http://www.idga.org/ The Institute for Defense & Government Advancement (IDGA) : a division of IQPC , is a non-partisan information-based organization dedicated to the promotion of innovative ideas in public service and defense through live conferences and events. We bring together speaker panels and events comprised of military and government professionals while attracting delegates with Wed, 25 May 2011 09:27:55 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/future-ground-forces-interview-with-dr-carole-teol/ The following interview was conducted by Nick Younker, Senior Editor of the Institute Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/army-and-marine-corps-missions-carry-increasingly/ The nature of the wars in OIF and OEF have impacted military vehicle design and Mon, 21 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/how-does-the-future-shape-up-for-army-tactical-veh/ The future of tactical vehicles remains unclear at the moment. In February, the US Army Fri, 28 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT Defence IQ http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/joint-training-and-simulation-to-prevent-casualtie/ When entering the theater of war it is essential that personnel have received the Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/progress-continues-towards-new-tactical-vehicl/ A New Family of MV's to Replace Humvee A program to develop a new family of light Fri, 07 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT Donna Miles http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/us-military-boosts-counter-ied-measures-for-afghan/ The threat posed to Afghanistan forces by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/private-intelligence-contractors-for-the-dod/ A New York Times Article published Monday indicated that the inner workings of the Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 GMT Sean Pillai http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/ground-combat-vehicle-rf/ It has only been days since the official release of the final request for proposal (RFP) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-weapons-technology/articles/weapons-remain-key-focus-for-us-army/ With the US armed forces committed to combat operations in Afghanistan and stability and Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/irregular-warfare-necessitates-flexibility-in-join/ "The black-and-white distinction between irregular war and conventional war is an Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/upgrading-mrap-light-tactical-vehicles-for-marines/ In August, Marines in Afghanistan received the first set of Mine Resistant Ambush Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/military-vehicle-maintenance-proves-challenge-in-/ At the beginning of October, the first Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/secretary-gates-visit-to-oshkosh-corporation/ Secretary of Defense Robert Gates toured the Oshkosh Corporation on November 12, 2009, Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-weapons-technology/articles/the-us-army-s-m-4-carbine-debate/ As the warfighter awaits congress to hammer out the FY 2010 defense budget, the Pentagon Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jason Verdugo http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/strykers-and-the-army-s-heavy-brigade-shift/ Eight years of war in Afghanistan and six years in Iraq has forced a transformational Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jason Verdugo http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/first-m-atvs-deploy-to-afghanistan/ QUANTICO, Va. — With unprecedented speed, the first of thousands of Mine Resistant Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT MARCORSYSCOM http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/u-s-iraq-drawdown-remains-a-difficult-jo/ "Let me say this as plainly as I can—by August 31, 2010, our combat mission Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/articles/logistics-vehicle-reaches-initial-operating/ Quantico, VA—The Marine Corps’ newest logistics vehicle—Logistics Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT IDGA http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/strategy-and-procurement-planning-for-army-vehicle/ MG Thomas Spoehr, Director of Force Development in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/u-s-army-equipment-testing-and-evaluation/ Kristin Hogg, of the Reliability and Maintainabilty Directorate for the U.S. Army's Thu, 23 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/attacking-the-network-counter-ied-ops-in-afghanist/ Capt D. Landon Phillips, Commander 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/lightweight-material-use-in-military-vehicles/ Dr. Pradeep Rohatgi, Director of the Composites Center at the University of Wisconsin, Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/sustaining-integrated-logistics-for-usmc-assets/ Col Benjamin Braden, Chief of Staff for the United States Marine Corps Logistics Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/military-vehicle-health-management-programs/ Jeffrey Banks, of the Complex System Monitoring and Automation Applied Research Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-weapons-technology/videos/using-tpu-for-transparent-armoring-solutions/ Mike Griffin, a product manager at Huntsman, discusses the use of thermoplastic Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/civil-military-operations-in-support-of-irregular/ Alexandra Courtney and Steve Foster of Booz Allen Hamilton discuss preparing for Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/lav-and-mpc-usmc-combat-developer-update/ Chris Yunker, of the USMC Combat Development Command, gives an update on the LAV, MPC Mon, 08 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/heavy-vehicle-armament-systems-integration/ COL Karl Scott Flynn, Director of the Enterprise & Systems Integration Center at Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/tactical-and-combat-vehicle-transportability-engin/ Jocelyn Anderson, of the Deployability Engineering Branch of the Transportation Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/door-system-advancements-in-tactical-vehicles/ Rob Donaldson, General Manager of TRIMARK, discusses door systems advancements in Thu, 21 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/increasing-readiness-of-tactical-vehicle-capabilit/ Pete Ward, MRAP Project Engineer for SPAWAR Systems Atlantic, discusses increasing Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/rapid-support-and-fielding-of-tactical-vehicles/ Frank Apicella, techical director of the Army Evaluation Center (ATEC), discusses rapid Wed, 13 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/transparent-armor-solutions-for-tactical-vehicle-a/ A panel of industry professionals in military vehicle armoring discuss new Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/tacom-s-tactical-vehicle-stategy/ COL David Bassett, Program Manager at TACOM for Tactical Vehicles, discusses the Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/current-challenges-with-power-requirements-in-tact/ Michael Gallagher, Program Manager for expeditionary power systems at MARCORSYSCOM, Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/garry-reid-ses-on-dod-policy-strategic-planning-fo/ Garry Reid, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Combating Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/john-newman-on-heavy-vehicle-transportability-engi/ John D. Newman, Deployability Engineering Chief SDCC - Transportation Engineering Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/col-yori-escalante-usmc-on-defeating-ieds-by-defea/ Col Yori R. Escalante, USMC discusses defeating IEDs by defeating the source at Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/usjfcom-irregular-warfare-policy-with-james-o-conn/ James O'Connell, Director of the Joint Irregular Warfare Center at USJFCOM, Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/col-daniel-roper-on-counter-insurgency-in-complex/ COL Daniel Roper, Director of the U.S Army / USMC COIN Center in Fort Leavenworth, KS, Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/defeating-ied-threats-with-scott-blaney/ Scott Blaney, Senior Military Analyst at the Center for Army Lessons Learned Combat Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/using-nano-materials-to-reduce-weight-and-improve/ Dr. Kelechi Anyaogu, a senior scientist at Nico Technologies Corporation, discusses Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/ied-clearance-tactics-with-cpt-kenneth-attaway/ CPT Kenneth Attaway discusses his experiences in OIF/OEF working as a U.S. Army Engineer Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-logistics/videos/heavy-vehicle-integrated-logistics-support/ Tommy Morgan of the Anniston Army Depot discusses military heavy vehicle overhauls and Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/using-image-scanning-to-mitigate-the-ied-threat/ Paul Showgun, a radiologist at Walter Reed Medical Center and Tatjana Fischer from Thu, 08 Jul 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/dr-mark-fisher-on-counter-ied-strategy/ Dr. Mark Fisher, who holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Oklahoma State University, Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/col-mark-barbosa-discusses-the-future-for-army-hea/ Army heavy vehicles are critical to mission success in OIF/OEF.  However, terrain Tue, 18 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/greg-skaff-deputy-tradoc-capability-manager-hbct-d/ Greg Skaff serves as the Deputy TRADOC Capability manager within the HBCT Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/dr-ling-rothrock-on-diagnostic-vehicle-systems/ Watch as Dr. Rothrock walks you through the processes of system diagnostics as it Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/colonel-larry-james-on-the-psychology-of-terrorism/ The United States is currently engaged in a war like we’ve never seen, having more Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/transforming-mine-resistant-ambush-protected-mrap/ Lean Six Sigma is not only useful for cutting costs and increasing profits. As the U.S. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/lieutenant-colonel-leimbach-program-manager-tank-s/ In this presentation you will learn about: Tank Armor Systems • Current fleet Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/phillip-cunniff-of-natick-soldier-rd-e-center-talk/ In this presentation you will learn about: Personnel Armor Research and Development Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-weapons-technology/videos/karen-horak-of-rdecom-talks-about-ballistic-protec/ In this presentation you will learn about: Armored Fabric and Tentage: Force Protection Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/gordon-gillerman-of-nist-talks-about-testing-and-s/ In this presentation you will learn about: New Approach to Conformity Assessment – Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/dr-mike-riley-of-the-national-institute-of-standar/ In this presentation you will learn about: Advances in the Testing of Law Enforcement Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/bob-lusardi-deputy-program-manager-lav-usmc-talks/ In this keynote presentation you will learn about: Protecting Light Armored Vehicles Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/col-ret-cobux-van-der-merwe-of-saab-speaks-about-a/ In this presentation you will learn about: Active Vehicle Protection • The Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/21st-century-infantry-weapons-with-colonel-erich-w/ The European Defence Agency was formed in 2004 and is directly responsible for the Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/michael-gallagher-from-marcorsyscom-power-requirem/ Michael Gallagher of MARCORSYSCOM talks about what the power world has to do with the Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/future-combat-systems-manned-ground-vehicles-fleet/ Marlon Carlson, product manager of manned ground vehicle common systems, speaks on the Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/videos/david-hansen-from-jpo-mrap-discusses-advances-in-p/ David Hansen speaks on how the MRAP program will address an urgent warfighter need for Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/government-transformation/webinars/army-transformation-deploying-lean-six-sigma/ Lean Six Sigma (LSS) has become an increasingly vital part of the Department of Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.idga.org/military-vehicles/press-releases/oshkosh-showcases-tactical-protector-vehicle-for-b/ F OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Garcia, Director, Fri, 07 May 2010 04:00:00 GMT