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What's New 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, so don't delay! 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! Sunday, March 21, 2010, will signal the start of the 35th Annual Dixie Crow Electronic Warfare Symposium held at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA. This year's theme, "Moving EW Technology to the Forefront," will focus on requirements, intelligence, analyses and program status reviews from throughout the Electronic Warfare community. Register Now! 2010 Capitol Hill Awareness Day, April 13-14 Register today for the annual AOC Capitol Hill Awareness Day (CHAD), April 13-14, at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC. CHAD is designed to train AOC members to effectively communicate to Congress and provide members the opportunity to meet their congressional representatives. Congressional meeting schedules fill up fast, so register for CHAD today! To download a registration form, click here, or visit www.crows.org. Online registration will be available in the coming days. For more information, please visit the AOC advocacy site at www.crows.org or contact Ken Miller, AOC Director of Government and Industry Affairs, at kmiller@crows.org. Take advantage of early savings for the Australian EW and IO Convention, "Systemic Electronic Attack - The Future is Now," this April in Adelaide, Australia. On-line registration is available now and early registration fees apply through March 1. Don't miss this opportunity. Register today! The second annual AOC Capitol Club and Naval Research Laboratory co-sponsored Government/Industry Technical Interchange is scheduled for April 27 at the NRL. This year's event will bring together EW community members who are developing concepts and technologies for surface and airborne decoys and their application as countermeasures.  In Berlin, Germany, the global event for EW - held in collaboration with the AOC and strongly supported by European and international industry.Come join us June 7-10 for the 38th Sensors/AOC Kittyhawk Week in Fairborn, OH. Access the March JED Digital Edition On paper, it's a no-brainer: Prisoners have mobile phones they are using to run gangs, call friends and intimidate witnesses. Tech companies have the equipment to jam the phones by flooding the airwaves, and prisons want to use them. But the 1930s law setting up the nation's telecommunications bureaucracy makes such jamming illegal. (Wired) The Army soon will begin deploying larger quantities of remotely piloted surveillance aircraft - the high-tech kind that so far only have been operated by the US Air Force. (NDIA) Under the cover of a benign government information-gathering program, a Defense Department official set up a network of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, according to military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States. (The New York Times) The US is in the process of creating a unified cyber command to fight the wars of the future. The Pentagon has no doubt that the next conventional war will include a cyber element. (BBC News) Of all the countries in the world that are developing cyber capabilities, the Russian Federation leads the pack in its use of Information Warfare (the Kremlin's terminology for cyber operations). (Forbes)
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Download the AOC's 2010 Policy Agenda Last week, 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. 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 April and May: April 1-2: April Project Dominance Course 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.  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. AOC 2010 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 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.  Read the New Edition of 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 Warner Robins, GA Alexandria, VA Alexandria, VA Gaithersburg, MD "Systemic Electronic Attack: The Future is Now" Adelaide, Australia Washington, DC Alexandria, VA Little Creek, VA Berlin, Germany Crane, IN Washington, DC Alexandria, VA Alexandria, VA Anaheim, CA Alexandria, VA Fairborn, OH |
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