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{{Short description|American trade association founded 1919}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                = National Defense Industrial Association
| image               = NDIA2017logo.svg
| abbreviation        = NDIA
| formation           = 1919
| type                = Voluntary Association
| purpose             =
| headquarters        = [[Arlington, Virginia]]
| location            = [[United States]]
| membership          = Corporate, Individual, Small Business, and Life
| leader_title        = President and CEO
| leader_name         = [[David Norquist]]
| affiliations        = Association For Enterprise Integration (AFEI) <br /> National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) <br /> Precision Strike Association (PSA) <br /> Women in Defense (WID)
| num_staff           = 75
| website             = [http://NDIA.org NDIA.org]
}}
The '''National Defense Industrial Association''' ('''NDIA''') is a trade [[voluntary association|association]] for the [[Federal government of the United States|United States government]] and [[defense industrial base]].<ref name="NYT1">{{cite web|last=Dao|first=James|title=Dogfight for Dollars On Capitol Hill|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2001-09-02|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/business/dogfight-for-dollars-on-capitol-hill.html?pagewanted=3|access-date=2009-07-07|quote=a trade group that represents 900 military contractors}}</ref><ref name="Appelbaum1">{{cite book|last=Appelbaum|first=Richard P|author2=William I. Robinson|title=Critical globalization studies|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2005|pages=146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T7B98k3aHIIC|isbn=0-415-94961-0|quote=The main military manufacturers' organization, National Defense Industrial Association, has 9000 corporate affiliates and 36000 individual members with no foreign membership. The association maintains close coordination with the DOD functioning through thirty-four committees, each with direct access to and a working relationship with the military. Divided up amongst these contractors is the largest single slice of the federal government budget. Current military spending has hit $383 billion with $62 billion for procurement and $51 billion in research and development.}}</ref> It is an [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]] educational organization. Its headquarters are in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. NDIA was established in 1919 as a result of the inability of the defense industry to scale up the war effort during World War I.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
==Founding==
In 1917, Brigadier General Benedict Crowell<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2019/1/4/ndia-at-100-building-on-a-strong-foundation|title=NDIA at 100: Building on a Strong Foundation|website=www.nationaldefensemagazine.org|language=en|access-date=2019-11-18}}</ref> was called to active duty and served on the General Munitions Board. As a board member, he established a relationship with the steel industry and was almost immediately appointed Assistant [[United States Secretary of War|Secretary of War]] and Director of Munitions. As Director of Munitions, Crowell was a significant catalyst in improving the country's capability to produce arms and ammunition. However, he recognized the nation's need for an association that fostered cooperation between civilian industry and government in support of industrial preparedness. He founded the Army Ordnance Association (AOA) in 1919 and served as president for its first 25 years. Over the ensuing decades, AOA became the American Defense Preparedness Association (ADPA), which then merged with the 1944 National Security Industrial Association (NSIA) in 1997, creating NDIA.
== Advocacy ==
=== Opposition to military right-to-repair legislation ===
In July 2024, NDIA signed a letter to members of both the [[United States House Committee on Armed Services|House Committee on Armed Services]] and the [[United States Senate Committee on Armed Services|Senate Committee on Armed Services]] opposing Section 828 of S. 4628, the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025]], entitled "Requirement for Contractors to Provide Reasonable Access to Repair Materials".<ref name=Letter2024>{{cite web |title=Dear Chairman Reed, Ranking Member Wicker, Chairman Rogers, and Ranking Member Smith |work=[[National Defense Industrial Association]] |date=2024-07-30 |url=https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25075327/signedfy25ndaasection828letter.pdf |access-date=2024-08-29}}</ref> The proposed Section 828 raised concerns for NDIA that include "no carve-outs or limitations to protect sensitive trade secret information" and impacts on "the economics of a dealer distribution model by effectively eliminating dealer margins ... [impacting] ... small and medium-sized businesses",<ref name=Letter2024/> amongst other issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Koebler |first=Jason |title=Appliance and Tractor Companies Lobby Against Giving the Military the Right to Repair |website=[[404 Media]] |date=2024-08-28 |url=https://www.404media.co/appliance-and-tractor-companies-lobby-against-giving-the-military-the-right-to-repair/  |access-date=2024-08-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829115850/https://www.404media.co/appliance-and-tractor-companies-lobby-against-giving-the-military-the-right-to-repair/ |archive-date=2024-08-29 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Publications==
NDIA currently publishes ''National Defense'', ''Weekly Policy Digest'', ''Weekly Defense Insider'', and ''Monthly Defense Watch''.
=== ''National Defense'' magazine ===
''National Defense'' has been published under a series of different titles since 1940:<ref name=JSTOR>{{cite web |title=National Defense {{!}} Title History |publisher=[[JSTOR]] |date=December 2021 |url=https://www.jstor.org/journal/ndm |access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref>
* 2005–Present - ''National Defense''
* 1947–1954 - ''The Common Defense''
* 1947–1970 - ''Ordnance''
* 1945–1947 - ''Logistics''
* 1920–1945 - ''Army Ordnance''
Additional variations during the above periods:
* 1946 - ''Industrial Preparedness Bulletin''
* 1943–1945 - ''Army Ordnance Report''
* 1940–1946 - ''Army Ordnance Bulletin''
==Chapters==
[[File:Headquarters AFSPC Airman Receives Patriot Award (4883778).jpeg|thumb|President of the Rocky Mountain Chapter presents the Patriot Award (2018)]]
NDIA has 29 chapters located throughout the United States.<ref name="chapter_presidents">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndia.org/MembershipAndChapters/NDIAChapters/Pages/NDIA_Chapter_Presidents.aspx|title=NDIA Chapter Presidents|publisher=National Defense Industrial Association|access-date=2009-05-17}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" | NDIA Chapters
|-
|[[Aberdeen Proving Ground]]
|[[Central Florida]]
|[[Central Jersey|Central New Jersey]]
|[[Delaware Valley]]
|-
| [[First Coast]]
|[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
| Great Lakes
| Great Rivers
|-
| [[Hampton Roads|Greater Hampton Roads]]
| Greater Indiana
| Greater Los Angeles
| Greater New York-Connecticut
|-
| [[Tampa Bay area|Greater Tampa Bay]]
| Gulf Coast
| Iowa-Illinois
| Lone Star
|-
|[[Michigan]]
|[[New England]]
|[[North Carolina]]
| Pacific Northwest
|-
| Picatinny
| Red River Regional
| Rocky Mountain
|[[San Diego]]
|-
|[[Southern Nevada]]
|[[Southwestern United States|Southwest]]
| Tennessee Valley
|[[Washington, D.C.|Washington, DC]]
|-
| Wright Brothers Regional
|}
==Divisions==
NDIA consists of subject-specific divisions that aim to promote defense and [[national security]] through access, influence, and education.<ref name="divisions">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndia.org/DIVISIONS/Pages/default.aspx|title=Divisions|publisher=National Defense Industrial Association|access-date=2009-05-17}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" | NDIA Divisions
|-
| Agile Delivery for Agencies, Programs, and Teams (ADAPT)
| Armaments
| Bomb & Warhead
|-
| Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) Defense
| Combat Survivability
| Cyber-Augmented Operations (CAO)
|-
| Cybersecurity
| Electronics
| Expeditionary Warfare
|-
| Health Affairs
| Human Systems
| Integrated Program Management
|-
| International
| Logistics Management
| Manufacturing
|-
| Missile Defense
| Munitions Technology
| Procurement
|-
| Robotics
| Science and Engineering Today
| Security and Counterintelligence
|-
| Small Business
| Space
| Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict
|-
| Strike, Land Attack, and Air Defense (SLAAD)
| Systems Engineering
| Tactical Wheeled Vehicles
|-
| Technical Information
| Test & Evaluation
| Undersea Warfare
|}
==Committees and working groups==
NDIA has 5 industrial committees and working groups that bring government and industry personnel together on important topics.
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" | NDIA Industrial Committees and Working Groups
|-
| Chemical Biological Defense Acquisition Initiatives Forum
| Industrial Committee of Ammunition Producers
| Industrial Committee on Operational Test and Evaluation
|-
| Cybersecurity for Advanced Manufacturing Working Group
| Trusted Microelectrics Joint Working Group
|}
==Affiliate associations==
NDIA affiliates include the Association for Enterprise Information (AFEI), the Emerging Technologies Institute (ETI), the National Training & Simulation Association (NTSA), the Precision Strike Association (PSA), and Women in Defense (WID).<ref>https://www.ndia.org/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Military–industrial complex]]
* [[National defense]]
* [[Warfighter]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Military industry]]
[[Category:United States military associations]]
[[Category:Military simulation]]