The San Diego Chapter of NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association) and Navy Co-host Office of Small Business Programs are proud to present the NDIA 25th Navy Gold Coast Small Business Procurement Event "Small Business and the Navy - Keeping the Sea Lanes open for American Prosperity", also simply known as the "Gold Coast". Since its inception over 20 years ago, Gold Coast is co-hosted on a rotating basis by NAVSEA, NAVFAC, SPAWAR, NAVSUP,...

A jointly sponsored symposium combines the Ballistic Division’s Sixteenth Classified Ballistics Symposium with the Bomb & Warhead Division’s 62nd Annual Bomb & Warhead Technical Symposium. The symposium will be held August 5-8, 2013 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. The meeting provides a forum for classified, export-controlled, and limited distribution papers in the areas of ballistics, weapons effectivenes...

Earlier this year, the Obama Administration announced new rules that will change the landscape of ITAR and EAR regulations for many defense companies who work with ITAR regulated items. The rules are effective October 15, 2013. The rule initially changes USML Category VIII, aircraft. But, they will apply to all USML categories as more changes are published later this year. We’re offering this training session to help you prepare for the...

The C4ISR Division is comprised of two committees: C4 and Intel. The focus of the two committees is on OSD and Defense Intelligence at the Operational and Tactical Levels as follows: C4 Committee provides a forum for industry and government to address: -secure information sharing environment -trusted information networks and collaboration among those involved -information operations -joint network operations -data strategy and data movement ar...

Please join NDIA on Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at the next Legislative Information Division (LID) Breakfast Series featuring Representative John Fleming (R-LA). Congressman Fleming is a Member of the House Armed Services Committee and also serves on the Subcommitteess on Strategic Forces, and tactical Air and Land Forces. Please note this event is close to the media and trade press, and all comments are not-for-attribution.

The purpose of the Agile in Defense Workshop and Meeting is to dig deeper into the transformation of IT Acquisition and address best practices in using Agile methods in Defense procurement. Join us for this interactive and informative workshop, learn and examine specific actions that can be recommended to improve use of agile in DoD Acquisition. Featured Workshop topics include: Affordability and Cost Control Acquisition and Contracting Elimin...

This event will be composed of the regularly scheduled bi-monthly meetings of the NDIA Contract Finance Committee (CF), Contract & Acquisition Management Committee (CAM), Legal Committee, and Procurement Planning Committee (PPC) to review issues of common interest or concern and to discuss future actions. The division's annual election of officers will be held during the PPC meeting. The Annual Howard H. Cork Memorial Award Dinner will als...

This classified, no-media-allowed Symposium, hosted by NDIA’s Missile Defense Division and Strike, Land Attack and Air Defense Division, will give you unfiltered, unvarnished straight talk and discussion about the priorities and challenges of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Missile Defense Agency, and the Services with the global BMDS program and the state of Integrated Air and Missile Defense overall, including an update on...

Please join NDIA's Legislative Information Division (LID) on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at the next LID Breakfast Series featuring Representative Martha Roby (R-AL). Congresswoman Roby is the Chair of the HASC Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations as well as serves as a Member of the Readiness, and Tactical Air & Land Forces Subcommittees. Please note this event is close to the media and trade press, and all comments are not-for-attri...

This conference will be be held at the SECRET/US ONLY classification.Recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have highlighted the need for our combat systems to be survivable and effective. Many of our systems employed in combat have undergone statutorily-mandated Live Fire Test and Evaluation (LFT&E), and have benefited from the advanced understanding of how our weapons perform and how our systems will respond when hit. This conference w...