Military Flight Training USA is back for our 8th annual conference and is proud to be bringing together a community of 150+ Training Program Managers, Instructors, Industry and Academy Experts, and Executives as we discuss challenges at the forefront of pilot training. By guiding flight training initiatives to leverage new technology and innovative education strategies, Commands can effectively reduce the gaps in skills and capabilities from t...

Welcome to the 5th Annual Hypersonic Weapons Summit. Hypersonic weapons development in the US has seen significant growth. The US has actively pursued the development of hypersonic weapons as since the early 2000s. In recent years, the US has focused such efforts on hypersonic glide vehicles and hypersonic cruise missiles with shorter and intermediate ranges for use in regional conflicts. Although funding for these programs has been relatively...

Disruptive Technology for Defense Transformation Summit (DTDT) will bring together a diverse and rich ecosystem of Military, Government, SES, Political, Tactical and Commercial personnel including innovators, federal and military leaders, systems integrators, start-ups and industry with the purpose of discussing how to integrate next generation technology into military capabilities. DTDT enables the robust effort between leaders and authority...

At a crucial time when the United States Department of Defense have requested at least $668 million for counter-drone R&D and at least $78 million for procurement in FY2023, the IDGA Counter-UAS Summit arrives in a timely manner, bringing together senior decision-makers from the Armed Services, Federal Agencies and the DoD to discuss key challenges, requirements and procurement programs. The rapid proliferation of UAS has been one of the m...

Across the entirety of the United States Government, there is no priority more imperative than that of providing the highest-quality care to our nation’s Veterans. As the largest integrated health care network in the United States, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is tasked with providing care to our nation’s Veterans. The VA has undergone a number of significant challenges over the past decade. The pandemic has forced the V...

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with growth and delivery of key armored vehicle programs, it is imperative that the US and allied nations continue to modernize their armored vehicle forces. With this in mind, the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement is pleased to host our annual Armored Vehicles Conference in Austin. Our event serves as a global platform for the comprehensive discussion of everything armored vehicl...

Additive Manufacturing, or 3D printing, is quickly becoming a staple component of advanced manufacturing capability across the aerospace, space and defense industrial base. With this in mind, the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is holding our first annual Additive Manufacturing for U.S. Aerospace, Defense and Space Summit on June 13-14 in Orlando, Florida. This senior and expert-led Summit will highlight the ongoing eff...

The inaugural Air Dominance Summit will bring together 200 senior international leaders from the fighter aircraft community, including Pilots, Procurement Specialists and Air Force Commanders from NATO member nations – all tirelessly dedicated to securing air supremacy in an evolving and contested threat landscape. Against rising tensions in the Pacific and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, we will evaluate initial lessons learned to ensure t...

In the face of a changing climate and the increased frequency, intensity and length of wildfires, the need to effectively mitigate them is becoming increasingly important around the world to prevent the loss of lives, damage to property, infrastructure and ecosystems. After devasting fire seasons in 2021 and 2022, the challenge in 2023 is unlikely to be tamed without appropriate prevention and management technologies and countermeasures. In 20...

Now in it’s 15th year, the IDGA Operational Energy Summit is the leading conference addressing U.S. DoD energy priorities and ensuring opportunities to enhance military capability, readiness, and resilience for the warfighter, while mitigating and reducing the risk and cost in the supply and use of energy in operations and training are met. The 2023 Operational Energy Summit will focus on the following themes, to confront the challenge o...