LEARN WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: Essentials of 21st Century Electronic Warfare Course: July 19-22

This course provides an overview of Electronic Warfare from its roots in Electronic Combat to its contemporary EM Spectrum Warfare applications. Although this is not a technical course aimed at engineers, certain technological principles will be presented in order to baseline attendees and help demonstrate the unique knowledge, skills and abilities that warfare across the EM spectrum requires. This broad-based review of the essentials of Electronic Warfare can help to inform anyone in the military, government or industry who may be involved in strategies for capabilities development, test and evaluation, training or operational support.
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NEW: Introducing the Intelligent EW Operations Conference, August 10-11

This new conference, done in conjunction with NMIA, seeks to bring congruency to the EW enterprise by:

• Enabling the EW community to influence and plan for the future intelligence needs of the next 10 years through a better understanding of intelligence analysis priorities, resources and processes.
• Enabling system developers to influence these efforts to apply new technologies and prepare for the system need of the next 10 years through a better understanding of intelligence analysis priorities, resources and processes.
• Enabling the intelligence community to focus their efforts to better integrate with the EW community needs through a better understanding of system development and operational priorities and requirements.
• Teaching attendees how to understand the intelligence priorities, resources and activities of EW intelligence analysis.

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EW PAVILION: Join AOC this September at DSEi in London

AOC has partnered with the bi-annual Defense Security & Equipment International (DSEi), the world's largest fully integrated defense and security exhibition, to host an EW pavilion at the 2011 event September 13-16 at ExCeL London, UK. Join AOC in the EW Pavilion, showcasing electronic warfare capabilities for attendees -- including the more than 70 country delegations expected during the event. Join the AOC in showcasing EW to the international defense technology community.
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Lockheed-Martin Attack Signals New Era of Cyber Espionage

The network of defense contractor Lockheed-Martin was attacked using counterfeit electronic keys. Since the RSA Security network was hacked and the keys to its SecurID tokens were compromised a few months ago, the world has been waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. Well, it dropped. (PC World)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Second Defense Contractor L-3 ‘Actively Targeted’ With RSA SecurID Hacks

An executive at defense giant L-3 Communications warned employees last month that hackers were targeting the company using inside information on the SecurID keyfob system freshly stolen from an acknowledged breach at RSA Security. (Wired)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: President Obama to Nominate New Chairman of Joint Chiefs

President Obama intends to nominate Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey as chairman and Navy Adm. James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld Jr., as vice chairman. Dempsey currently is the Army chief of staff and Winnefeld is the commander of US Northern Command. (Defense.gov)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Raytheon Jammer Attracts US Navy Interest as Roles Expand

A new customer has emerged for the Raytheon ADM-160 miniature air launched decoy jammer (MALD-J) as the company looks to expand the applications and roles of the turbojet-powered, expendable craft. (Flightglobal)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: NSA to Modernize With Cloud and Crypto Centers

Top dog and CIO of the super secret NSA, Lonny Anderson, spoke with Federal News Radio about NSA's mission and how it will use the cloud and new crypto centers to modernize the shadowy eyes and ears responsible for global eavesdropping and America's national defense. (PC World)
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Company News

Agilent Technologies Introduces New Capabilities for Testing and Evaluation of Advanced Radar and Electronic Warfare Systems
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced a range of cutting-edge capabilities that enable economical testing and evaluation of advanced radar and electronic warfare (EW) systems. Spanning signal-creation software, signal generators, measurement applications and signal analyzers, the additions enable test solutions that provide greater flexibility and cost effectiveness than typical single-purpose EW threat simulators.
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ATK Introduces Hostile Fire Indication Capability for its AAR-47 Missile Warning System
ATK announced that its recently developed Hostile Fire Indication (HFI) capability upgrade for the AAR-47 Missile Warning System has been approved by the Department of the Navy for Fleet introduction.
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Saab 2000 MPA for Indian MRMR to be equipped with RBS-15 Anti Ship Missile and a Fifth Gen Selex AESA
The Saab 2000 multi-role Maritime Patrol Aircraft equipped with the fifth generation AESA and RBS-15 Anti-Ship missiles is being offered to the Indian Navy to meet the growing challenges in India's maritime domain stretching across 2 million square km.
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Agilent Technologies Introduces New Vector Network Analyzer
Agilent Technologies Inc. has introduced the newest member of its popular ENA Series of network analyzers, the E5072A vector network analyzer.
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Contract News

Raytheon Missile Co., Tucson, AZ, is being awarded an $82,972,665 firm-fixed-price contract modification for the Miniature Air Launched Decoy low rate initial production lot four. Work will be performed at Tucson, AZ. AAC/EBJM, Eglin Air Force Base, FL., is the contracting activity (FA8682-10-C-0007, PO0019).

L-3 Communications Corp., dba L-3 Communications Integrated Systems - Waco Platform Integration Division, Waco, TX, is being awarded a $104,059,653 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for services in support of the P-3, EP-3, and NP-3 sustainment modification and installation program. This effort includes planned maintenance interval, structural replacement and fabrication efforts pertaining to special structural inspection kits, center wing assemblies, Zone 5 kits, and outer wing installations and refurbishments. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD, is the contracting activity (N00019-11-D-0017).

EDO Corp., North Amityville, NY, is being awarded a $20,180,992 contract modification for the repair of AN/ALG-161A Radio Frequency Surveillance/Electronic Countermeasures System components; 225 repair contract line items; one contract line item for material; and one contract line item for travel. Work will be performed at North Amityville, NY. 638 SCMG/PKBB, Robins Air Force Base, GA, is the contracting activity (FA8522-09-D-0006, PO0007, exercise option two).

Cobham Defense Electronic Systems, Lowell, MA, is being awarded a $13,263,252 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Advanced Wireless Networks for the soldier radio platform. Work will be performed at Lowell, MA. The Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKD, Rome NY, is the contracting activity (FA8750-11-C-0200).

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately $18.6 million to upgrade the Romanian Air Force's C-130 transport aircraft. According to the agreement, the C-130 aircraft will be installed with various types of advanced electronic systems, including those produced by Elbit Systems' wholly owned subsidiary - Elisra Electronic Systems Ltd. (Military Aerospace)
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Upcoming Industry Conferences

June 5-10: International Microwave Symposium
NATO School, Oberammergau, Germany
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September 13-15: InfowarCon Cyber Conference
Linthicum Heights, MD
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November 13-16: 48th Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention
Washington, DC
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November 29-December 1: Converging Cyber, IO and EW Conference
Charleston, SC
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Upcoming AOC Courses

July 19-22: Essentials of 21st Century EW Course
Alexandria, VA
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August 2-5: Introduction to Information Operations
Alexandria, VA
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August 4-5: Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) Principles Course
Palmdale, CA
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August 8-9: Intelligence Support for Spectrum Operations
Manassas, VA
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August 8-12: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs): Missions, Payloads, Links and Performance Course
Palmdale, CA
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August 15-19: Electro-Optics and Infrared (EO/IR) Fundamentals and EO/IR Countermeasures for EW Engineers and Managers Course
Palmdale, CA
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