ABOUT NDIA

NDIA is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit that engages thoughtful and innovative leaders to promote the best policies, practices, products, and technology for warfighters and others who ensure the safety and security of our nation.

• Champion issues that contribute to the strength, resiliency, and capacity of the defense industrial base

• Build a vigorous, responsive, and collaborative community in support of Defense and National Security

• Convene legal and ethical forums for the exchange of ideas, information, view points, and capabilities

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NDIA TVC Named 2025 Model Chapter!

Elections are Open for the NDIA-TVC 2026 Board!

Nominations for the 2026 NDIA-TVC Board of Directors have been received and elections will end on 12/12/2025. New board members will be sworn in at our annual meeting next January.  All NDIA-TVC members in good standing are eligible to vote.  To vote, click the button below:

UPCOMING EVENTS

15 January 2026: Annual Membership Luncheon

Registration is now open: https://buytickets.at/ndiatvc/1980240. This event is one of our chapter’s most significant gatherings of the year. During the luncheon, we will install our new Board of Directors and feature a distinguished keynote speaker who will share insights relevant to the defense and national security community. Doors will open at 11:00 AM.

Corporate Table for 8: $320 (includes lunch for 8, company logo displayed on table, and company logo scrolled on big screen), Individual Tickets: $35 (includes lunch)
Keynote Speaker: Major General (ret) Patrick W. Burden, currently a senior executive with Boeing in Huntsville

Feb 10-11, 2026: NDIA-TVC Small Business Conference has been rescheduled after the government shutdown. For existing registrants, exhibitors, and sponsors, your data will be automatically transferred so you do not need to register.

Collaborating for agility, speed, and innovation - The MDA Small Business Programs Conference is designed to assist small business contractors in doing business with MDA by providing information about opportunities to support the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) mission to develop and deploy a layered Missile Defense System to defend the United States, its deployed forces, allies, and friends from missile attacks in all phases of flight. The conference will provide valuable information and opportunities for matchmaking with MDA Prime Contractors, Government Representatives and networking with other Small Businesses. The Small Business Industrial Base supporting MDA plays an integral and extremely important role in developing, manufacturing, fielding, and sustaining the MDS.

For more information, see https://2025ndiatvcmdasbconference.vfairs.com/ . Thank you for overwhelming interest in the conference. As of 11/26/2025, conference registration is closed, and exhibitor tables are sold out.  To be put on a waiting list, please contact Melanie Newton.

April 2026: Awards and Scholarship Dinner

Details TBA

June 8-10, 2026: MBSE Symposium

Due to the high interest and expected demand, we are moving the 2026 MBSE Symposium to the Huntsville Space & Rocket Center Marriott.  Details will be posted soon 

July 20-22, 2026: MDA Innovation Conference (postponed from 2025)

Details TBA

August 11-13, 2026: Space & Missile Defense Symposium

Details TBA

Announcements

Congratulations to our 2025 Award and Scholarship recipients!

Our 2025 NDIA-TVC Awards Dinner was held 28 April 2025 at the Jackson Center. The event included our award presentations to both Government and Industry awardees in the leadership, management, and technical categories, as well as scholarship presentations to students from local universities. The Space & Missile Defense Working Group (SMDWG) presented $70,000 in scholarships. Our Keynote Speaker was Major General D. Jason Cothern, Deputy Director for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Program Executive for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system. We also inducted our 2025 Board Members. Photos of the event are now available on our 2025 photos page - 2025 Dinner and Awards  

Nominations Open

NDIA TVC is a sponsor for the annual Dr. Julian Davidson Leadership in Missile Defense and Space Technology Award.  For more information and to nominate candidates, please see https://smdsymposium.org/davidson-nomination/ 

What We're Involved In

Affiliates

Your NDIA Tennessee Valley Chapter supports many other organizations, including:

• The Space & Missile Defense Working Group (SMDWG) - SMDWG 

• Women in Defense (WID) - https://www.wid-tvc.org/ 

 NDIA-TVC Awards

Each year the chapter presents Leadership Excellence, Management, and Technology awards to individuals or teams in both government and industry to recognize accomplishments to the defense industrial base. The highlight of the year is award of the John B. Medaris Award for outstanding accomplishments to defense in the Tennessee Valley.