The SMD Symposium is the leading educational, professional development and networking event in the space and missile defense community. The symposium is widely attended by leaders and professionals from the United States and our allies around the world. Don’t miss your chance to attend the premiere event for space and missile defense professionals! Over 200 Exhibits MDA War Game Networking Senior Level National & International Speake...

The 9th annual Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS) and the Advanced Planning Briefings for Industry (ABPI) is the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Michigan Chapter’s key industry-government-academia event. This three-day event brings more than 1,000 executives, program managers, engineers, and other key decision-makers together to discuss initiatives, programs, plans, and technologies in the...

Join us for the 2017 Global Explosive Ordnance Disposal Symposium & Exhibition (GESE), produced by NDIA in partnership with the EOD Warrior Foundation as we examine training and technology requirements for the joint service EOD force. This year’s symposium will focus on the theme “Realigning the EOD Force for the Future.” The symposium will feature: Three sub-track professional tenets in Counter IED, Counter UXO and Comba...

Ever wondered how the Department of Defense (DOD) goes about buying something from start to finish? The How Washington Works® training course gives those who attend the understanding and insights into the processes that guide DOD actions and decisions for the future. The two-day course is a fast-paced overview of the three principal DOD decision-making support systems and how they are used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and US...

Ever wondered how the Department of Defense (DOD) goes about buying something from start to finish? The How Washington Works® training course gives those who attend the understanding and insights into the processes that guide DOD actions and decisions for the future. The two-day course is a fast-paced overview of the three principal DOD decision-making support systems and how they are used by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and US...

This jointly sponsored symposium combines the Ballistic Division’s Seventeenth Classified Ballistics Symposium with the Bomb & Warhead Division’s 65th Annual Bomb & Warhead Technical Symposium. The meeting provides a forum for classified, export-controlled, and limited distribution papers in the areas of ballistics, weapons effectiveness, and bomb and warhead technology. The symposium is classified at the SECRET/NOFORN leve...

2017 National Security Space Policy & Architecture Symposium information will be available soon. About NDIA's Space Division: NDIA’s Space Division offers a continuing forum for communications, discussion and exchanges of view on all space activities with the government through periodic meetings, conferences, symposia and studies that the division conducts. The division works jointly and coordinates with NDIA chapters and other divis...

Innovation - Instruction - Implementation In collaboration with the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA), the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative is excited to announce iFest 2017. iFest provides unique opportunities for military, government, industry, and academia professionals to share the latest in distributed learning innovations. This year’s theme emphasizes learning analytics with associated topics, such a...

The Peter B. Teets Award recognizes public or private sector leadership or achievement that results in significant contributions to the development, introduction, operational contribution or support of space systems. Additional information will be available soon.

Through the HORIZONS Scholarship program, Women In Defense National has invested over $310,000 in more than 130 females to support their advancement in national security and defense careers. In the 28 years that Women In Defense has offered these scholarships, members have witnessed the tremendous impact this support has had in the lives of young women. HORIZONS scholarship winners have been able to launch their careers in government agencies...