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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2016 AOC International Elections
Each year the AOC's membership determines the future of the Association by electing representatives to its Board of Directors. Nominations for the 2016 election are being accepted now through March 1.
The election will begin on July 1, 2016 and will end on July 31, 2016.
The 2016 election slate will include two (2) At Large Director positions, who will serve a three (3)-year term. In addition, the two International Regional Directors will be elected for three (3)-year terms from International 1 and International 2 regions. These new Directors will be installed at the Annual 2016 Convention/Symposium and the Board meeting venues scheduled for that first week of December 2016.
The 2016 AOC Nomination Form is available. Nomination packets must be received at AOC headquarters by close-of-business on Monday, March 1, 2016. If you wish to nominate more than one person, please duplicate the form. Nomination forms are also available on the AOC website at www.crows.org or by contacting the AOC’s Director of Membership, Ms. Glorianne O’Neilin, at oneilin@crows.org.
When completed, the forms should be returned to the N&E Committee at: Association of Old Crows, 1000 North Payne St., Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314 or by fax to (703) 549-2589. Completed forms may also be returned by email to oneilin@crows.org.
The N&E Committee will be happy to answer any questions you may have. You may contact me at amorosonino@aol.com or you may contact Glorianne at AOC Headquarters, as above or at (703) 549-1600, and she will insure your inquiry gets to the Committee.
Nino Amorso
Chair, Nominations & Election Committee
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Happy Holidays: eCrow Will Return Next Year
eCrow is headed for its annual holiday hiatus and will return to your inbox January 6, 2016. We wish you the best for the holidays and will see you next year.
Looking for great holiday gifts? The AOC Store has a great selection of Crow-themed gifts, including the AOC Christmas Ornament!
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: 45th Annual Collaborative Electronic Warfare Symposium, April 6-7 at Pt. Mugu
We challenge presenters to explore the way forward in enabling collaborative EW through innovation and invention. Requested are presentations or demonstrations from all United States and Australian services, DoD, industry, and academia that identify technical paths, options, and potential opportunities for EW collaboration. Submitted abstracts should address one or more of the symposium sessions: threat trends, collaborative EW science and technology perspectives, cognitive and adaptive EW technologies, coordinated/distributed networked-enabled systems, and warfighter perspectives.
Abstracts for presentations must be at the unclassified level and in text format. Please forward abstracts to Ms. Shelley Frost at frost@crows.org by February 5, 2016. Abstracts are limited to one page of text or 400 words. To facilitate the selection processes please ensure your submitted abstract file is labeled with your last name, session number and short title. For example: "Smith_session1_Welcome_and_Intro.doc." Symposium presentations may be classified or unclassified; however, abstracts must be unclassified. Notification of acceptance and presentation submission instructions will be by February 12, 2016. Presentations will be required in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 or earlier format.
In order to meet required foreign disclosure procedures, final presentations must be submitted with appropriate foreign disclosure paperwork by February 19, 2016. Foreign disclosure processes will be available at www.crows.org when finalized.
IMPORTANT DATES 2016:
(Note: Dates are proposed for planning purposes only and subject to change. Actual dates are expected to fall within 7-10 days of listed dates.)
Abstracts Due: February 5
Notification of Acceptance: February 12
Final Presentations with Foreign Disclosure paperwork: February 19
Security Clearance: March 8
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 16th Annual AOC Electronic Warfare Europe, May 10-12 in Rotterdam
"Transforming EW – Evolving Threats, Concepts and Capabilities Hybrid Warfare and the Future of EW"
As nations re-focus on contingency operations after over a decade of counter-insurgency, there are many challenges and opportunities for governments, the military, academia, science and technology, and industry. Recent events have reminded everyone of the deadly nature of RF guided weaponry and that the threat from insurgents has not ended, but intensified. The widely reported use of wholesale, sophisticated Russian counter-C3 systems in and around Ukraine in parallel to cyber operations and widespread dis-information/psychological operations has given rise to what leading military and political thinkers refer to as Hybrid Warfare. The question is what does this mean for the future of EW in the free world? Almost all military operations are enabled by wide-ranging electromagnetic (EM) operations, a concept that NATO and others have fully embraced. These include SIGINT; C4ISR; precise navigation and timing; targeting; communications, spectrum management and the whole gamut of EW. But, are there new requirements for EW arising from hybrid warfare? The answer to the question then, is yes, a great deal, with an obvious example being EM-enabled cyber operations.
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 Rotterdam 2016 will consider the future of EW and EM Operations in the changing light of current and emerging threats, including Hybrid Warfare; it will consider the possible responses, how thinking and attitudes must change, and examine the new capabilities that will be required across all lines of defence, by all services, in all countries. Part of the event will include twin-tracks focusing respectively on operations, capability and defence lines of development, and industry developments and inventiveness. AOC EW Europe 2016 will once again bring together, this time in Rotterdam, perhaps the most happening and connected city in Europe right now, all the communities involved in EW, SIGINT, C4ISR, Cyber EM Activities (CEMA) and more. This is the largest global EW networking, exhibition, seminar and conference, outside of the U.S., and is not to be missed!
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 CALL FOR PAPERS: Dixie Crow Symposium 41 – EW/ISR: Today’s Innovations Countering Tomorrow’s Threats, March 20-24
The EW/Avionics Division, AFLCMC/WNY, and the Dixie Crow Chapter of the Association of Old Crows (AOC) will co-sponsor the AF Technical Program, 2016 Dixie Crow Symposium 41, on 22-24 March 2016. The program will be at the Scott Theater (Building 1500), Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA. An AF conference approval request has been submitted by the EW/Avionics Division.
This year’s theme, shown above, illustrates collaboration within the Information Operations (IO) environment and integration within the operations environment for both new and legacy systems.
Papers to support this theme should include issues relating to Electronic Warfare (EW), Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) and collaboration within the existing and future IO environment. Efficient utilization, understanding and control of the Electromagnetic Spectrum are necessary for defense of our forces and our homeland. Collaborative improvement is necessary to assure our tactics and products are affordable and successfully protect the warfighters. Maximization of modern and legacy systems demands "unique" approaches.
Papers may be unclassified or classified. Briefing sessions will be separated as follows: 1) Unclassified with no restrictions; 2) Unclassified US ONLY, EXPORT CONTROLLED; 3) Classified Confidential or Secret, US ONLY.
A Releasibility Certification (form included with full Call for Papers) is required before presentation can take place.
Please be aware the Dixie Crow Technical Committee does not release any bio, abstract or briefing information. Any attendee wishing a copy of the briefing must contact the briefer directly.
Presentations will be targeted for 20 minutes (including questions and answers).
Please let us know if you are interested in presenting a paper. Abstracts (less than 200 words) must be UNCLASSIFIED and may be submitted electronically any time before February 15, 2016.
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The Fourth EW International Conference India (EWCI 2016) is the latest event in the benchmark of EWCI Conference Series in the advanced field of EW. The conference is being organised by the award-winning India Chapter of Association of Old Crows (AOC), Bangalore. The conference is supported by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India. Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Bangalore is the patronising sponsor of the event. The conference addresses the technical and commercial needs of operational users, planners, developers, procurers, testers and trainers of the latest EW technologies and systems.
A large scale indoor exhibition will accompany the conference, displaying the latest EW products from international EW organisations. There will be an intense one-day pre-conference tutorials preceding the conference. The conference is envisaged as the important platform for EW professionals who would share the research and development output in the field of EW at the global level. Also keeping in view of the government of India's "Make in India" policy, the participants of the conference will be exposed to the state-of-the-art developments in self reliance in the field of EW in India and, hence, the theme of the conference is chosen as "EW: Partner for Self-Reliance."
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 AOC CONVENTION NEWS: U.S. Must Adapt to an Ever-Changing World, Former CIA Director Says The U.S. needs to have a vision of foreign policy that it tries to follow no matter which political party is in power, the former head of the CIA said Thursday. "The world cannot afford the globe's only superpower being radically inconsistent every electoral cycle," said retired Air Force Gen. Michael Hayden. "We've got to make up our mind: What is our appropriate role in dealing with the world?" (Air Force Times)
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AOC CONVENTION NEWS: Marines Transitioning into Electronic Warfare, Cyber Doctrine |
 The Marine Corps is in the midst of integrating electronic warfare and cyber operations into the way they carry out missions, including the establishment of doctrine in both areas and a transition plan aiming to position the service for future capabilities. Marine Corps leaders have "been writing doctrine, we've been looking at our [doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel and facilities], writing concepts for [Marine Air-Ground Task Force, or MAGTF] electronic warfare and for cyber-electronic warfare coordination cells" throughout virtually every level of the service, according to Col. Gregory Breazile, director of the Marine Corps' C2/Cyber and Electronic Warfare Integration Division. (C4ISR & Networks)
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AOC CONVENTION NEWS: DoD CIO Says Spectrum May Become Warfighting Domain |
 Pentagon officials are drafting new policy that would officially recognize the electromagnetic spectrum as a "domain" of warfare, joining land, sea, air, space and cyberspace, Breaking Defense has learned. The designation would mark the biggest shift in Defense Department doctrine since cyberspace became a domain in 2006. With jamming, spoofing, radio, and radar all covered under the new concept, it could potentially bring new funding and clear focus to an area long afflicted by shortfalls and stovepipes. (Breaking Defense)
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 AOC CONVENTION NEWS: AFSOC Leveraging Lessons from Navy for AC-130J Laser Air Force Special Operations command is working with the Navy to leverage lessons learned from the deployment of a shipboard laser weapon system to inform the development of a miniaturized version that could be mounted on an AC-130 gunship. The Air Force plans to install a high-energy laser on the Lockheed Martin special operations gunship by 2020, AFSOC chief Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold said December 3. (Air Force Times)
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AOC CONVENTION NEWS: 'There Will Be No Electronic Warfare Pearl Harbor': Military Bosses Hit Out at Claims U.S. Has Fallen Behind in Electromagnetic 'Doomsday Weapon' Development |
 Military bosses have hit out at claims the U.S. is falling behind in the development of critical electromagnetic weapons some say could wipe out 90 percent of its population. A Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments report says the technology is "one of the most critical operational domains in modern warfare," and concluded "unfortunately, 'failed to keep pace' is an appropriate description of the Department of Defense's (DoD) investments in EMS warfare capabilities over the last generation." (UK Daily Mail)
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 AOC CONVENTION NEWS: Lasers on Airplanes by 2020: The Air Force's Game-Changing Declaration In February 2015, the U.S. Air Force made a surprising pronouncement: It wants to put laser cannons on warplanes. Fast forward 10 months, and the intention hasn't changed, but the timeline sure has: We will put a 200 kilowatt laser cannon on board an AC-130 gunship. We'll do it in five years. Or less. (Motley Fool)
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 AOC CONVENTION NEWS: Royal Marines Come Out on Top for Electronic Warfare in NATO Royal Marine specialists who intercept and exploit enemy communications have been singled out by NATO leaders as ‘outstanding’. Small but elite, Y Squadron of 30 Commando Information Exploitation group were named the best unit across the 28 armed forces of the Atlantic Treaty organisation in their role of electronic warfare. (Royal Marines)
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 INDUSTRY NEWS: Army Tests Small Electronic Jammers for Use in Training As potential adversaries adopt the use of unmanned aerial systems, the military is regularly looking for ways to jam their signals. But testing those systems can be tough, because jamming technology that can disrupt radios or GPS signals fall under tight restrictions within the United States, given how they indiscriminately affect unintended targets. (Defense Systems)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Russia Could Block Access to Baltic Sea, U.S. General Says |
 Russia has moved ballistic missiles to and conducted nuclear strike drills from its Kaliningrad exclave, prompting Pentagon fears that Moscow could block access to the Baltic Sea. There is a "significant amount of capability" in Kaliningrad, including anti-ship weapons, air defenses, and electronic warfare equipment, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commander of U.S. Army Europe, said Wednesday. (Defense One)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Russia Puts S-400 Missile Systems on Combat Duty |
 Russia has put a number of its S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems on trial combat duty at the northwestern border of Russia, according to spokesman for the Western Military District. Russia has put a number of its S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems on trial combat duty at the north-western border of Russia, according to spokesman for the Western Military District. "Several S-400 Triumph long-range air defense missile systems have been put on trial combat duty today," spokesman for the Western Military District, Colonel Igor Muginov said on Thursday, as reported by ITAR-TASS. (ValueWalk)
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INDUSTRY NEWS: Information Warfare Task Force Tackles Corps' Strategy The Defense Department’s recent emphasis on the importance of the electromagnetic spectrum could be coming to a head, as the department is considering recognizing the spectrum as a sixth domain of operations, in addition to land, air, sea, space and cyberspace, which officially was declared a domain in 2011. In a statement to Breaking Defense, DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen said, "the Department will investigate all requirements and ramifications of its enactment, to include the potential recognition of the EMS as a domain." (Defense Systems)
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 INDUSTRY NEWS: Access vs. Anti-Access: China, US Posture in Anti-Ship Missile Face Off The People’s Liberation Army last month disclosed new details about its new intermediate-range anti-ship ballistic missile known as the DF-26. The missile can be armed with nuclear or conventional warheads and supplements the shorter range DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missile that along with the DF-26 are elements of a military strategy of building arms designed to force the US military to operate further away from Chinese shores. (Asia Times)
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