The Procurement Division will hold their Annual Acquisition Symposium which draws in members from all committees and top industry and government speakers and panelists to discuss current issues facing the defense industrial base and network on current challenges facing the acquisition and procurement community. This year's theme is "Framework for Success" and includes subtopics such as The Shrinking Environment and the Future of Defense Contra...

The 2012 IPM Conference is your chance to learn about project performance techniques, including earned value management (EVM). The conference provides training, current topics from practicing professionals, access to world leaders in project performance management, networking and the latest in software and consulting to make your program successful. This is the make up date as the original conference was postponed due to Hurricane Sandy.

Introduction This meeting is CLASSIFIED - SECRET. The NDIA C4ISR Division will convene the 9th Annual Disruptive Technologies Conference as a forum of discussion and opportunity for government and industry senior technologists, product engineers and strategists to identify and promote the development of technology that will contribute to "Superior Capability of Operations in the Global Commons.” Science and Technology (S&T) advancem...

All course materials and handouts will be provided to students on CD ROM. Please bring a laptop computer that is equipped with a CD ROM with you to the class. If you do not have access to a laptop, please contact the respective meeting planner as soon as possible. There will be a limited number of laptops available for use through NDIA, so please call early. Overview The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense...

Will the 2012 election bring change to the homeland security enterprise or will things remain the same? Come hear what the experts believe will be the impact on homeland security policy, operations and spending in the coming administration. Topics will include: Cyber SecurityCritical Infrastructure ProtectionDisaster ManagementTerrorism/Border SecurityTransportation Security New for 2012 Symposium: Presentations by State and Local LeadersTechn...

The Navy-Industry International Dialogue (NIID) provides a Navy-Industry-Attaché-Foreign Procurement Group forum to address issues involving security cooperation and sea service concepts and programs that help drive future capabilities for international maritime partnerships. This NIID will give an update focused on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) management and capabilities. The USN is unique among the U.S. services in its acquisition of...

The National Defense Industrial Association Systems Engineering Division is pleased to announce the 12th Annual CMMI® (Capability Maturity Model Integration) Technology Conference & User Group. The purpose of the conference is to exchange ideas, concepts and lessons learned concerning the continuing evolution, adoption and use of the CMMI® and its associated appraisal methods. This conference brings together CMMI® adopters, use...

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVESThe goal of the conference on Physics-based Modeling in Design & Development for U.S. Defense is to facilitate design innovation to improve DoD acquisition by speeding adoption of advanced models and tools by the U.S. defense government/industry complex to reduce acquisition time, cost and risk and improve system performance. The conference will build a community of interest in this area by bringing together the practi...

PSTS-12 has been canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. As we embark on the Defense Department's new strategic guidance and transition from an emphasis on today's conflicts to preparing for future global challenges, we must focus on emerging and rapidly evolving threats that will continually pose key challenges to U.S. national military capability. The penetrating and perceptive Precision Strike Technology Symposium 2012 (PSTS-12) agenda for this ye...

Australian, American, British and Canadian defense industries have a shared history of business cooperation and investment that dates back decades and continues today. All sides have prospered from their past and ongoing business relationships and the industries of all four countries have played an important role in support of their armed forces in Afghanistan where co-operation between the four nations has been vital for success. The rebalanc...