Highlights of this innovative conference, February 23-25, 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.
In Berlin, Germany,
the global event for EW - held in collaboration with the AOC, and strongly supported by European & international industry.
The world of EW is changing rapidly with increases in the asymmetric threat and the proliferation of highly technical conventional weapons being used to target high value assets. SELEX Galileo welcomes the opportunity to meet with EW professionals and customers to discuss advances in technology at events like The Shephard Groups EW2010 in Berlin.
More taxpayer dollars are being invested in electronic warfare than ever before and the EW Lifecycle Management Group, or EW LCMG, at Robins Air Force Base is working hard to help ensure this money is being spent intelligently and prudently.
On a Monday morning earlier this month, top Pentagon leaders gathered to simulate how they would respond to a sophisticated cyberattack aimed at paralyzing the nation's power grids, its communications systems or its financial networks. (The New York Times)
Reuters reports that draft FY2011 budget documents show the Pentagon targeting at least seven programs for cancellation. Nothing is final yet, and the Pentagon will not comment, but here's the rundown. Defense Industry Daily
Attack, not defense, will reshape electronic warfare. A magazine filled with electron pulses, information scrambling data streams and invasive algorithms may arm the Next-Generation Jammer (NGJ). (Aviation Week)
The Asia-Pacific fighters market will continue to be the world's most active over the next decade, with the countries likely to buy more than 500 aircraft to supplement existing fleets, embark on upgrades and acquire new capabilities to take them into the next stage of their development. (Flightgobal)
Just two weeks after Google said it was the victim of an organized hacking attack, details of a similar sting that targeted three of the world's biggest oil companies have emerged. (The Guardian, UK)
Read the Digital IO JournalThe winter 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 EditionDownload a Standard PDF
The Defense Department's widely heralded decision to create a new Cyber Command by October 2009 is still languishing in limbo. Confirmation hearings have yet to be scheduled for the prospective commander, National Security Agency director Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander. And efforts to kick-start the organization have been delayed by congressional concerns over the organization. (Defense Systems)
The role of Israeli industry in the F-35 program remains one of the last undecided pieces in Lockheed Martin's vast supply chain for the stealth fighter. While the Israeli ministry of defence negotiates pricing on 25 requested F-35s, with options to purchase 50 more, Israeli companies each want to share in the presumed industrial benefits. (Flightglobal)
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
Few know everything about what is in the latest Quadrennial Defense Review and the 2011 defense budget plan, but everybody seems to know something. (Aviation Week)