA’s Military Vehicles Canada is the only event to deliver the latest in developments for new and legacy vehicle platforms, advancements in technologies and lessons learned from recent operations in Afghanistan. This event represents a unique opportunity for all DND stakeholders and industry partners to discuss the way forward for vehicle acquisition, upgrades and in theatre sustainment. The focus of this effort is towards building and...