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About
NDIA is a 501(c)3 corporate and individual membership association that engages thoughtful and innovative leaders to promote the best policies, practices, products and technology to build a more responsive and collaborative community in support of defense and national security.
Ethics
NDIA is the national leader in promoting the highest level of business ethics in the defense and national security community. Our member companies have the highest calling to leadership in demonstrating ethical standards that are the benchmarks for the industry.
Policy Highlights
The NDIA Policy team monitors, advocates for, and educates government stakeholders on, policy matters of importance to the defense industrial base. Our mission is to ensure the continued existence of a viable, competitive national technology and industrial base, strengthen the government-industry partnership through dialogue, and provide interaction between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The Policy team also represents NDIA in several inter-association groups representing the defense industry and the government contracting community including the Council of Defense and Space Industry Associations (CODSIA), the Acquisition Reform Working Group (ARWG), and the Industry Logistics Coalition (ILC).
Over the past three years, the Policy team has led NDIA’s Acquisition Reform Initiative. This effort has provided legislative recommendations to assist Congressional acquisition reform efforts, many of which were enacted or influenced final provisions in the Fiscal Year 2016 and Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Acts. Policy staff regularly meets with key policy stakeholders, and manages Congressional interaction with NDIA Chapters and Divisions.
Why Join
With more than 1,600 corporate members and nearly 85,000 individual members, NDIA embodies the full spectrum of corporate, individual, government and academic stakeholders who advocate for best practices, products and initiatives to champion a vigilant and innovative industrial base.
As a 501(c)3 membership organization, NDIA is an honest broker that convenes legal and ethical forums where key defense community stakeholders can exchange ideas, information and perspectives to collaboratively build upon capabilities in support of a strong national defense.
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Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to deliver a keynote address at WID conference
Sep 15, 2017Wilson joins Air Force Gen. Lori Robinson, commander of NORTHCOM and NORAD, as a keynote at the Women In Defense National Conference Sept. 27.
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Stew Magnuson takes editor in chief role for National Defense magazine, website
Sep 15, 2017Magnuson, who joined National Defense magazine as a senior writer in 2005 and its managing editor, will lead the business and technology...
NDIA Spotlight
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PRESIDENT'S PERSPECTIVE
Solving the Military Readiness Conundrum
August, 2017The U.S. military is the greatest and most capable fighting force the world has ever seen, and serving side by side for 39 years with the wonderful men and women who defend the nation is the proudest accomplishment of my life.
Now that I have hung up the uniform and joined the National Defense Industrial Association, my goal — just as it was when I was in the Air Force — is to keep the military at the pinnacle as the very best.
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.
