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EARLY REGISTRATION RATES END SUNDAY for the 51st Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention
October 6-9, 2014 | Washington, D.C.

For 50 consecutive years, the AOC International Symposium and Convention has been the leading annual event for EW, IO and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations professionals from around the world. This legacy is self-evident as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the AOC.

The theme for this year's event is "Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations in Contested and Permissive Environments." The strength, passion and vision of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) Warfare community is strong today, and swiftly propelling the AOC into its next 50 years.

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TOMORROW: Developing Cost Effective Simulation Solutions for Electronic Warfare Systems Webinar

August 7, 2014 | 2 p.m.-3 p.m. EDT (1800-1900 GMT)

There are many aspects and steps involved in the evaluation of electronic warfare (EW) systems. In addition to the creation of signals that accurately represent multiple threat and non-threat emitters, there are several issues to consider when constructing a complete simulation solution. These include up and down conversion, playback of long duration scenarios and multiple channel capability among many other different elements. And once we have the pieces of the solution in place we face the challenges of system alignment and calibration as well as development of specialized generation and analysis capabilities. This webinar discusses the elements and construction of an effective EW solution that will not exhaust an entire equipment budget. It will demonstrate the utility of such a solution for testing the various types of EW receivers. Additionally, it will explore the technical considerations of emitter simulation and the different use cases and equipment employed to fully characterize system performance and alternatives to the various issues that will be encountered, along with their advantages and disadvantages.

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SAM THREATS ARE IN THE NEWS: Don't Miss this Conference – Modern Threats: Surface-to-Air Missile Systems
September 3-5, 2014 | MSIC Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL

With the downing of Malyasian Airlines Flight MH17, surface-to-air missile threats are back in the news, and remain a critical international threat. Go in-depth with SAM threats at this conference, which provides the latest findings from ongoing, all-source analysis of high interest threat air defense systems, including:
    - Threat System Capabilities and Vulnerabilities
    - Status of New Development Programs
    - Current and Projected Proliferation

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Attendance at this conference is appropriate for those involved in the design, development, testing, evaluation and employment of electronic warfare systems, techniques and tactics for protection of U.S. and allied aircraft.

All attendees must be registered and cleared U.S. SECRET in order to attend the first two days.
All attendees must be registered and cleared for U.S. TS/SCI in order to participate on the third day.

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EVERY VOTE COUNTS: AOC Election Ends August 22 – Vote today!

Fellow Crows,

Each of us is like an element in an array. We can be passive or we can be active. Voting is active. The more active elements, the greater the potential gain from the array. When we bring together all of the active elements of our AOC array the gain produces a very powerful signal. That high gain signal can be modulated to impact the entire Electromagnetic Warfare community. And it all starts with a single element – your vote. It is your responsibility to vote for those individuals and changes you deem appropriate to carry your organization forward. As a member of the Association of Old Crows, voting is both a privilege and a responsibility. Take advantage of the privilege and exercise your responsibility. Elections are currently open and will remain so until August 22.

You can see the candidate slate and motions online and in the July JED. To help you better understand the proposed constitutional change, the Board of Directors has issued the following message:

Your Constitution and Bylaw Vote of Approval is Vital to our AOC Future – Please Vote Now

AOC Members: It has been said we should never lose our faculty to dare, particularly in challenging times. We (i.e., YOU) have this opportunity now. After months of intensive discussion and review, the Association of Old Crows Board has enthusiastically approved the referendum to modify our legacy AOC Constitution and Bylaws to accommodate the growing sharing of the Electromagnetic environment between EW, Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations, Information Operations and certain Elements of Cyber Operations. 

The process to change our AOC Constitution and Bylaws has to not only be approved by the AOC Board but also by a majority of the votes cast by the membership. This is your opportunity to cast your vote to approve this historic change to our mission, aim and purposes. The goal is to expand our mission and increase our relevance to the dynamic technologies impacting the Electromagnetic Spectrum.

This change in our Constitution and Bylaws also better aligns us with our NATO and Coalition partners who have already adopted the realities of Cyber operations into the Electromagnetic Spectrum. As Gen. Clapper (Director of National Intelligence) emphasized during last year's AOC International Convention, nothing has impacted modern warfare operations greater than cyber operations. The fact that so much of our heritage EW mission complements, supports and aligns with Cyber ISR and Cyber Attack Operations, the synergy of EW and Cyber will enable future game changing breakthroughs and accelerate deployment of significantly mature EW/Cyber related technologies. The Defense Science Board is finishing up its 2013 Summer Study on Evaluating 21st Century Military Operations in a Complex Electromagnetic Environment. They are primarily focused on how Cyber and EW technologies can be quickly harvested to retain our unquestioned asymmetric advantage in the electromagnetic spectrum. Your vote "For" the change in our AOC mission, aims and purpose is a critical step in preserving our legacy and ensuring our future. Thank you!

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EDUCATION WHERE YOU NEED IT: New Live Online Course in September


September 4
LIVE ONLINE WEBCAST: Propagation Theory for Electronic Warfare
Instructor: Dave Adamy
Online Webcast
Details

October 4
PRI Analysis and Deinterleaving Course
Instructor: Dr. Richard Wiley
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C.
Details

October 5
Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Radar and What to Do About It
Instructor: Dr. Richard Wiley
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C.
Details

October 5-6
Survey of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Design, Operations, Capabilities, and EW Potential
Instructor: Dr. Pat Ford
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C.
Details

October 5-6 & 10-11
Electronic Warfare Overview & Update – 2-Part Course
Instructor: Dave Adamy
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C.
Details

October 10-11
Survey of Electromagnetic Battle Management (EMBM) Concepts
Instructor: Robert Samuels
Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C.
Details

November 18-21
ELINT and Modern Signals Course
Instructor: Dr. Richard Wiley
AOC Headquarters, Alexandria, VA
Details


 

AOC VIRTUAL SERIES: A New 3-Part Webinar Series – 3 Pillars of EW Begins August 21
Modern Electronic Warfare is made up of three vital components. Electronic Attack (EA), Electronic Support (ES), and Electronic Protection (EP). This three-part series discusses in detail the intricacies of each "pillar" in the EW enterprise.

In most military disciplines, the terms "attack," "support" and "protect" are usually platform-centric. In U.S. doctrine, EW is unique in that these terms apply to Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) access – rather than looking at them from a platform-centric perspective.

Part 1: August 21, 1400-1500 EDT/1800-1900 GMT
This first session in the three-part series covers the importance of Electronic Attack.
EA is the discipline of attacking an adversary’s access to the electromagnetic spectrum. Individual EA topics include:
  • RADAR Electronic Attack vs. Communications Electronic Attack
  • The Jamming System
  • Polarization
  • Jammer RF Spot Size
  • Noise vs. False Targets
  • Range
This second session in the three-part series covers the importance of Electronic Support. The terms Electronic Support (ES) or Electronic Support Measures (ESM) describe the division of electronic warfare involving actions taken under direct control of an operational commander to detect, intercept, identify, locate, record and/or analyze sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purposes of immediate threat recognition or longer-term operational planning. Thus, Electronic Support provides a source of information required for decisions involving Electronic Protection (EP), Electronic Attack (EA), avoidance, targeting, and other tactical employment of forces. This webinar will cover basic ES principles to include: ES System Components; Signal Processing; Direction Finding Techniques; GEO Location Techniques; Factors that impact ES; and ES Collection and Data Bases.

This third session in the three-part series covers the importance of Electronic Protection (EP). EP is the division of EW involving actions taken to defend access to the electromagnetic spectrum.


 


PAPERS DUE AUGUST 15: 3rd Annual Information Operations in the Pacific Conference
October 21-23, 2014 | Honolulu, HI

The purpose of this symposium is to examine humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations in the Pacific Region and the role of multinational information operations. The symposium will provide a venue for increased awareness of Asia-Pacific issues and an opportunity for networking, a multinational exchange of ideas and partnership building within the region.

Confirmed Speakers:

  • Lt. Gen. Bob Elder, USAF (Ret.), AOC Past President
  • Dr. Pam Milligan, Center for Excellence in Disaster Management & Humanitarian Assistance – Response to Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda)
  • Lt. Col. Michael Harris, Public Affairs, ADF – Australian Information Operations in the Malaysian 370 Flight Search
  • MG Yu, Deputy Director of Political Warfare, ROC Ministry of National Defense – Taiwan's Information Operations in Disaster Relief Operations during Typhoon Morakot (2009)
  • Wg. Cdr. John Clifford, OBE, RAF (Ret.), AOC EW – EW and EM Operations role in HA/DR TBC
  • Rene' Van Slate, USAID/Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Humanitarian Assistance Advisor


Confirmed Nations:

  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Philippines
  • Australia
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
  • Chile
  • Singapore

USARPAC is committed to supporting the conference.

Additional guidance is provided to assist in travel justification via Memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics, Mr. Frank Kendall on participation in technical and industry conferences. Click here to download.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The AOC is soliciting original unclassified English language papers for the Hawaii conference from international leaders, military personnel, subject matter experts and leading thinkers from the military, academia, and industry. Please contact the conference director, John Clifford (clifford@crows.org), if you are interested in speaking or want more information and provide the title of the proposed paper, a brief synopsis and information on the speaker. Company or product briefs will not be accepted. The deadline for submitting is Friday, August 15, 2014, but the earlier the better.

Classification: Unclassified

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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: 6th Annual EW Capability Gaps & Enabling Technologies Operational & Technical Information Exchange
November 18-21, 2014  |  Crane, IN

The overall goal of the event is to provide a forum for EW professionals from the military, government, industry and academic fields to discuss issues related to the requirements of EW programs, platforms and operations. This capstone event will focus on the identified gaps and technologies the services require to ensure EW maintains freedom of maneuver through the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) in support of achieving commanders' objectives. Speakers and presenters will look back at the previous few years and identify progress made to ensure the success of the warfighter in tomorrow's battlespace.

All sessions will be held at the Crane Lakeview Event Center at the U.S. SECRET and U.S. TS/SCI levels.

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AOC ANNOUNCEMENT: Congratulations to our 2014 Award Recipients

AOC is proud to announce our national award recipients for 2014. Winners will be honored in October at the AOC's 51st Annual International Symposium and Convention in Washington, D.C. We congratulate the winners and thank them for their service to the electronic warfare industry.
View the List of Winners


 
The AOC's recruitment contest was a great success. Congratulations to the winners for bringing the most new members into the AOC:

Chapter Winners
1st Place – Dixie Crow Chapter
2nd Place – Peachtree Roost

Individual Winners
1st Place – Mark Swann  
2nd Place – Dave Walman  


 
II Brazilian Navy EW Conference
August 19-21 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Brazilian Navy will organize the II CGEM (II Braz Navy EW Conference) from August 19-21, 2014, at their premises in Mocangue Island, in the middle of Guanabara Bay, just beside the bridge and half way from Rio and the neighbor city of Niteroi. 

The conference theme this year will be COMINT in ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Tactical Acquisition and Reconnaissance) activities. The event is free of charge. Last year’s conference was supported by some of the world’s top-level companies. There is still possibility to book your participation and make contacts with the Brazilian Navy that is implementing several important programs concerning EW such as the SisGAAz (Sea Surveillance Systems for the Brazilian EEZ) and the new Corvettes and with local enterprises that can be used in joint ventures that are required by Brazilian MOD determination. 

Moreover, the election of the new president of the Wild Parrots Chapter may be held during that conference.

Any further information can be obtained with Cmrd. Mario Roberto de Souza Lima or with Lt. Eclenice at these emails:

 
To Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, video games were simply another tool for soldiers headed to the battlefield, a way to rehearse for combat. General Greene, 55, was one of the Army’s gadget gurus, an engineer by training whose missions usually did not involve guns and grenades. Instead, his goal was to integrate smartphones, video conferences and even virtual worlds into a military culture that often prized hardware rather than software. (The New York Times)
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The next installment of the Pentagon's "better buying power" procurement guidelines will take aim at a problem that keeps Undersecretary of Defense Frank Kendall up at night: The U.S. military is on a path to lose its technological edge. Kendall, who is the Defense Department's chief acquisition executive, will unveil later this year an updated version of the Pentagon's procurement playbook, known as better buying power. BBP 3.0 will be about "incentivizing productivity and innovation." (National Defense)
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The U.S. Navy has successfully tested the new electronic warfare battle management (EWBM) for surface defense system, which is designed to transform the future of electronic warfare and defense of ships at sea. Sponsored by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR), the EWBM system is being developed under the ONR's future naval capabilities program. (Naval Technology.com)
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In an encounter reminiscent of the Cold War, an American reconnaissance plane crossed into Swedish airspace last month as it sought to avoid being intercepted by Russian fighters, American military officials said on Sunday. (The New York Times)
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The next big threat to American forces might be a flying IED. Officials are worried that proliferation of drone and improvised bomb technology means something as amateurish and cheap as a remote control plane could be turned into a low-tech but deadly weapon. (Mariine Times)
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Far from the PR fighting fields of Farnborough, the US Marine Corps is preparing for asurge in the combat capability of the Navy-Marine air/ground expeditionary force. The first squadron destined for initial operational capability (IOC) of the F-35B is the "Green Knights" of VMFA-121 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The aviators and maintainers of this storied squadron are working to bring the first F-35B squadron into service next year, along with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1). (Defense News)
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In mid-2014 the U.S. Army successfully tested a UAV operating as an electronic warfare (EW) aircraft. Specifically an army MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV carried two pods containing jamming equipment previously only used in manned aircraft. The MQ-1C was able to safely carry and operate the jammers without screwing up its own electronics and communications. The pods were repackaged versions of the electronic jamming equipment normally used on manned MC-12 aircraft. (Strategy Page)
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With the ditching of 1950s-era fighters in favor of planes with 1980s-level technology, the air force's strengthened resources are being twinned with the elevation of its leadership within China's military – there are now two representatives of the service on the top, 11-man Central Military Commission. The consequence for nations from Japan to its ally, the U.S., is increased Cold War-style encounters over the western Pacific. (Stars and Stripes)
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The modernization of the Indian air force is massive in scale and hugely expensive, but should deliver capability that will put the service at the forefront of any future conflict. At the beginning of this decade New Delhi embarked on a modernization of the Indian air force on an unprecedented scale. The process is under way as part of the long-term integrated perspective plan, which spans a period of 15 years from 2012. This plan split into five-year periods, from the 12th plan, which runs until 2017, to the 14th plan, which covers 2023-2027. (Flightglobal)
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