Current and Former Members and Friends of the National Capitol Special Operations Community: On behalf of the Executive Board of the NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association) SO/LIC (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict) Division, we invite you to our upcoming Social at Crystal City Sports Pub in Arlington, VA. The event will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 6:00 PM. The Crystal City Sports Pub is located within a few blocks of...

This one day seminar is specifically designed to educate CEOs, business owners, and senior-level executives about the critical factors involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Educational keynotes and panels will discuss considerations on both sides of the transaction, financing options, and the impacts of sudden wealth on personal and family financial planning. Speeches and panels by defense and financial industry experts from our spon...

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. "Surviving and Thriving in Uncertain Times," the conference theme, describes the landscape in which defense professionals are anticipating and adapting to changes, assuring their personal value to their organizations, and keeping their companies relevant. To soar above the focus on sequestration, furloughs, cutbacks, and more, we have to figure out how to do more than just survive—we have to thrive. Learn from pro...

Join us for an evening of networking and celebrating our Horizons Scholarship Award Winners. Keyote Speaker to be announced soon! Agenda 6:00pm - Reception7:00pm - Dinner Annual Dinner Table: $1,800 Reserved seating for ten near the podium Listing in the dinner program Recognition during the event Signage recognizing table supporters Single Ticket: $150 Open seating

The bi-monthly Procurement Division meeting will be held at NDIA on Monday, March 9, 2015. Space is limited to 40 attendees. On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, the Procurement Division and Committee Meetings, with a General Session and Luncheon, will be held at Hogan Lovells, LLP. PROCUREMENT DIVISION SPECIAL TOPICS FORUM – MARCH 9 On Monday, March 9, 2015, the two day bi-monthly Procurement Division meeting kicks off with a Special Topics Foru...

CONFERENCE THEMEThe 30th Annual National Test & Evaluation Conference will focus on the proper roles of T&E in our defense acquisition system, specifically “The Future of T&E: Maintaining the Defense Technology Edge.” DoD ATL has been pushing 3 actions to achieve simplicity and restraint in Defense Acquisition: adhere to tight timelines, reduce timelines, and good process management; actions that are all highlighted in...

The National Modeling & Simulation Coalition (NMSC), a cross-discipline organization of stakeholders in the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) industry, will hold the NMSC National Meeting on February 26, 2015 at the Marriott Crystal Gateway in Arlington, Virginia. The National Modeling & Simulation Coalition (NMSC) is the only national organization representing M&S across all domains and disciplines including health care, manufactu...

NDIA is pleased to offer our fourth workshop designed to identify ways in which Trusted Microelectronics can contribute to greater systems security and information assurance. In this half-day workshop, we plan to continue the dialogue between Government and Industry on the challenges for comprehensive supply chain risk management and program protection. With participation from both Government and Industry, our workshops have provided an effect...

General John M. Paxton, Jr., USMC, was promoted to General and assumed the duties of Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on December 15, 2012. A native of Pennsylvania, he graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor and Master of Science in Civil Engineering and was commissioned through Officer Candidate School in 1974. General Paxton’s assignments in the operating forces include Rifle and Weapons Platoon Commander and Company...

AGILE IN GOVERNMENT Mutual Adaptation Adapting agile to acquisition and acquisition to agile Scaling, Contracting, Governance, Measurement The purposes of this event are: develop better understanding of how agile software development methods can be fit within prescribed processes of government acqusition to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implications these have for evolving Government approac...