Two great conferences in one, November 17-19: classified US only LPI conference and a classified US only with appropriate clearance ELINT/SIGINT session at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey, CA. Host hotel is the fabulous Hyatt Monterey right across from NPS. Conference features classified lab tours on NP and ITT's Morgan Hill facility!
The Worldwide EW Infrastructure Conference at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta. Packed with senior military and government officials from around the globe presenting and discussing WW interoperability, Foreign Military Sales programs and policies, range accesibility and much more. This is the one you don't want to miss!
The Operationalizing Intelligence in Electronic Warfare for the 21st Century Conference has been rescheduled for 2010. More details will follow.
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In the fall of 1962, the Cold War started to heat up after the Soviet Union moved to install nuclear missiles on Cuban soil. President John F. Kennedy addressed the situation publicly on October 22, 1962. Mark Hepokoski, of Menahga, was among those tasked with delivering that response should it prove necessary.
Can hackers disable the US power grid? This issue, which has been debated for years in the security community, is once again in the news after a segment on cybersecurity on CBS's 60 Minutes Sunday night, which reports that hackers disabled parts of the power grid in Brazil in 2005 and 2007. The CIA first discussed these events in early 2008, but without divulging the identity of the foreign country that was affected. (Data Center Knowledge)
In the world of advanced weapons, the US and its allies are pitted against loosely connected opponents, often stateless, who are unfettered by governments, laws or tradition. For now, the forces of chaos seem to be winning. (Aviation Week)
Too little is known about what potential foes have placed into space and how much space debris is threatening to damage American orbiters. And the US needs to deploy more space sensors, satellites and satellite protection and quickly: "We are decades behind where we should be, in my view." (NetworkWorld)
Boeing is preparing to make the much-delayed delivery of the first pair of Australian 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft for Project Wedgetail later this month, after completing tests of the countermeasures dispenser system (CMDS). (Aviation Week)