April 13-14: 2010 Capitol Hill Awareness Day Register 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! Register online today at www.crows.org, or to download a registration form, click here.
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.
The 3rd Annual EW Capability Gaps Conference at Crane, IN, is the single annual conference that clearly lays out the limiting factors and gaps that the warfighter faces and then offers the potential solutions - from both industry and laboratories. If you're developing EW-IO-Cyber tools for the warfighter this is the one conference you need to attend this year. Registration is open now!
Defense professionals looking to expand their understanding of Information Operations can't afford to miss InfowarCon, May 12-14 in Washington, DC. This premier event gathers the top minds in the field for a provocative look at the key threats facing us today. Registration is open now, so don't delay!
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.
Electronic Attack Squadron 135 "Black Ravens" returned home last weekend after an eight-month combat deployment aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). (Whidbey Examiner)
A BAE Systems test pilot has successfully completed the first ever vertical landing of the short take off vertical landing (STOVL) variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (also known as the Joint Strike Fighter) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland.
Access the March JED Digital Edition Access the online edition of JED, with unique, interactive features that allow you to save, send to a friend, click through the pages and more. Click here to access using your www.crows.org username and password. Or, use this courtesy password: Username: MarchJED Password: crow0310 If you have any access issues, please drop us a note.
Industry News
Don't Miss Your Chance to Nominate Someone for an AOC Award! Don't miss this chance to recognize individuals and units for their achievements. Nominations for the 2010 AOC awards, including the AOC Gold Medal, the Stanley Hall Business Development Award, Communications Award, Outstanding Unit Awards and more than 20 others are being accepted now through April 19. Download the Nomination Form
The AOC is soliciting papers for the 47th International Symposium and Convention, October 3-7, 2010, in Atlanta, GA, the theme of which is "Electronic Warfare in a Changing Environment." Papers are due by May 31, 2010.
Download the AOC's 2010 Policy Agenda Last week, the AOC released its 2010 Policy Agenda, which identifies the policies and legislation that will guide the AOC advocacy program. Click here to view the agenda. For questions or additional information, please contact Ken Miller, AOC Director of Government & Industry Affairs.
Each year the AOC membership helps determine the future direction of the AOC by electing representatives to its Board of Directors. Nominations for the 2010 election are now being accepted through April 21.
Read the New Edition of IO Journal The spring 2010 edition of the IO Journal, the peer-reviewed publication of the AOC's Information Operations Institute, offers insightful and timely pieces impacting IO professionals. Read the Interactive Digital Edition Download a Standard PDF
Components Corner
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At the Heart of Next Generation Electronic Defense Systems: 0.1-20 GHz LNAs, 0.2-100W PAs, Special Purpose Amplifiers, Contract Manufacturing.