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National Defense April 2007 Steffes & Burnside	Restrictions on Flight Simulators Questioned A legislative restriction on providing flight simulators to the military services has the potential to seriously impact the readiness of our aviators in the military services.
National Defense May 2014	NDIA 2014 Industrial Base Initiative The National Defense Industrial Association has launched a new initiative to identify issues of concern in the nation's defense supplier base.
Entrepreneur February 2006 Joshua Kurlantzick	For the People Landing government contracts is tough for small firms -- but it can be done. Learn from these entrepreneurs, and Uncle Sam could become your biggest client.
National Defense April 2008 Peter M. Steffes	Sustaining Workforce is NDIA's Top Issue The National Defense Industrial Association identified the sustaining of the U.S. national security workforce advantage as its number one priority in 2008.
National Defense May 2006 Peter M. Steffes	Congress Should Consider Further Acquisition Reform National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) believes that additional legislation is needed to achieve the full degree of cost savings and comprehensive acquisition reform envisioned
National Defense April 2011	Association Briefs The National Defense Industrial Association offers news from a new Cyber Division, the Tennessee Valley Chapter and the Homeland Security Division
National Defense November 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr.	Industry Responds to New Security Environment The sweeping changes seen in the military and national security posture of the United States in recent years will have far-reaching implications, particularly for those in the business of defense.
National Defense March 2013 Jeffery A. Green	Congress Finally Tackles Strategic Materials Reform With the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, Congress has enacted significant reforms to the Defense Department's acquisition and industrial base policy.
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National Defense January 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Problems in U.S. Munitions Sector Illustrate Challenges for Industrial Base It is not yet apparent that senior policy makers have begun to assess what industrial capabilities must be preserved. Ensuring that the United States is able to maintain core industrial competencies must be a priority before a fiscal downturn becomes reality.
National Defense May 2014 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Defense Faces Fiscal Churn Beyond 2015 The defense sector breathed a sigh of relief when Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act earlier this year. The respite, however, has been short lived.
National Defense January 2011	McInerney Receives Gold Medal Upon Retirement The National Defense Industrial Association presented its highest award for achievement, the NDIA Gold Medal, to Vice President of Membership and Chapters retired Air Force Maj. Gen. James E. McInerney Jr.
National Defense February 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Industrial Base Issues on the Agenda for 2007 Six issues that affect everyone involved in the business of providing goods and services to the nation's military, homeland security agencies and first responders.
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National Defense November 2015 Arnold L. Punaro	Challenges, Opportunities Ahead for Defense In a world characterized by increasing threats and instability, the inability of the government to complete its most basic task of funding national defense is a disturbing inconsistency.
National Defense March 2011	Statement of Defense Industry Ethics In November 2004, after several months of in-depth review the National Defense Industrial Association finalized and published its Code of Ethics. Five years later in 2009, NDIA undertook to review, and, in a small number of ways made minor but we believe worthy revisions.
National Defense February 2011 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	To Improve Cyber-Security, U.S. Needs Cohesive Public-Private Partnership NDIA member companies recently put together a white paper on the necessity to better acquire and field cyber-capabilities.
National Defense January 2009 Matthew Rusling	Small Firms Seeking Federal Contracts Face Uphill Climb Pentagon officials are fond of saying that small businesses are critical engines of innovation. According to recent government statistics, however, the Defense Department awards fewer contracts to small firms than it is obligated under federal guidelines.
National Defense December 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Life to Become More Difficult For Some Defense Contractors Scrutiny is nothing new in the defense industry, but nonetheless contractors can expect more aggressive auditing and generally tighter enforcement of existing regulations.
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National Defense October 2010 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Pressure on Defense Companies Grows, Will Continue to Mount Much has been said about the approaching and converging financial storm fronts on the defense industry and the projected budget adjustments.
National Defense November 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Industrial Policy Debate: Should The Pentagon Pick Winners and Losers? Industry executives and trade associations have called for the Defense Department to take preemptive action to protect key sectors that are considered of strategic importance to national security.
National Defense November 2009 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Defense Industrial Base: Active Management Needed In a time of constrained defense budgets, it is important to consider how the United States will preserve critical industrial and engineering capabilities.
National Defense October 2010	Wilson Receives Howard H. Cork Award Karen L. Wilson, director of acquisition policy and industrial affairs at the Boeing Company, has been awarded the NDIA Procurement Division's Howard H. Cork Memorial Award for 2009.
National Defense June 2005 L. James D'Agostino	Raising the Bar To Meet the Next Wave of Reform Recent procurement scandals have prompted numerous ethics reform initiatives by federal prosecutors, regulators and legislators. Given the volume of spending related to Operation Iraqi Freedom and on-going homeland-security initiatives, the industry can expect the greatest level of scrutiny since Operation Ill Wind in the 1980s.
National Defense June 2010 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Defense Manufacturing: A Crisis in the Making Defense manufacturing is like the weather. Everyone talks about it, but no one does anything.
National Defense May 2010	NDIA Supporter Murray J. Schooner Passes Away Schooner served the National Defense Industrial Association in a leadership capacity for three decades, devoting most of his knowledge and expertise to the numerous complex issues associated with subcontracting and supplier diversity.
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National Defense April 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Consistency, Consensus Needed on Industry Profits Although there is a widespread perception that defense contracts yield healthy profits, in reality, the way government officials view profits can be drastically different from the way industry measures that profit.
National Defense July 2006 Lawrence P. Farrell	Misconceptions About the Defense Industry The defense industry is probably one the least understood corporate sectors in the United States. Most Americans tend to regard defense industry as a juggernaut, while in fact it is now relatively small, when compared to other corporate sectors.
National Defense May 2008 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Defense Industrial Base: Plans Needed to Ensure Soft Landing It is probably not too early to contemplate what sectors of the U.S. defense industrial base should brace for a hard landing after the huge war supplemental budgets begin to wane.
National Defense July 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr.	Global Industry Key to Defense Preparedness Despite calls for trade barriers and more protectionism in the arms industry, the overwhelming reality is that defense is more globalized than ever.
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National Defense June 2015 Craig R. McKinley	Innovation and the Defense Industrial Base Secretary of Defense Ash Carter generated quite a buzz during his recent trip to Silicon Valley, and for good reason. It has been a generation since former Secretary Bill Perry traveled to this recognized home of high-tech innovation.
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National Defense January 2012 David Hickey	Cutting Costs Does Not Require Cutting Compliance Lest anyone think the federal government will tolerate less contractor compliance, the current environment indicates that it is much more likely that the government will pursue allegations of non-compliance, fraud, waste and abuse with even greater vigor.
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National Defense November 2010	Laser Shot Wins Small Business Success Story Award National Defense Industrial Association encouraged small businesses to share their success stories through a new program sponsored by the Small Business Division.
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National Defense July 2009 Edward M. Swallow	'Project Lead the Way' Key to Future Defense Industry Workforce Maintaining a highly skilled U.S. aerospace, defense and homeland security work force is critical to the nation's security and economic strength, so the National Defense Industrial Association is taking action.