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DON'T MISS TODAY'S FREE AOC WEBINAR: Unlocking the U.S. DoD for EW Small Business, Thursday, May 30
Thursday, May 30, 2 p.m. EDT
Annual Sponsor
Are you a small business trying to break into EW programs within the U.S. DoD? Join us for 45 minutes on May 30, 2013, as Stan VanderWerf, USAF (Ret.), provides a brief on how to access the EW market as a small business.
This Webinar is FREE. All are welcome.
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PAPERS DUE FRIDAY: AOC 2013 Land EW Conference: Innovation and Demonstration, December 10-11
Due to protracted acquisitions and traditional doctrinal warfare solutions there is a lack of exposure or appreciation for the cutting-edge innovation and technological development resulting in missed opportunities to provide warfighters the most up-to-date spectrum and information-related capabilities.
The 2013 Land EW Conference: Innovation and Demonstration will be held December 10-11 in Quantico, VA, to provide a forum for government and commercial attendees to both appreciate the latest innovations and/or witness how these tactics may be implemented.
CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENDED TO MAY 31
The AOC is soliciting original technical abstracts for the second Land EW Conference in Quantico, Virginia. The conference will host eight technical innovation sessions on Day 1 and three industry demonstrations on Day 2.
For more information or questions, please do not hesitate to contact Lauren Stewart, Meeting Logistics Manager with the Association of Old Crows, at stewart@crows.org.
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REGISTER FOR THE JUNE AOC VIRTUAL SERIES FREE WEBINAR: Hostile Emitter Location: A Critical EW Capability
June 27, 2 p.m. EDT
Sponsored by
In this 45-minute presentation, Dave Adamy will describe the approaches to the passive location of hostile transmitters and the important techniques in current use. Each technique will be described at the system level along with typical applications, the typical location accuracy achieved, and important features and shortcomings. Calibration approaches and practical application challenges will also be discussed.
About Dave Adamy
Dave Adamy has been an EW Systems Engineer, in and out of uniform, for 50 years – working on EW systems from just above D.C. to just above daylight, mounted on platforms from submarines to space. Almost all of these systems included emitter location capabilities. Since 1984, he has run his own company, performing studies for the U.S. government and defense contractors. He also has presented dozens of courses in the U.S. and allied countries on EW and related subjects. He has published more than 200 professional articles on EW, receiver system design and closely related subjects, including the popular "EW 101" column in the Journal of Electronic Defense. He holds an MSEE (communication theory) and has 11 books in print.
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EDUCATION IN YOUR BACKYARD: Take Advantage of Great Courses Coming to You in the D.C. Area!
Advanced EW
Instructor: Dave Adamy
AOC Headquarters, Alexandria, VA
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July 16-17
Survey of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) EW Applications and Payloads
Instructor: Lynn Berg
AOC Headquarters, Alexandria, VA
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August 6-9
Essentials of 21st Century Electronic Warfare
Instructor: Lynn Berg
AOC Headquarters, Alexandria, VA
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October 22-25
Electronic Warfare Update
Instructor: Dave Adamy
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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October 26
PRI Analysis and Deinterleaving Course
Instructor: Richard G. Wiley, Ph.D.
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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October 26-27
Survey of Electronic Warfare Battle Management (EWBM) Concepts
Instructor: Lynn Berg
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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October 27
Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Radar and What to do About it
Instructor: Richard G. Wiley, Ph.D.
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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October 31-November 1
Survey of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) EW Applications and Payloads
Instructor: Lynn Berg
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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October 31-November 1
Using Technical CONOPS to Save (Even GROW) Your Project/Program During Declining Budgets
Instructor: Mack McKinney
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
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November 12-15
ELINT and Modern Signals Course
Instructor: Richard G. Wiley, Ph.D.
AOC Headquarters, Alexandria, VA
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CALL FOR PAPERS: AOC 50th Annual International Symposium and Convention
The AOC Symposium Committee is soliciting original unclassified English language technical papers for the 50th International Symposium and Convention from U.S. and International leaders, operators, subject matter experts and thinkers from the military, academia and industry. If you hear the call and fit the bill, you are invited to submit an abstract of presentation in one of these sessions:
• Future Military Acquisition Strategies in the C6 Battlespace
• Industry Response: Future Strategies in the C6 Battlespace
• International Partnerships
• The Speed of EW
• Developing Future EM Operations Warriors
• Navigation and Communications in the C6 Battlespace
• Advanced EW Technologies
• Effects Integration: EW-Cyber-Directed Energy-Kinetic
• Game Changing Technologies: Revolution Over Evolution
• EM Spectrum/EW Battle Management Initiatives
Submission deadline is June 30, 2013.
Questions? Contact Lauren Stewart at stewart@crows.org.
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SUPPORT THE AOC at the 50th Annual International Symposium and Convention
Due to sequestration and curtailed government and military travel, the
50th Annual AOC International Symposium & Convention, October 27-30,
is one of the few chances your
company will have in 2013 for vital face-to-face interaction with your
Spectrum Warfare suppliers and customers. It is the most cost-effective
vehicle for en-masse discussions between you and the military.
To adapt to this new fiscal reality, the AOC recently announced complimentary Symposium registration to both military personnel AND government civilians.
Because of the large concentration of military and government personnel
around the Washington, D.C. Beltway, this local Symposium will prove to
be a widely attended mission-critical meeting of industry, academia,
military and government. To accomplish this momentous event, the AOC community needs your support now more than ever.
Sponsorship makes an important statement about your company’s role in supporting our industry. It marks who the leaders are without regard to size and it offers benefits that are difficult to obtain elsewhere.
We welcome your ideas for tailoring any sponsorships or developing something new to fit your needs. Plan early for the best availability and exposure. Visit the Additional Branding Opportunities page to learn how your company can get involved for as little as $500!
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REVERSING SEQUESTRATION REMAINS CRITICAL: Urge Your Representatives to Take Action Today!
Because of the White House and Congress’s inability to reach a deal to reverse mandatory across-the-board sequestration budget cuts, the initial round of multibillion-dollar cuts to defense and non-defense federal agencies has begun. Unless reversed, sequestration will cut defense and non-defense programs by $1 trillion over nine years. Sequestration will put at risk more than a million American jobs, including hundreds of thousands of small business jobs, and threatens to stall the economic recovery.
The public is now waking up to the consequences of sequestration. You can make a difference. Write your elected officials and urge them to reverse this bad policy.
The AOC remains committed to stopping sequestration!
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DSEi is THIS SEPTEMBER in LONDON! Access the Global Market With the AOC EW Pavilion
DSEI provides exhibitors the platform to display their full capabilities – air, land, naval, security – at one event, to a prequalified audience of 28,000 from 121 countries.
AOC has partnered with DSEi to offer an exclusive Electronic Warfare Pavilion, offering exclusive discounts for AOC members. Take advantage of these key benefits:
• Promote your electronic warfare capabilities and technologies in a dedicated area to a qualified and targeted audience
• Access more than 3,400 visitors expressing an interest in Electronic Warfare
• Exclusive member rates
• A variety of stand options
• Use of the EW meeting rooms and lounge
• Ability to request a visit from Official Delegations
• Access to seminars, briefings and demonstrations
For more information or to secure your space contact:
John Clifford
AOC Director Global Operations
clifford@crows.org
Doug Schlam
DSEi Sales Manager
(203) 275-8014
Learn more at www.dsei.co.uk.
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 CHAPTER NEWS: Garden State AOC Awards ROTC Scholarships
The Garden State Association of Old Crows (AOC) is a professional, non-profit Electronic Warfare organization that is engaged in the science of Electronic Warfare (EW) and Information Operations (IO).
AOC Chapters nationwide sponsor a variety of educational opportunities including hosting seminars, lectures, awarding grants and scholarships, and studies and analyses to support aspects of national defense.
The Garden State AOC Chapter awards $10,000 in scholarship funds to Rutgers Army ROTC cadets yearly to enhance educational benefits and generate interest among cadets in EW and IO as possible future military career paths.
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CHAPTER NEWS: 2013 Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition Announces Its Winners |
 College and high school students descended on The Citadel April 13-14 for the inaugural Palmetto Cyber Defense Competition, sponsored by the Palmetto Roost Chapter of the Association of Old Crows in collaboration with Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic. Chief of Staff of Air Forces Cyber, Col. Robert A. Morris, was keynote speaker for the event.
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The AOC India Chapter has announced EWCI 2014, is Third Annual International EW Conference in Bangalore, India. This conference follows the other two successful events and is supported by the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDO), Government of India and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore. The Conference will address the technical and commercial needs of operational users, planners, developers, procurers, testers and trainers of the latest EW technologies and systems.
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PAPERS DUE FRIDAY: Aardvark Roost International Electronic Warfare Conference, September 4-5
The Aardvark Roost, the South African Chapter of the Association of Old Crows (AOC), is hosting its biennial two-day international Electronic Warfare (EW) conference on September 4-5, 2013 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The Aardvark Roost is soliciting original, unclassified papers for the conference, following this year's theme: Management of the Electromagnetic Spectrum (EMS) in the modern scenario of irregular warfare conducted in current operational environments.
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You are invited to attend a Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) in conjunction with Kittyhawk Week 2013. This promises to be an exciting and informative interchange on technology, systems and operations in EW and intelligence. The TIM is scheduled for June 4-5, 2013, and will be held at the Advanced Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), located in close proximity to Wright-Patterson AFB in Beavercreek, Ohio. ATIC maintains a first-class educational facility designed to support multiple classification levels. The TIM will be at the Secret level, U.S. only. This will be a valuable opportunity for all stakeholders to learn from others in the community and help shape Air Force EW research programs best meeting the needs of combatant commanders.
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Moving a dozen agencies out of a band of radio spectrum to make way for commercial users appears to have been a good deal for the government, which could come out more than $5 billion ahead when the move is completed, expected in 2017, according to a study by the Government Accountability Office. (GCN)
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More than two years ago, Pentagon officials under then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates rolled out plans to overhaul Defense Department acquisition as part of broader spending reform. Now military leaders are pressing ahead with the next generation of the acquisition initiative, known as Better Buying Power. (FCW)
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The retired U.S. Air Force captain who ejected more than 50 years ago from a B-52 bomber over Elephant Mountain was reunited Saturday with the man who rescued him, according to Michael Gleason of Bangor. (Bangor Daily News)
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The Marine Corps has partnered with Army researchers again to overhaul tactical multimedia capabilities that support its information operation activities overseas. Building upon prior successful collaboration, the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications-electronics center, or CERDEC, is working closely with the Marine Corps Combat Camera Program, or COMCAM, to update the Tactical Imagery Production System, or TIPS, to make the most of significant technology advancements. (Military.com)
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For the U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman, it's shaping up to be a banner year in unmanned flight. While the carrier-based autonomous X-47B continues to hit milestones aboard the USS George H.W. Bush somewhere off the East Coast, out west in Palmdale, Calif., today the Navy flew its MQ-4C Triton maritime drone for the first time, marking the beginning of a sea change (pardon the pun) in the way the U.S. military patrols the oceans. The drone flew for 80 minutes and reached an altitude of 20,000 feet. (Popular Science)
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Taiwan faces tough choices over future defense decisions as China’s air defense network continues to grow beyond its shores. At present, China’s land-based mobile air defense missile systems, HQ-9 and S-300, can reach only a small sliver of northwestern Taiwan. Though a clear advantage during a war over control of the middle line of the Taiwan Strait, it is not complete air dominance of the island itself. (Defense News)
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