AIR-P
2024-11-17 18:30 - 2025-06-13 13:00 (America/New_York) | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Aviation Industrial Readiness Program

The Aviation Industrial Readiness Program (AIR-P) is an executive development program serving commanders and senior civilian leaders of our Nation’s depot, arsenal, and ammunition facilities. AIR-P integrates leadership development and business management concepts to help Defense Organic Industrial Base leaders manage these large organizations effectively.

Building a Business Mindset

The Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) has designed and customized the Aviation Industrial Readiness Program for the leadership of the defense industrial enterprise. AIR-P is an executive development program serving commanders and leaders of our nation’s depot, arsenal, and ammunition facilities. AIR-P integrates business acumen, business best practices, leader development, and management processes & concepts. The program enables leaders within the Industrial Enterprise to adapt and replicate the latest technology, systems, and management practices to effectively lead large industrial organizations.

In 2018, AIR-P was developed at the request of the Naval Air Systems Command and Commander of the Fleet Readiness Centers. The program is attended by leaders from all branches of the military/DoD civilians industrial complex and private-sector manufacturers. AIR-P is developed and administered by the IDB in partnership with faculty from North Carolina State University (NCSU), other leading universities, and practicing experts in complex industrial operations.

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LOGTECH Executive
2025-06-01 18:00 - 2025-06-06 19:00, 2026-06-01 18:00 - 2026-06-05 13:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Program for Executives in Logistics and Technology

Designed for Executives in defense and business who are focused on strategy. You will learn new tools and techniques for innovative thinking to support implementation of strategic direction to leverage people, processes, and technology in your organization to deliver effective and efficient capabilities.

Transform your organization’s approach to technology and innovation across logistics and the supply chain. In this program designed for senior leaders in defense and business, you will learn new tools and techniques for innovative thinking. Return to your organization ready to implement strategic direction that leverages your people, processes, and technology to deliver effective, efficient logistics and supply chain capabilities.

Collaborate with peers from diverse organizations across the public and private sector to address shared challenges from a big-picture perspective. Led by expert faculty and industry practitioners, you’ll learn strategies for successful implementation and adoption of new technologies at the strategic and operational levels.

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LOGTECH Advanced
2025-06-08 00:00 - 2025-06-13 23:59, 2025-07-27 00:00 - 2025-08-01 23:59, 2025-09-14 18:00 - 2025-09-19 13:00, 2025-09-21 18:00 - 2025-09-26 13:00, 2026-02-22 18:00 - 2026-02-27 13:00, 2026-06-07 18:00 - 2026-06-12 13:00, 2026-07-26 18:00 - 2026-07-31 13:00, 2026-09-20 18:00 - 2026-09-25 13:00 and 1 more date | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology

For experienced leaders in defense and business who are focused on people, processes, and policy. This group includes, logisticians, and those influencing logistics, this 5-day program creates leaders ready to champion innovative logistics in their organization.

LOGTECH ADVANCED LOGTECH ADVANCED brings together professionals from different sectors within the business, defense, and government logistics community. Gain knowledge, tools, and skills in critical thinking innovation, risk management, data fluency and many other specialty areas to better champion and lead significant improvement and sustainment in your organization.

Led by expert faculty and industry practitioners, you will learn strategies for successful implementation and adoption of new technologies at the strategic and operational levels.

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Virtual LCELP
2025-06-22 18:00 - 2025-06-27 19:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Life Cycle Executive Leadership Program

For leaders involved in the life cycle of products, services, and processes. This 5-day program focuses on strategies to reduce life cycle costs and increase organizational effectiveness.

Optimizing Life Cycle ManagementCradle to Grave

Acquire new insights to enhance your organization’s product and system life cycle management. In this program designed for experienced life cycle leaders, you will learn strategies to reduce costs and increase effectiveness across product and systems design, improvement, and sustainment. Return to your organization equipped with new strategic insights to maximize long-term investments across the life cycle.

Collaborate with peers from diverse organizations across the public and private sector to exchange best practices and lessons learned from the participants’ collective experience in life cycle management. Led by expert faculty and industry practitioners, you’ll develop a deeper understanding of life cycle theories, practices, and techniques to cultivate an integrated, effective, and efficient life cycle.

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LCELP
2025-07-13 18:00 - 2025-07-18 13:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States

IB2 IE
2025-07-13 18:00 - 2025-07-25 09:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Industry Based Broadening: Information Environment

For high-potential leaders involved in strategic communication and information operations, this 2-week program presents industry’s best practices and explains the fundamentals of securing technological infrastructure.

Information Environment in the Private Sector

The Institute for Defense and Business’ (IDB) one-of-a-kind program is designed for high-performing individuals in the Department of Defense—civilians and military— directly associated with operations in the information environment. At the Industry Based Broadening Seminar for Information Environment (IB2 IE), you learn what the information environment looks like in the non-military world and how to harness key tools in order to gain the information advantage. You are introduced to the cultures of the organizations that compete in the information environment both domestically and internationally, and the technologies for securing information infrastructure. We leverage a variety of non-military and military perspectives from experts in the private and voluntary sectors, government, and academia on topics including messaging to influence, building a narrative, big data, the internet of things, and understanding cognitive behavior. Subsequently, you will return to your organization with industry best practices for immediate direct application.

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LOG 21 (Virtual)
2025-08-03 18:00 - 2025-08-08 18:30 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Logistics for the 21st Century

For early-career logisticians and all supporting functional areas focused on logistics. This 5-day program explores the latest advances in modern logistics, supply chain, inventory, innovation, critical thinking, technologies, and strategies to better succeed.

Be Part of a Logistics Learning Network

Broaden your knowledge of logistics and supporting fields and technologies to excel in this complex, rapidly changing field. In the Institute for Defense and Business’ (IDB) Logistics for the 21st Century (LOG21) program designed for professionals who may have less experience in logistics, you will learn strategies to succeed in your role. Return to your organization with a deeper understanding of the technology and innovation that will shape the future of logistics/supply chain. Alongside counterparts from private industry, government agencies, and all military services, participants examine and discuss complex real-world challenges. Guided by renowned faculty, participants learn what it takes to initiate and manage processes and operational change that is crucial to the future of successful logistics.

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IB2 LOG
2025-08-03 18:00 - 2025-08-15 19:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Duration

2 weeks (consecutively)

Location

Research Triangle Area

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Industry Based Broadening: Logistics

IB2-LOG SBS participants attend a two-week residency in North Carolina, where they engage in intensive learning and collaboration. The program also focuses on enhancing leadership skills, understanding complex security environments, and fostering critical and creative thinking.

IB2 LOG: Program Overview

The IB2-LOG SBS provides unparalleled contact to real-world practitioners across academia, public, and private sector subject matter experts. It is a one-of-a-kind state-of-the-art experience, where participants are expertly exposed to innovation, culture change, data utilization, and the role of artificial intelligence in addressing complex supply chain and logistics challenges. The exposure to private industry inspires fresh ideas and encourages critical thinking, preparing participants to tackle future warfare demands effectively.

You will return to your organization with a broad set of direct applications to modernize your logistics processes and understand how to use modern systems to make more informed decisions and better serve your organization and customers.

LOGTECH Advanced
2025-08-10 00:00 - 2025-08-15 23:59, 2025-09-07 00:00 - 2025-09-12 23:59 | NC
Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology

For experienced leaders in defense and business who are focused on people, processes, and policy. This group includes, logisticians, and those influencing logistics, this 5-day program creates leaders ready to champion innovative logistics in their organization.

LOGTECH ADVANCED brings together professionals from different sectors within the business, defense, and government logistics community. Gain knowledge, tools, and skills in critical thinking innovation, risk management, data fluency and many other specialty areas to better champion and lead significant improvement and sustainment in your organization.

Led by expert faculty and industry practitioners, you will learn strategies for successful implementation and adoption of new technologies at the strategic and operational levels.

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LOGTECH Advanced
2025-08-17 00:00 - 2025-08-22 23:59 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States

LOG 21
2025-09-07 18:00 - 2025-09-12 13:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Logistics for the 21st Century

For early-career logisticians and all supporting functional areas focused on logistics. This 5-day program explores the latest advances in modern logistics, supply chain, inventory, innovation, critical thinking, technologies, and strategies to better succeed.

Be Part of a Logistics Learning Network

Broaden your knowledge of logistics and supporting fields and technologies to excel in this complex, rapidly changing field. In the Institute for Defense and Business’ (IDB) Logistics for the 21st Century (LOG21) program designed for professionals who may have less experience in logistics, you will learn strategies to succeed in your role. Return to your organization with a deeper understanding of the technology and innovation that will shape the future of logistics/supply chain. Alongside counterparts from private industry, government agencies, and all military services, participants examine and discuss complex real-world challenges. Guided by renowned faculty, participants learn what it takes to initiate and manage processes and operational change that is crucial to the future of successful logistics.

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DUS
2025-09-14 18:00 - 2025-09-26 19:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Seminar on Dense Urban Studies

For mid-career leaders, this 2-week program helps participants understand the complex make-up and critical issues of operating in dense urban areas and megacities.

The Future is Now

The Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) offers our Dense Urban Studies Strategic Broadening Seminar (DUS SBS), a two-week educational and experiential learning opportunity for participants to explore and understand the critical infrastructure, urban geography, and flow of cities to better plan for the future fight by using the megacity of New York as a living laboratory. As the world’s population continues to become increasingly concentrated in megacities, this broadening seminar is designed to increase awareness and planning considerations for urban operations.

To effectively demonstrate the size and scale of these urban operations, the IDB brings together academia, the interagency, private sector and the military to share and study the “megacity system” for broader understanding and situational awareness. This seminar is specialized at the O-3/4 level including Warrant Officers and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers (Bachelor’s Degree Preferred). Civilians of an equivalent career level are encouraged to participate.

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IDB Executive Fellows Induction Ceremony
2026-01-07 09:00 - 11:00 | NC
This annual event introduces the next class of IDB Executive Fellows and acknowledges the contributions of the outgoing class. The Executive Fellows provide thought leadership ensuring the IDB programs remain current, vibrant, and relevant in the ever-changing logistics, business and geopolitical environments.

If you are interested in joining us for this event, please contact Sonya Johnson at 919-969-8008 or johnson@idb.org.

AIR-P
2026-01-11 18:30 - 2026-01-16 13:00, 2026-01-25 18:30 - 2026-01-30 13:00, 2026-06-07 18:30 - 2026-06-12 13:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Aviation Industrial Readiness Program

The Aviation Industrial Readiness Program (AIR-P) is an executive development program serving commanders and senior civilian leaders of our Nation’s depot, arsenal, and ammunition facilities. AIR-P integrates leadership development and business management concepts to help Defense Organic Industrial Base leaders manage these large organizations effectively.

Building a Business Mindset

The Institute for Defense and Business (IDB) has designed and customized the Aviation Industrial Readiness Program for the leadership of the defense industrial enterprise. AIR-P is an executive development program serving commanders and leaders of our nation’s depot, arsenal, and ammunition facilities. AIR-P integrates business acumen, business best practices, leader development, and management processes & concepts. The program enables leaders within the Industrial Enterprise to adapt and replicate the latest technology, systems, and management practices to effectively lead large industrial organizations.

In 2018, AIR-P was developed at the request of the Naval Air Systems Command and Commander of the Fleet Readiness Centers. The program is attended by leaders from all branches of the military/DoD civilians industrial complex and private-sector manufacturers. AIR-P is developed and administered by the IDB in partnership with faculty from North Carolina State University (NCSU), other leading universities, and practicing experts in complex industrial operations.

IBLDP
2026-01-25 18:00 - 2026-01-30 13:00, 2026-03-08 18:00 - 2026-03-13 13:00, 2026-08-16 18:00 - 2026-08-21 13:00 | Institute for Defense and Business, 1445 Environ Way, Chapel Hill, NC, 27517, United States
Industrial Base Leadership Development Program

IDB’s IBLDP program is an intensive one-week experience designed to equip leaders with insights to address challenges and opportunities impacting the organic industrial base and Joint Force readiness. Focused on solving current and emerging readiness issues, the course offers a tailored learning environment for experienced leaders shaping strategy, funding, and policy across the industrial base, alongside private industry and sustainment partners. Outcomes include improved policy and operational alignment, unity of purpose, and adoption of best practices—building a confident, creative cadre of leaders prepared to strengthen materiel readiness across the enterprise. Participants leave with actionable strategies to drive collaboration and innovation across the entire industrial base.

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