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Defense Department
November 2018
A Call to Get Involved in the Association
By Richard D. McConnI am excited to assume leadership as the National Defense Industrial Association is poised for growth, both in size and influence. -
Defense Department
September 2018
Successes in a Time of Transition
By Sid AshworthAs my tenure as chair of the board of directors for the National Defense Industrial Association comes to an end, I am pleased to share with you our 2018 successes. -
Science and Engineering Technology
September 2018
Education Key to Keeping Strong Industrial Base
By Wesley HallmanThe National Defense Industrial Association’s calling is simple and compelling. It believes in a strong national defense and a U.S. defense industrial base that provides the best possible capabilities and services to the nation’s forces to keep them superior to any potential adversary or competitor. -
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
July 2018
The Imperative for Artificial Intelligence
By Frank J. Michael and Shane ShanemanThe United States enjoys a long track record of dominating conventional military operations, driven in large part by our technological superiority — the nation’s ability to develop new capabilities and rapidly integrate them into military operations. -
Defense Department
June 2018
Industry Conferences More Valuable Than Ever
As the National Defense Industrial Association’s president and CEO, I’m sometimes asked about the purpose and value of our conferences, meetings and events. -
Defense Department
May 2018
Charting a Course for Career Development
By Rachel A. McCaffreyAs a young second lieutenant supporting an aircrew for the first time, I offered to “get the maps” for a pre-mission briefing. -
Defense Department
April 2018
Existential Threats Require All Levers of Power
The United States must pivot to focus on great power competition. -
Budget
March 2018
Leverage Budget Agreement to Boost Defense
By James C. BoozerEveryone at the National Defense Industrial Association cheered when Congress not only delivered a fiscal year 2018 budget topline but also took the opportunity to build a small level of predictability into Defense Department resourcing by passing a two-year bipartisan budget agreement to establish funding levels through 2019. -
Defense Contracting
March 2018
Getting ‘Left of Boom’ on Sexual Misconduct
By Rachel A. McCaffreyThe defense community must tackle the threats sexual assault and harassment pose in the same way it attacked the threats posed by improvised explosive devices, by targeting the threat prior to an explosion. We need to get left of boom. -
Budget
January 2018
A Renewed Plea for Budget Stability
By Wesley HallmanAs we go to print, the federal government is still without a budget for 2018, spending a third of the fiscal year under multiple continuing resolutions.
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