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EDUCATION YOU NEED: Plan Now for Great Courses in the D.C. Area
April 14-17
EW 104: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving for Electronic Warfare
Instructor: Dr. Patrick Ford
Classification: US SECRET
Linthicum, MD
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May 12-15
Essentials of 21st Century Electronic Warfare
Instructor: Mr. Robert Samuel
Classification: Unclassified
Alexandria, VA
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June 23-26
Advanced Electronic Warfare
Instructor: Mr. Dave Adamy
Classification: Unclassified
Alexandria, VA
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IN TWO WEEKS: Register Now for the Next AOC Virtual Series Webinar – Opening the U.S. DoD for EW Businesses, March 26
Thursday, March 26, 2015 | 1400-1500 EDT (1800-1900 GMT)
Are you trying to break into EW programs with the U.S. DoD? If you are new to the DoD EW industry, or have only focused on one service in the past, Stan VanderWerf, USAF (Ret.), will provide a brief on how to access the EW market for all services. We also will discuss several of the entry points for service and joint research, development and testing. Collectively, there are several organizations to interact with for market entry and understanding them will help you build an effective business growth strategy.
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TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR VISIT REQUEST: Register Now for the 44th Annual Collaborative EW Symposium, March 31-April 3, 2015, Pt. Mugu, CA
As EW warfighting requirements continue to evolve in their complexity and interdependency, it is clear that future EW systems must work collaboratively with other air, ground, surface space and cyberspace systems. The 44th Annual Pt. Mugu Electronic Warfare Symposium will facilitate the exchange of enabling concepts and provide a venue to disseminate current research in the fields of Collaborative Electronic Warfare. Prominent leaders, contributors and representatives from the United States and Australian military, government, academia and industry will come together to address current Electronic Warfare gaps and emerging technologies in Collaborative Electronic Warfare required to address these gaps.
Conference is Approved by the DON/AA. Click here to download the approval memo.
Visit Requests are Due TODAY, March 11, so don't delay!
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Keynote Speakers
AVM Chris Deeble, AM, CSC (Australia) (confirmed)
Program Manager for the Joint Strike Fighter Program
RADM Mathias Winter (confirmed)
Chief of Naval Research/Director, Innovation Technology Requirements, and Test & Evaluation (N84)
Ms. Margie Palmieri (confirmed)
Director, Integrated Fires OPNAV
RDML Scott A. Stearney, USN (confirmed)
Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command
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PLAN NOW TO ATTEND: AOC EW Brazil, April 16 in Rio de Janeiro
"Evolving Electronic Warfare in Latin America"
The AOC is planning to hold its inaugural AOC Latin America symposium during LAAD, Brazil, currently planned for April 16, 2015, in conjunction with our logistics partner and LAAD organizer, Clarion Events. The conference language
will be Portuguese and English.
EW Latin America 2015 will be attended by a wide range of leading military, government, academic and industrial leaders and thinkers from across the region and beyond. The inaugural symposium audience will include senior-serving military leaders and operators, security personnel, government officials, leading academics and world-class industry leaders, and will discuss the increasingly important field, in Latin America, of electronic warfare and associated electromagnetic operations (EMO), including signals intelligence, information operations, air platform protection, land EW operations, innovative maritime EW solutions, EW-capable UAVs, operational experience and advanced technology. Focus areas include:
• Keynote speakers
• Regional issues and factors
• EW capability and the maritime, land, air/space, electromagnetic and cyberspace operational environments; platform protection and situational awareness
• Operational experience and lessons
• Information operations, cyber and network enabled capability
• EW operational support and modelling and simulation
• EW Developments from Industry
• EW concepts and critical lines of capability development
• Related EM capabilities including C4ISR, SIGINT and Spectrum Management In common with our other global events, an EW, EMO, SIGINT and associated C4ISR dedicated exhibition is being arranged by Clarion Events within the AOC Pavilion.
Symposium planning is being led the AOC Director Global Operations, Wing Commander John Clifford, OBE, RAF (Ret.), who can be contacted at clifford@crows.org.
Stay tuned to www.crows.org for more information.
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REGISTER NOW: 15th Annual AOC Electronic Warfare Europe, "Future EW – Innovation, Information & Interoperability"
May 26-28, 2015 | Stockholm, Sweden
As nations refocus on contingency operations after more than a decade of counterinsurgency, there are many challenges and opportunities for governments, the military, academia, science and technology, and industry. Events in 2014 have reminded us of the deadly nature of RF-guided weaponry and that the counterinsurgency threat has not gone away, but intensified. Air attacks on IS terrorists in Syria and Iraq are inevitably enabled by the usual panoply of electromagnetic (EM) operations: SIGINT, C4ISR, precise navigation and timing, targeting, communications, spectrum management and the whole gamut of EW. EM-enabled cyber operations are part of defeating terrorists, as well as state actors across the spectrum of warfare, starting with influence and counter-propaganda and most likely going much further.
National forces are being re-shaped and re-equipped to face the future, which will be contested, congested, complex, connected, constrained and potentially chaotic unless the right informed choices are made now. AOC EW Stockholm 2015 will look at future EW from three connected perspectives – innovation by industry, government agencies and academia, the importance of information (including cyber) and interoperability both of capabilities like EW, SIGINT and ISR and between services and partners in joint, combined and coalition operations.
Mark your calendars now for this premier AOC Global event!
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NEW DETAILS: 6th Annual Electronic Warfare/Cyber Convergence Conference
June 2-4, 2015 | SPAWAR, Charleston, SC
Electronic warfare and cyberspace technical capabilities are becoming more technically similar. However, the communities that practice these disciplines remain largely separated and vary widely across the military services in terms of their equipment, unit organization and operating methodologies. This conference provides the EW and cyberspace communities an opportunity to collaborate and discus capabilities, TTPs and research in EW and cyberspace operations to enable more rapid deployment of new and improved capabilities. The EW/Cyberspace Convergence Conference identifies ways to develop advanced technologies and systems to address the changing battlefield dynamics of the digital age and bring EW and cyberspace together for the warfighter!
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JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY: Register Now for the 40th Annual Dixie Crow Symposium, March 22-26
The Dixie Crow Chapter of the Association of Old Crows is proud to announce their 40th Annual Dixie Crow EW/IO Symposium to be held in Warner Robins at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA. Our theme, "The Power of EW & ISR for Sustained Air Supremacy," emphasizes the important work carried out by the men and women on Robins AFB, military and civilian along with our local contractors. The defense complex supports worldwide those who develop and maintain electronic warfare (EW) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems deployed by our warfighters on a daily basis to defend our freedom and preserve liberty around the world.
Event Registration: Dixiecrow2015.infinity-international.com
We are happy to have the following committed speakers to date:
Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula, USAF (Ret.) – Banquet Speaker
Maj. Gen. Ken Israel, USAF (Ret.), AOC President – Guest Speaker
Maj. Gen. Bob "Cowboy" Dulaney, USAF (Ret.) – F-35 Community Relations, LM
Col. John "Hap" Arnold, USAF (Ret.) – DARPA
Lt. Col. Chad "Cheat" Fager, Deputy Commander, 53rd EWG
Lt. Col. Gene "Joker" McFalls, 53rd EWG/F-35 – Banquet Emcee
SECURITY CLEARANCE INFORMATION
Clearance is required for access to the 40th Annual Dixie Crow Symposium technical sessions.
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A shift is happening within the Canadian electronic warfare (EW) community, as young EW professionals are transitioning into leadership roles at a much younger age than their predecessors. These leadership positions also happen to be affiliated with industry-government-academic collaborations in the EW/defense sector. Coinciding with this evolution in the community is the growth of the only Canadian chapter of the Association of Old Crows (AOC) – the Maple Leaf Chapter, headquartered in the National Capital Region of Ottawa, Ontario. (Military Embedded Systems)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Air Force To Establish Electronic Warfare Capability Team In November |
 The Air Force’s plan to launch an electronic warfare developmental planning program in November while proposing to retire half of its best airborne electronic attack aircraft in fiscal year 2016 neglects near-term priorities in exchange for investment in new capabilities possibly five to seven years down the road, according to some electronic warfare experts. Service officials contend that savings from the retirement of seven EC-130H Compass Call electronic attack aircraft would support longer-term investments in that mission area.
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Threat Data Biggest Worry For F-35A’s IOC; But It ‘Will Be On Time’ |
 The F-35‘s highly sensitive sensors suffer a basic problem right now: They often aren’t sure what they are detecting. That results in a high rate of false alarms. The key to fixing this lies in building highly complex data files – what we can colloquially call the threat library – and integrating them with the Joint Strike Fighter‘s software. (Breaking Defense)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: New Army Tool Enhances Electronic Warfare Capabilities |
 Beginning with the early stages of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the Army has steadily increased its electronic warfare, or EW, capabilities from both a manpower and equipment standpoint. In particular, significant progress has been ongoing since the Army re-established its EW corps and stood up the Project Manager Electronic Warfare office in 2009 to provide materiel solutions that protect Soldiers from radio-controlled improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. (Military.com)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Navy, OSD Studies Could Save Boeing’s F-18 Line |
 Pentagon leaders are pushing hard to keep up the momentum of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Many in the Navy, though, still look longingly back at the Boeing-built F-18 Hornet, whose St. Louis production line faces closure in 2017. There are two independent trends that together could save the St. Louis line and the Navy’s favorite plane. (Breaking Defense)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: The Air Force's B-3 Bomber Isn't As Secret As It Seems |
 Last week, Air Force officials appeared on Capitol Hill to discuss the weapons programs they want to fund in 2016. As usual, details about one of the biggest programs, the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), were few and far between. The Air Force wants to keep potential adversaries guessing about the bomber’s capabilities, so all it has said is that it plans to buy 80-100 strike aircraft at a cost of $550 million each with initial fielding in 2025. (Forbes)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: U.S. Navy Has a Vision of Distributed Lethality to Counter Area Denial |
 The U.S. Navy plans to distribute lethality throughout the Fleet, increasing combat power on each ship while ensuring those ships are more capable of operating in dispersed and network-denied environments. Most enemy long-range anti-ship cruise missile (ASCMs) would likely be fired at 100-150 nm (nautical miles) or less. There are several potential missiles available to U.S. forces that could provide more than 150 nm range, such as the Norwegian Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM). (Next Big Future)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: In Ukraine, Tomorrow’s Drone War is Alive Today |
 At the Donetsk Airport, a handful of Ukrainian military men by January 19 had been fighting off the Russian-backed Donetsk People’s Republic, or DPR, for months. Much of the airport structure had been obliterated. The once-smooth runway was a lunar landscape of debris, craters and blast marks. A small eight-rotor drone rose up form the ruin and ascends out toward the battlefield, sending live video of DPR artillery positions to the Ukrainian military. (Defense One)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: DARPA's Anti-Ship Missile Still Less Deadly Than Chinese ‘Carrier Killer |
 While DARPA has developed a long-awaited anti-ship missile for the United States Navy, the new weapon will be no match for one of the threats it was designed to counter, China’s so-called "carrier killer" missile. (Sputnik News)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Royal Australian Air Force Completes Basic Training in EA-18G Growler |
 The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircrew personnel have completed basic training in the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare (EW) aircraft at the US Navy's Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Whidbey Island, Washington. The five graduates would now be assigned to U.S. Navy expeditionary units, to deploy and operate the aircraft under the personnel exchange programme over the next two years. (Military.com)
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