AOC Releases 2010 Policy AgendaThis week, the AOC released its 2010 Policy Agenda, which identifies the policies and legislation that will guide the AOC advocacy program. Specifically, the AOC urges the Department of Defense, Congress, and related federal agencies to organize, train and equip warfighters by (1) ensuring the national spectrum inventory and reallocation policy reflects military requirements for EMS operations management and control; (2) investing in next generation joint electronic warfare capabilities; (3) establishing a comprehensive EW strategy; and (4) maintaining the electronic warfare industrial base. Click
here to view the agenda. For questions or additional information, please contact
Ken Miller, AOC Director of Government & Industry Affairs.
Sign up for an AOC Course This SpringThis spring the AOC is offering a host of unique courses to meet your professional development needs. Take advantage of these great opportunities, most available at AOC Headquarters in Alexandria, VA, this April and May:
April 1-2: April Project Dominance CourseApril 19-23: Advanced EW Course
May 17-18: OSINT Hacks for Mining the Russian InternetMay 18-20: Information as Power: "Now Media" and the Struggle for Minds and Wills
May 24-28: Electro-Optics and Infrared Primer Course
Visit
www.crows.org for more information and to register.
Register Now! 2010 Capitol Hill Awareness Day, April 13-14Register today for the annual AOC Capitol Hill Awareness Day (CHAD), April 13-14, at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC. CHAD is designed to train AOC members to effectively communicate to Congress and provide members the opportunity to meet their congressional representatives. Congressional meeting schedules fill up fast, so register for CHAD today!
To download a registration form, click here, or visit www.crows.org. Online registration will be available in the coming days.
For more information, please visit the AOC advocacy site at
www.crows.org or contact Ken Miller, AOC Director of Government and Industry Affairs, at
kmiller@crows.org.
Based on the overwhelming responses we received from last year, the AOC Capitol Club will host our 2nd Annual Professional Development Program for our membership on March 16, 2010.
The Israeli Chapter(IAOC) annual conference takes place March 18. The conference includes three classified sessions and will focus on EW and IW in the future symmetric and asymmetric war; the new challenges in EW in the air, naval and ground forces and information warfare - new approaches and technologies. The conference is honored by the Israeli EW Forces and sponsored by Elta, Rafael and Elisra.
Sunday, March 21, 2010, will signal the start of the 35th Annual Dixie Crow Electronic Warfare Symposium held at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA. This year's theme, "Moving EW Technology to the Forefront," will focus on requirements, intelligence, analyses and program status reviews from throughout the Electronic Warfare community.
Take advantage of early savings for the Australian EW and IO Convention, "Systemic Electronic Attack - The Future is Now," this April in Adelaide, Australia. On-line registration is available now and early registration fees apply through March 1. Don't miss this opportunity. Register today!
The second annual AOC Capitol Club and Naval Research Laboratory co-sponsored Government/Industry Technical Interchange is scheduled for April 27 at the NRL. This year's event will bring together EW community members who are developing concepts and technologies for surface and airborne decoys and their application as countermeasures.
In Berlin, Germany,
the global event for EW – held in collaboration with the AOC and strongly supported by European and international industry.
Come join us June 7-10 for the 38th Sensors/AOC Kittyhawk Week in Fairborn, OH.
By the 2020s, US special-forces troops will need a stealthy new airlifter to sneak past ever-improving radar and missile systems into "denied areas," says the Pentagon's top civilian special operations official. (Defense News)
The two-year delay in the production of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the cost increase this will entail could jeopardize a crucial deal with Israel for 75 of the stealthy fifth-generation fighter. (UPI)
As cybersecurity grows in importance to national security, the nation's three major military academies are teaching students how to be effective cyber warriors, both by defending and attacking computer systems.(NavyTimes)
China said it will raise its official defense budget 7.5% this year – the smallest increase in two decades – as the government shifts resources toward other priorities, in a move that could also help defuse perceptions of the nation as a military threat.
Yesterday, Northrop Grumman NOC announced that it would not submit a bid for the $35 billion KC-X, the aerial refueling tanker program. With EADS not willing to make a solo bid, and Northrop deciding not to protest, Boeing BA is primed to capture the entire award unopposed. (Toronto Star)
It took the United States less than three years after the 9/11 attacks to get its National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) up and away. From our first major internationally organized terror attack in Mumbai in March 1993, it took us 17 years to think of setting up a similar center. (HardNews)