The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) will host its flagship Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition, bringing together leaders from government, industry, and academia to explore innovations shaping the future of national security. The event includes a companion Defense Technologies Hackathon (Aug. 25–29), where military operators and technologists will co-develop unclassified solutions to real-world challenges—kicking off at George Mason University’s FUSE facility and concluding at the conference.