The Strike, Land Attack & Air Defense Division will hold its next Division Quarterly Meeting on November 4-5, 2014. BAE Systems in Louisville will be our host for this event.

NDIA's Manufacturing Division will hold their quarterly meeting on October 29-30, 2014 at Holland & Knight, LLP in Washington, D.C.

Announcement A major conference focusing on improving acquisition and performance of Defense programs and systems, including net centric operations and data/information interoperability, system-of systems engineering and all aspects of system sustainment, will be convened in Springfield, VA, October 27-30, 2014. This conference is sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association, Systems Engineering Division, with technical co-sponsors...

This qualification is designed specifically for those with safety responsibilities in the oil and gas industry. It is the latest addition to our portfolio of globally-recognised health, safety, environmental and risk management qualifications. The qualification focuses on international standards and management systems, enabling students to effectively discharge workplace safety responsibilities both onshore and offshore. The Certificate also h...

Dr. Reginald "Reggie" Brothers was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 7, 2014, for the position of Under Secretary for Science and Technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Dr. Brothers is the science adviser to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security and is responsible for oversight and management of the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), the Depa...

The 2012 Program Protection Workshop identified metrics as one of the top 5 issues that challenged the system security community in addressing Kendall’s 2011 memo directing document streamlining and a holistic approach for delivering trusted systems.In 2014, the SSE Committee kicked of a metrics project. The metrics breakout session at the May 2014 PPP Summit and Workshop defined characteristics of a good metric and authored a project ch...

NDIA Washington, D.C. Chapter ROTC Scholarship Awards Luncheon Luncheon on the 14th Floor of the hotel.Agenda11:00 AM Registration begins11:00 AM Reception with no-host cash barNoon Lunch begins12:30 PM Speaker remarks 1:00 PM ROTC Scholarship Awards Presentation1:15 PM Scholarship Awards Presentation

Gain a wealth of insight for the investment of 2 hours time! To register, and for more event details on this exciting event, please visit the event website: http://www.ndia.org/meetings/5LD0 We anticipate Secretary Fanning to address many of the following topics:• What are the top USAF issues of today • What can we expect from the USAF tomorrow • Top budget priorities to support the USAF • What principles guide the USAF FY1...

In February of this year, the White House released the National Institute for Standards and Technology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity. In it, it described the Framework Core establishing five functions of a cybersecurity program and three levels of maturity in implementing those functions. NDIA will host a two-day symposium on the framework and to discuss how member companies, large and small, can execute a progr...

ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207 is the leading industry standard for software life cycle processes. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7, in conjunction with the IEEE, is in the process of creating a revision of 12207 that is fully harmonized with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288, System life cycle processes. In the last review of the draft revision of 12207, one of the major comments from the US (and others) was that the draft did not include enough "software-specific" content. In order t...