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The Pt. Mugu symposium is only one week away, January 26-28, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Pt. Mugu Naval Base, CA! For those unable to attend the full symposium, there is an option to attend the unclassified day at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, January 26 only. The unclassified day-only fee is $100 and includes the reception.

This conference is in direct response to requests from senior military EW leaders and industry to address their issues in a strategic planning symposium. Conference highlights include introduction of the AOC white paper on 21st Century Electronic Warfare by Robert Elder Lt Gen, USAF (Ret). Don't miss this event. Sign up today!

Join us in Las Vegas for the Joint Electronic Attack Conference: AEA Operations Supporting Land, Sea and Air. Key topics will include data fusion, Net-centric operations, JSEAD transformation, AEA applications and threats to future air operations. Current operations and trends from warfighters highlight the conference.

The Defense Ministry has told the Pentagon that it will purchase the stealth-enabled Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) if it is allowed to replace 50 percent of the systems with Israeli-made technology, defense officials said Tuesday. (Jerusalem Post)

Worried about possible terrorist attacks over the Christmas holiday, President Obama met on December 22 with top officials of the CIA, FBI and Department of Homeland Security, who ticked off a list of possible plots against the United States and how their agencies were working to disrupt them. (The New York Times)

As the 34th Infantry Division transfers authority over United States Division-South to the 1st Infantry Division, the "Red Bull" soldiers' time of living all day, every day, with each other also draws closer to an end, but not so the bonds that have formed. (Dvids)

The planned delivery of eight refurbished US P-3C maritime patrol aircraft to the South Korean Navy has been delayed again, due to US export restrictions on key electronic warfare equipment, according to the nation's arms acquisition agency, Sunday. (The Korea Times)

For US helicopter pilots in particular, Afghanistan is a new battlefield with new threats. And as troops and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance resources pour into the theater, rotary-wing use will quickly escalate. (Aviation Week)

Russia has grounded all of its Su-27 fighters. At least until it can be determined what caused one to crash on January 14, 30 kilometers from its airbase at Dzemga (in the Far East). (Strategy Page)

The recent Chinese-originated cyber attack on Gmail - using, mark you, the "back door" that they put in for US law-enforcement agencies - is cause for anxiety. Google takes it seriously enough, it seems, to risk its involvement in the world's biggest emerging cyber-market. (London Evening Standard)

As the Army strengthens its military presence in the cyber realm, officials are planning for full operational capabilities by October 2010 for a unified Army cyber component that would report directly to the US Cyber Command, according to a senior Defense Department official. (DefenseSystems)

Brig. Gen. Edward Bolton Jr., who has been commander of the 45th Space Wing since October 2008, will leave next month to become director of cyber and space operations at Air Force headquarters in the Pentagon. (Florida Today)

The Israel Defense Forces announced this week that intelligence will create a new unit to help stem a growing tide of classified information leaked to the media. (Haaretz)

They are young, gifted and hack - and they want you to know they had nothing to do with the cyber attacks that prompted Google to announce it was prepared to pull out of China. They admit some of their brethren waged electronic warfare last week against the Iranian Cyber Army but say members act based on a sense of honor, not instructions from Beijing. (The Temasek Review)

When retired Army Staff Sgt. June Moss returned from Iraq, she had to explain to her children why she couldn't hug them. Any embrace longer than two seconds made her skin feel like it was on fire. "When I got back, my kids were really clingy," Moss says. "They wanted affection. But, what do you say to a child?" (San Jose Mercury-News)

Industry News
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.

AOC Accepting 2010 Award Nominations
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

Access the IO Journal Now Available
Read the winter edition of the IO Journal, the peer-reviewed publication of the AOC's Information Operations Institute for insightful and timely pieces impacting IO professionals.
Read the Interactive Digital Edition
Download a Standard PDF

The January 2010 edition of JED is now available in an interactive digital format. Access it today using your crows.org username and password. Or use this courtesy login:
Username: JanJED
Password: crow0110

Components Corner

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