MDA's Office of Small Business Programs has joined forces with National Defense Industry Association to bring you the NDIA Annual Missile Defense Small Business Conference. This year's conference will highlight information relevant to MDA's Program requirements, an overview of MDA's upcoming procurements, a Successful Proposal Response Boot Camp and provide opportunities for matchmaking with MDA Program Offices, the MDA Office of Small Busines...

TBA

In an era of shrinking defense budgets and increasing calls to eliminate wasteful spending on unnecessary and “gold-plated” systems, the T&E community needs to examine and implement change throughout the systems development process which would improve the requirements process, the acquisition life cycle and, in the end, better serve our Nation and its war fighters. With this in mind, the 29th Annual National Test & Evaluati...

You are invited to attend the 2014 Annual Meeting of the National Modeling & Simulation Coalition (NMSC), a cross-discipline organization of stakeholders in the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) industry. The NMSC is the only national organization representing M&S across all domains and disciplines including health care, manufacturing, industrial development, energy, transportation, education, homeland security, defense and others. Thi...

The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense industry program managers in today's dynamic environment, providing the latest information related to: • Defense acquisition policy for weapons and information technology systems including discussion of the DoD 5000 series (directive, instruction, and guidebook). • Defense acquisition and reform and initiatives. • Defense acquisition procedures and proc...

Please join us for this strategic supply chain event. This summit will be the first of a three-part series, and will set the corporate leadership context for the two technical events to follow. At this summit, we will discuss:• Leadership’s role in developing and implementing an effective supply chain strategy that benefits and preserves stakeholders’ interests under volatile conditions • Positioning your organization to...

"Introduction to ITAR" presented by Ronald A. Oleynik, Partner, Holland & Knight Practical overview of the ITAR for defense industry executives Overview of the law, explanation of the basic principles applicable to growing defense contractors and practical advice for compliance and reducing liability The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) provides strict regulation of defense industry firms. Executives of many...

LID Breakfast Series Featuring Rep. Adam Smith

The mission of the SSTRO Division is to provide a forum for the enhancement of interagency and industry coordination and collaboration from a security/defense vantage; to generate and advocate initiatives for the SSTRO in pre-crisis/post-crisis situations and in persistent conflict or among “Failing/Failed” states; to provide synthesis and incubation of processes for pre-crisis, crisis and post-crisis planning, response, and lesson...

The Mastering Business Development® Workshop is an educational and professional development program which focuses on the thinking, process and discipline required for professional Business Development. This 2-day workshop fosters participants' understanding of the core competencies required for success in the Business Development role. Business Development is primarily a relationship development and intelligence gathering process. Particip...