Coming in April.

* April is a busy month with some major trade shows, and National Defense will be there. First up is the Navy League's Sea-Air-Space conference April 9-11 at National Harbor, Maryland. Across the river and down the road a few miles, NDIA holds its annual Ground Robotics Capabilities Conference and Exhibition on April 10-11 in Springfield, Virginia. Ellen Lord, undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, and Bryan McVeigh, Army program manager for force protection, are scheduled to speak.

The Space Symposium will be held April 16-19 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. NDIA's Space Division will be hosting a breakfast on the sidelines there April 17.

That same week on April 18, NDIA will be presenting its Dwight D. Eisenhower Award to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., at its annual award...