With over 7000 Chapter members, the AFCEA NOVA Luncheons are the best networking and business development events in the Metro DC area for defense and intelligence professionals – bar none. Something for everyone: Large businesses – don’t be left out while your competitors are building the relationships and hearing the information first. Small businesses – get the exposure you need to succeed in the DoD market, plus the...

Our monthly programs draws between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly event is to foster better joint warfighting communication, share best practices and lessons learned, and identify mission-critica...

For 17 years, AFCEA Bethesda has supported charitable giving, including raising more than $6.75 million for charities benefiting the health, welfare, and education of children. The successful history of our A Night for the Children Gala and the generosity of the government contracting community enabled AFCEA Bethesda to help our receiving charities achieve significantly strong financial foundations. As we look to broaden our impact on the grea...

The U.S. Coast Guard is on budget to grow its work force to support the Commandant’s four strategy areas: the cyber cadre, marine inspectors crew, additional operational assets in the Western Hemisphere; and agility to respond to challenges in the Arctic. Coast Guard Intelligence focuses on supporting these initiatives and its operators. This one-day classified (Secret/NOFORN) event explores these areas with an eye toward partnering with...

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AFCEA NOVA’s 15th Annual Army IT Day is the 2016 “must attend” Northern Virginia IT conference for anyone doing business with the Army. Last year’s event was attended by over 800 Government and Industry professionals. Topics to be covered this year include: Army CIO G6 Priorities and Focus Areas The Army’s Future Force Status of Network Modernization in Army Installations PEO EIS and PEO C3T Procurement Schedule T...

In a world of shrinking budgets and increased demands on the individual there is a continuing need to find ways to increase performance within the existing workforce. Historically, performance training has focused on preparing individuals to be physically fit to perform the assigned tasking. Recent experience has demonstrated that performance enhancements can be gained by ensuring personnel are mentally prepared to perform tasking. Skills like...

AFCEA Bethesda's Monthly Breakfast series features panel discussions led by senior-executive government representatives. With speakers drawn largely from federal civilian agencies, breakfast topics span a wide range of timely issues and are discussed in a panel format that offers a compelling snapshot of multiple agency perspectives. The goals of the event series are to foster better inter-agency communication, share best practices and lessons...

AFCEA TechNet Air 2016 brings government, industry, and technology leaders together to examine the requirements and solutions needed to insure information dominance in the air, space, and cyberspace domains. Issues and advances in Command and Control, Cyber Security, Intelligence, and Electronic Warfare will be examined in panel, theater, and small group sessions with senior leaders, developers, and practitioners. Read More. Who Will Attend? T...

Welcome to NGA Industry Day 2016! Information-sharing and partnering are essential for keeping our nation ahead of today’s complex security threats. To facilitate government-industry innovation, AFCEA Intelligence and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) are sponsoring a full-day classified (SECRET) event dedicated to identifying areas of possible collaboration and business opportunity to help enable and accelerate NGA...