Japan and the U.S. signed a mutual defense treaty in 1952. The treaty formed the foundation for the mutually beneficial, bilateral security partnership that served both nations’ security interests admirably throughout both the Cold War and post-Cold War periods. But global and regional security environments became considerably less stable and predictable in recent years. Russia is less respectful of sea and air boundaries of its neighbor...

The NDIA Michigan Chapter is hosting the 7th Annual Michigan Defense Exposition (MDEX). MDEX is the top military exposition and networking venue located in the heart of the Michigan Defense Community. MDEX consists of hundreds of government and industry attendees along with academia, over 120 exhibitors, informative presentations, and panel discussions on pertinent military and industry topics, and key networking capabilities. No pre-registrat...

The 2016 NDIA Armament Systems Forum is planned as a single event with concurrent parallel events for each of the three division committees to ensure synergism, communication, and networking opportunities across the armament community thus ensuring value and benefits for attendees and exhibitors. The concurrent events will also allow for an expanded number of technical/oral presentations and poster presentations addressing subjects relevant to...

Defense Acquisition Reform: Ensuring Technological Superiority for the 21st Century House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry has kicked off a second round of Congressional acquisition reform with the release of the “Acquisition Agility Act,” which seeks to provide the Department of Defense greater ‘agility’ for major acquisition programs. This event will provide a greater understanding of the impacts of th...

The Medical Research, Development and Acquisition in Support of the Warfighter Conference is co-hosted by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC). This event is the second in a series of events. The first event took place in March 2015 and focused on USAMRMC missions, goals and objectives. This second event expands to include the medical research, development, test and evaluation (RDTE) missions across the Department of Def...

The 32nd Annual National Logistics Forum will bring together senior government and industry logistics policy officials and practitioners to address current challenges facing the delivery of logistics capabilities and services in the current and future severely resource constrained environment. NDIA’s National Logistics Forum will highlight the challenges, attempt to identify the opportunities and assess future impacts on logistics suppo...

We invite you to join us for an exclusive half-day seminar on 18 April, the day before the Military Medicine Partnership Conference. This optional special session is geared towards enhancing your understanding of the Army, Navy, and Air Force medical research funding opportunities like CDMRP, SBIR, BAA (and if you don't recognize these acronyms, all the more reason to attend!). DoD speakers will provide information on key topics such as the fo...

As part of the Department of Defense (DoD) Better Buying Power initiative, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering launched the Defense Innovation Marketplace website to enhance communication between industry and the DoD. The objective was to incentivize productivity and innovation by providing information about the Department's investment priorities and technology requirements, thus giving industry the ab...

The next annual Joint Undersea Warfare Technology Spring Conference will be held April 11-13, 2016 at the Admiral Kidd Conference Center at Naval Base Pt. Loma. This conference is classified Secret U.S. Only. There are no exhibits at this event.

This two-day program is designed to help organizations develop the critical components of an Insider Threat Program using modern analytic techniques and measures. Learn how to evolve your current security program into a converged management structure that will identify and deter individuals who pose both violent and non-violent threats. Learn the skills and procedures required to identify factors that are critical to shaping a comprehensive In...