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...

Introduction The 59th Annual NDIA Fuze Conference welcomes the participation of both domestic and allied fuze designers, manufacturers and component suppliers, and research organizations along with government representatives. This year’s theme is "Fuzing Systems for Advanced Weapon Performance". This conference provides the opportunity to discuss and share ideas to help advance the state-of-the-art for the next generation of fuzing that...

The Symposium will feature top industry and government speakers addressing current defense industrial base issues. This Symposium also provides a forum for attendees to network and discuss today’s challenges facing the acquisition and procurement community. NDIA Procurement Division Education Symposium, Tuesday, May 3, 2016The Symposium will feature top industry and government speakers discussing the current issues facing the defense ind...

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...

More than ever, decision makers, solution providers and MODSIM professionals have a need to innovate, adapt and evolve to respond to changing environments. With its newly enhanced format, MODSIM World 2016 connects individuals to the MODSIM community and problems to solutions across disciplines and industries. The only industry centric conference with broad coverage of the MODSIM field Exposition floor includes a Technology Showcase where lead...

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...