National Defense Industrial Association

National Defense Industrial Association
Abbreviation	NDIA
Formation	1919
Type	Voluntary Association
Headquarters	Arlington, Virginia
Location	United States;
Membership	Corporate, Individual, Small Business, and Life
President and CEO	David Norquist
Affiliations	Association For Enterprise Integration (AFEI) ; National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA) ; Precision Strike Association (PSA) ; Women in Defense (WID)
Staff	75
Website	NDIA.org

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) is a trade association for the United States government and defense industrial base.^[1]^[2] It is an 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]}

^ Dao, James (2001-09-02). "Dogfight for Dollars On Capitol Hill". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-07. a trade group that represents 900 military contractors
^ Appelbaum, Richard P; William I. Robinson (2005). Critical globalization studies. Routledge. p. 146. ISBN 0-415-94961-0. 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.