A word from NDIA's Vice President of Operations.

Dear NDIA Members:

To those of you who have generously contributed your time and talent to serve in Divisions, Industrial Committees, Chapters and Affiliates to advance NDIA's Advocate, Promote & Provide mission, or who have participated in NDIA-sponsored events as speakers, panelists or attendees, .... "Thank You!"... for your contributions and your steadfast support. Sincere thanks also goes out to those companies who have supported NDIA events through the generosity of their sponsorships.

For those who may be reading this MegaDirectory for the first time (or for the f'trst time in a long time), please take a good look at the thirty-two Divisions now operational within NDIA. I've listed them just below, and you can read a short summary of each one in the succeeding pages. As the primary vehicle for getting our corporate member representatives involved, Divisions provide the platform for much of NDIA's educational efforts in the form of conferences, symposia, workshops, seminars, etc. They also offer exceptional opportunities for networking with other business associates who possess similar interests, and with government officials who often use their NDIA contacts to gain insight into industry's views on a variety of topics.

I also strongly encourage readers to review the Calendar of Events in the MegaDirectory. The broad portfolio of conferences, symposia, seminars and other forums executed by NDIA and its affiliates offer industry a multitude of opportunities to gain business intelligence and network with both government and industry representatives. The annual Calendar of Events in this issue is intended to provide you with advanced information with which to plan your activities through the end of government fiscal year 2010. The array of conferences and exhibitions touch virtually every sector of defense industry and technology.

Our research tells us the benefits and opportunities our corporate members value most highly are the opportunities for gathering business intelligence gained from speakers and panelists at NDIA conferences and symposia, being kept abreast of industry trends and developments by reading National Defense Magazine, networking with partners and potential customers at conferences and symposia, and increasing exposure for their products and services at NDIA-sponsored exhibitions. The Operations Directors identified herein for each Division can provide additional information about their Divisions' activities. If you are employed by an NDIA Corporate Member company but have not participated in a Division, please contact the listed Operations Director to learn how to become involved and enhance the return on your company's membership investment.

Armaments

Ballistics

Bombs & Warheads

Chem-Bio Defense

Combat Survivability

Combat Vehicles

C4ISR

Environment & Energy

Expeditionary Warfare

Government Policy

Health Affairs

Homeland Security

International

Legislative Information

Logistics

Manufacturing

Missile Defense

Munitions Technology

Procurement

Robotics

Science & Engineering Tech

STEM

Small Business

Space

SO/LIC

Strike, Land Attack, Air Def

Systems Engineering

Tactical Wheeled Vehicles

Targets & UAVs

Technical Information

Test & Evaluation

Undersea Warfare

Sincerely,

Major General

Barry D. Bates, USA (Ret)

Vice President, Operations

National Defense Industrial Association