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36TH ANNUAL NDIA SPECIAL OPERATIONS SYMPOSIUM
Complex, dynamic, asymmetric, technological, and intense – all are adjectives commonly used to describe modern conflict. Importantly, these are all adjectives that play to the strengths of special operations. While the return to great strategic competition has changed the stakes and arenas of conflict, its fundamental nature has not changed. If Special Operations Forces (SOF) can harness new tools to age old SOF truths, it can continue to be the tipping point it has been in the past, helping to quietly avoid conflicts and violently win when they do occur.
40TH ANNUAL NATIONAL LOGISTICS FORUM
Join us in Tampa, FL at the 40th Annual National Logistics Forum to explore innovative, forward-thinking approaches for improving Logistics Readiness through the strategic integration of cutting-edge AI technologies and the unwavering principles of the Warrior Ethos.
2026 TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLE CONFERENCE
The purpose of the NDIA Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Division is to conduct a forum to present, discuss, and answer questions related to vehicle acquisition program strategies, updates, priorities, technology requirements, and other desired capabilities and characteristics to defense industry representatives in attendance.
HUMAN SYSTEMS CONFERENCE
The 2026 NDIA Human Systems Division conference will explore the theme "Human Systems for a Secure and Resilient Future," emphasizing the critical role of human systems in preparing for and adapting to a rapidly evolving threat landscape. As the pace of technological, geopolitical, and environmental change accelerates, the need for agile, human-centered systems has never been more urgent.
36th Annual NDIA Special Operations Symposium
40th Annual National Logistics Forum
2026 Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Conference
Human Systems Conference
NDIA Spotlight
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NDIA PERSPECTIVE
NDIA PERSPECTIVE: Modeling and Simulation a Silent Engine of Military Readiness
November, 2025
The Pentagon’s focus on readiness has rarely been sharper. Facing peer competitors, contested domains and constrained budgets, U.S. forces must be trained to fight and win under conditions of complexity and uncertainty. Increasingly, that preparation does not begin in the field, at sea or in the sky. It begins in a synthetic world.
Magazine
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National Defense
The business and technology magazine of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)National Defense Magazine equips its readers with information they can use. It helps its readers stay on top of market trends, scientific breakthroughs, product development, and military programs by bringing them news and views from the Pentagon, the administration, Congress, and industry.
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