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NEXT WEEK AOC Capital Chapter Multi-National Forum Meeting
AOC Capital Chapter Multi-National Forum meeting will be held Tuesday, April 13, from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at the Capitol Hill Club (300 First Street, SE, Washington DC). Lunch will be served. Attendance is free of charge. Note: The AOC Capital Hill Awareness Day, originally scheduled for April 13-14, has been postponed. The keynote speaker for the Multi-National Forum Meeting will be Lt Col Rob Parks, USAF. He will discuss the upcoming NATO Sub Group 2 meeting in June, which the United States will be hosting. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Paul Vale at pvale@caci.com. The Capitol Hill Club is located adjacent to the Capitol South Metro Station (Blue/Orange Lines). Street parking is available (two-hour meter) but very limited in the surrounding neighborhood. There are no parking garages in the nearby vicinity. Attendees are strongly encouraged to use the metro. Leading electronic warfare (EW) defense contractors took center stage at a recent Association of Old Crows (AOC) conference, entitled "Joint Electronic Attack: AEA Operations Supporting Land, Sea, and Air," in Las Vegas, NV. The charge given to the speakers was to shed light on and sift through the challenges facing the US industrial base in developing next generation EW Battle Management (EWBM). Registration is now open for the second annual AOC Capitol Club and Naval Research Laboratory co-sponsored Government/Industry Technical Interchange April 27 at NRL. Registration is $30 and sign up/clearance passing instructions must be completed by April 9 to attend. 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! Sign up for an AOC Course this Spring This 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 spring: April 19-23: Advanced EW Course May 17-18: OSINT Hacks for Mining the Russian Internet May 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. 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 and you can save $45 if you register by May 3, so don't delay! Come join us June 7-10 for the 38th Sensors/AOC Kittyhawk Week in Fairborn, OH.  In Berlin, Germany, the global event for EW - held in collaboration with the AOC and strongly supported by European and international industry.Prompted in part by some sensational incidents in which inmates in prisons and jails used cell phones to plot and carry out crimes, up to and including murder, the United States Senate passed a bill to authorize the jamming of cell phones in prisons last fall. Corrections.com For Israel's chief of military intelligence, "cyberspace has become the fifth dimension of warfare, following land, sea, air and space." (Aviation Week) Picture a gun that shoots data – electronic ones and zeroes that add up to algorithms that can open a network like a key in a door. Now mount it to an unmanned plane operated by remote control from around the world. The Navy wants that system ... in just eight years. (FOXNews) This conference digs into the Information Operations world, offering unique opportunities to interact with today's IO and cyber experts and to discuss key issues they face in the day-to-day fight for information dominance. Save $45 if you register by May 3.
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Industry News Your Association of Old Crows treasures its heritage, one with a strong foundation in providing relevant education to members of this community. As "New Crows" join our ranks it's critical that we continue to provide professional education to help them mature and lead us to greater success in this increasingly complex and demanding electromagnetic environment.  AOC Award Nominations Due April 19Don'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 On April 24 the Billy Mitchell Chapter will host a golf tourney at the Ft Sam Houston Golf Club, La Loma Course. Single and team slots are still available for the four-person scramble (slots are $70) and hole sponsorships are available for $100, so sign up today. 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.  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 Recently 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.  Read the IO JournalThe 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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Calendar of Events "Systemic Electronic Attack: The Future is Now" Adelaide, Australia Washington, DC NOTE: The AOC Capital Hill Awareness Day, which was to be held with this event, has been postponed until further notice. Alexandria, VA Little Creek, VA Bloomington, IN Berlin, Germany Crane, IN Washington, DC Alexandria, VA Alexandria, VA Anaheim, CA Alexandria, VA Fairborn, OH Alexandria, VA |
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