NDIA's International Division presents a luncheon with MG Bengt Svensson, Defense Attaché, Embassy of Sweden and key staff from the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, DC. MG Svensson will be speaking on Sweden’s Security Situation and its Armed Forces. Each year, the International Division organizes a series of luncheons with the Defense staffs from allied and friendly embassies. The purpose of these luncheons is to provide industry...

The 2018 National Modeling & Simulation Coalition (NM&SC) National Meeting will take place September 25-26 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, NE. The mission of the National Modeling & Simulation Coalition (NM&SC) is to create a unified national community of individuals and organizations around the M&S discipline and professional practice – and to promote and leverage M&S to better the human co...

The executive board of the NDIA SO/LIC (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict) Division, invites you to attend their upcoming social at Crystal City Sports Pub in Arlington, VA. The event will be held on Thursday, September 20 at 6:00 PM. The Crystal City Sports Pub is located within a few blocks of the Crystal City Metro (Blue and Yellow lines), on the north side of 18th Street.

The Joint Undersea Warfare Technology Fall Conference will be held September 17-19, 2018 at the US Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, CT. This annual conference concentrates on the Navy's key core competency mission of countering submarine and mine threats to the free and open flow of sea borne commerce and to the conduct of power projection from the sea. All Navy platforms and elements of the Navy force structure are involved in under...

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. Par...

NDIA’s Defense Systems Acquisition Management course program purpose is to bring together the industry program managers, assistant program managers, systems engineers, industry personnel serving on DoD Integrated Product Teams, and other personnel that must interface with DoD program offices involved in program development and execution.The Defense Systems Acquisition Management course meets the needs of defense industry program managers...

The configuration and data management disciplines are critically important in the design, development, production, test, Integration and maintenance of complex products. These disciplines are vital and have many applications globally in both commercial and government applications. Most organizations recognize CDM processes as keystones in two of the most critical business requirements; managing risk and controlling cost. CDM is a “value...

In collaboration with the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA), the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative is excited to announce iFest 2018. iFest provides unique opportunities for military, government, industry, and academia professionals to share the latest in distributed learning innovations. This year’s theme is the Future Learning Ecosystem with a focus on interoperability, learning data/analytics, and learni...

Shay Assad, Director of Defense Pricing/Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, will discuss the goals and implications of DoD’s "Certified Costs and Pricing" pilot program and what is being done to streamline defense acquisition-related rulemaking. Topics to be discussed include: In January 2018, DoD established an exception from costs and pricing data certification requirements for contracts and sub-contracts less than $7.5 million...

ARMY SCIENCE &TECHNOLOGY - EMPOWERING A SOLDIER'S SUCCESS Be the difference in a soldier’s success. What does the future hold for soldiers? Explore it with us August 21-23, 2018, at the Army Science & Technology Symposium and Showcase at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Thought leaders, researchers, and developers alike will meet here to discuss the latest emerging technologies for the Army, options t...