On Wednesday November 8

Hybrid meeting (two in-person locations, DFW and Austin) **Membership not required**

RSVP here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ndia-lone-star-november-member-engagement-meeting-with-admiral-inman-tickets-717322580147

Join us for an engaging meeting that is a fantastic opportunity for NDIA Lone Star members to connect, network, be inspired by, and gain insights and knowledge from US Navy Admiral Inman, who has held several influential positions in the US Intelligence Community. What our country needs today to re-spark a culture of innovation – lessons from MCC and SEMATECH.

5:30 PM Networking starts
6:00 PM Speaker presentation, Q&A
7:00 PM Chapter Officer Elections, and networking

In-person in Irving, TX:
At Advanced Intralogistics 350 E Royal Lane, Suite 150
Contact Dr. Scott Nichol snichol@shoppas.com 682-417-5789 with questions
Bonus: Author John Antal will be in attendance, with his newest book “Next War: Reimagining How We Fight”

In-person in Austin, TX:
At CBRE 500 West 2nd Street Suite 1700
Contact pbaumhart@me.com with questions.

Event is free an open to the public.

Zoom info and RSVP link here
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ndia-lone-star-november-member-engagement-meeting-with-admiral-inman-tickets-717322580147

For more information about Admiral Inman’s leadership and service, see

Book: R&D Collaboration on Trial: The Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation by Everett M. Rogers, 1994

Bios
https://lbj.utexas.edu/inman-bobby-r
https://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/adm-bobby-ray-inman
https://www.hoover.org/profiles/bobby-inman

Video
Austin Revealed: Booting Up Big Tech
https://video.austinpbs.org/video/austin-revealed-booting-up-big-tech-rye3rh/
Explore Austin’s high tech origins when innovators and community leaders formed a catalyst that still drives the economy today. Discover how visionaries created a foundation of collaboration and entrepreneurial spirit. This show consists of excerpts of all six parts of Booting Up Big Tech edited into one documentary special.

On Wednesday October 18

Virtual meeting **Membership not required**

Mini Drones in Modern Warfare

Mini-drones are cheap and plentiful, and are filling the role of reconnaissance, artillery, and electronic warfare in Ukraine. At the same time, they are employing all the aspects of counter measures against these same things. Brief intro summary of how small cheap commercial equipment is replacing million dollar systems.

With speakers Chuck Weis and Lt Col Alex “STOIKY” Goldberg

Mini-drones are cheap and plentiful, and are filling the role of reconnaissance, artillery, and electronic warfare.  At the same time, they are employing all the aspects of counter measures against these same things. Brief intro summary of how small cheap commercial equipment is replacing million dollar systems.

1530 CST Chuck Weiss is the current NDIA Lone Star Chapter Treasurer. Chuck has 39 years experience in defense contracting at Texas Instruments and Raytheon. He has worked on a variety of missile programs and intelligence services.

1540 CST Lt Col Alex “STOIKY” Goldberg is the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) lead for Strategic, Defense, and Commercial Engagement in Austin, Texas. Currently, Alex is responsible for implementing the innovation strategy of the Office of the Secretary of Defense throughout the southwest region of the U.S, as well as acting as the primary liaison between the DoD, venture capital, private equity, and startup communities.

3:30 PM Meeting starts.  Presentation, Q&A

4:30 Meeting ends, networking until 5:00pm

Event is free and open to the public. 

RSVP link and zoom info is here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ndia-lone-star-october-engagement-meeting-mini-drones-in-modern-warfare-tickets-738179222927?aff=oddtdtcreator

Questions?  Contact Patricia Baumhart at pbaumhart@me.com

On Wednesday September 13

Virtual meeting  **Membership not required**

Systems-of-systems approach to Autonomous Operations at scale

With speakers Andrew Carter, ResilienX Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, and Don Berchoff, TruWeather Solutions CEO

 

5:30 PM Networking starts

6:00 PM Presentation, Q&A, demo

7:00 PM Networking until 7:30

 

Event is free and open to the public.  Please RSVP here

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ndia-lone-star-chapter-september-member-engagement-meeting-tickets-700438007937?aff=oddtdtcreator

 

Questions?  Contact Patricia Baumhart at pbaumhart@me.com

 

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89293266893?pwd=ZUF2WTZITEl3d0VjU2h4QlhlUkp3QT09

Meeting ID: 892 9326 6893. Passcode: 925287

On Wednesday August 9

Hybrid meeting, In-person and virtual ** Membership not required **

Active Digital Twins

With speakers Starr Long, Executive Producer, The Accelerator Agency, and Jim Young, Managing Director of Atomic Maps.

Active Digital Twin – a virtual representation or digital replica of a physical object, system, or process – is a digital counterpart that mirrors the characteristics, behavior, and attributes of its physical counterpart in real-time or near-real-time. Active Digital Twins, which georectify data, are becoming increasingly popular in defense, cities and countries as a tool for decision-making and more.

And, we’ll visit CBRE’s Liquid Galaxy demo room. https://liquidgalaxy.org

5:30 PM Networking starts
6:00 PM Presentation, Q&A, demo
7:00 PM  Networking until 7:30 PM

Event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP here

Questions? Contact Patricia Baumhart at pbaumhart@me.com.

F2F: 500 W 2nd Street , Austin, Texas

Zoom: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84439781487?pwd=bzNnVDJvTEVHYVlNUGRrbTg3M1Bqdz09
Meeting ID: 844 3978 1487. Passcode: 196004

Event is free –  membership is not required to attend this event – please RSVP :

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ndia-lone-star-chapter-august-member-engagement-meeting-tickets-663663534497

 

On Thursday July 13!

Hybrid meeting: in-person and virtual, **Membership is not required to attend this event**

Space-based Multilayered Optical-mesh-network

With Mark LaPenna, Chairman, CEO and Founder of Xenesis, a telecommunications company which uses lasers in space, to communicate data across vast distances.

Xenesis’ space based multilayered optical-mesh-network leverages dynamic address logic in transporting data (agnostic) from any point of origin to any point of presence at speeds up to 10 Gbps with lowest possible latency.

6:00 PM Networking starts
6:30 PM Meeting starts
7:30 PM Meeting ends; networking until 8 PM

Event is free and open to the public. Details here, please RSVP.

Questions? Contact Patricia Baumhart at pbaumhart@me.com.

F2F:

Join by Zoom

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82709835208?pwd=MTQ1NGpZcjllbkQrSXNESTZaRkVHQT09

Meeting ID: 827 0983 5208. Passcode: 086551