The primary purpose of our quarterly meetings is to engage in local dialogues about how we can increase the quality of STEM education; the quantity of STEM educated graduates that are eligible for employment in the Aerospace and Defense(A&D) industries; and the amount and effectiveness of engagement by A&D employers, working in partnership with others in their communities. Previous meetings have demonstrated the productiveness of bring...

GovSecWest 2011 eBrochure GovSec West is the conference and expo helping you secure the homeland. Taking a comprehensive approach to securing our nation, it addresses the need for protecting critical infrastructure from domestic and international terrorism, preparing for and responding to natural and accidental disasters, as well as building, maintaining and integrating comprehensive security architecture to protect against cybercrime, cyberte...

The Navy-Industry International Dialogue (NIID) provides a Navy-Industry-Attaché-Foreign Procurement Group forum to address issues involving security cooperation and sea service concepts and programs that help drive future capabilities for international maritime partnerships. This NIID will focus on Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) management and capabilities. The USN is unique among the US services in its acquisition of UAS; deploying sys...

The NDIA C4ISR Division is sponsoring a unique workshop to help DoD acquisition personnel build awareness of, and experience in person, some of the methods and principles of iterative, agile development methods. Such methods have been in limited use in the DoD for almost 10 years, but recent changes in direction in guidance for IT system acquisition are raising awareness of the potential for different acquisition and development methods. To he...

Do you need help understanding your 2012 federal healthcare options? As a federal manager, searching for the right health insurance can be confusing, but there are tools and strategies available to help you in the process. Just days before the start of open season, join government healthcare expert Walton Francis, author of the annual "CHECKBOOK's Guide to Health Plans for Federal Employees," as he explains the details of available insurance p...

This one day industry and government bilateral conference was designed to focus on ways in which the two countries defense and security industries can work more closely togehter to accomplish common goals by illuminating those technological and programmatic areas which will provide U.S. and DoD and Finland's MoD officials have identified as needed now. Knowledge of those areas will provide U.S. and Finish companies witha point of departure fro...

Every federal manager, in every government agency, is worried about the current budget environment. And it seems that the work of Congress is creating more questions than answers. On November 8, join budget expert and "Fiscal Fitness" author STAN COLLENDER for a Government Executive Town Hall event, to get answers on the state of play on the Hill, the work of the Super Committee, and the effect of current negotiations on federal budgets. Space...

The next year will be pivotal in the United States' long campaign in Afghanistan, as we draw down forces and turn over vital security functions to Afghan authorities. One key to success is building modern Afghan army, air and police forces - a major undertaking that many would say is vital to our own national security and the future of the region. With a budget of more than $10 billion, Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller has been tasked with building, tra...

This classified symposium will focus on aircraft design and enhancement of susceptibility, vulnerability, and tactics for surviving the currently emerging and next generation of complex and lethal threats. Areas of Interest: Complex Battlefield Threats and Intelligence Forecasts New Developments in Observable Technologies Active and Passive Countermeasures/Enhanced Situational Awareness Emerging Vulnerability Reduction Technologies and Techniq...

As the premier forum for the discussion and analysis of C4ISR-related issues, programs, and developments, C4ISR Journal Conference and Awards Banquet provides a unique opportunity for interaction and conversation between attendees and speakers. In addition to providing a forum in which all the year’s important C4ISR-related developments can be discussed and critiqued, this C4ISR Journal event will address the increasingly important role...