Mission -- Improve Weapon Technology -- Improve Defense Management -- Maintain a Strong Industry Defense Team -- Provide a Forum for Exchange of Ideas and Information between NDIA Members and Government Agencies
Defense Industrial Base. NDIA Vision To be the Leading Defense Association Promoting Sound National Security while Advancing the Best Interests of the Defense Industrial Base.
NDIA Profile -- Non-profit, Educational Tax Exempt (Federal) -- 1,100 Corporate Members -- 27,000 Individual Members -- 2,500 Government Members -- 50 Chapters Nationwide -- 29 Divisions/5 Industrial Committees -- 82 National Meetings -- Leader of Defense Association Executives Group
NDIA Divisions Warfighting (7) Industrial (5) Technology (15) Expeditionary Undersea Strike, Land, Attack & Air Defense Air Targets, UAVs & Ranges Combat Survivability SO/LIC Night Operations Technology (15) Space Missile Defense Science & Eng. Munitions Chem-Bio Defense C4ISR Ballistics Small Business Armaments Tank & Automotive Bomb & Warhead Systems Eng. Test & Evaluation Tech. Information Homeland Security Industrial (5) Chem-Bio Defense Acquisition Small Arms Ammunition Producers Tank & Automotive Producers Operational T&E Public Policy (7) Environmental International Health Affairs Logistics Legislative Info. Procurement Gov. Policy
Affiliates National Training Systems Association Women In Defense: A National Security Organization Association for Enterprise Integration Precision Strike Association National Coordination Working Group
Top Issues for 2003 Funding America’s Defense for Wartime and Transformation Sustaining the Defense Industrial Base Protecting the Defense Industrial Base Improving the International Competitiveness of the U.S. Defense Industry Transforming Training and Logistics Implementing a Reasoned Strategy for Network Centric Operations Utilizing Small Businesses