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The staff of Military & Aerospace Electronics has unveiled the editorial calender for 2009. Check out what topics will be broached in the coming year by downloading the Military & Aerospace Electronics 2009 Editorial Calendar!
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Have you visited the Bulletin Board lately?
Controversy brews in the Command Post. Click on the Bulletin Board icon in the right-hand column to read Green Hills Software's rebuttal of statements made by an executive at Wind River Systems, a ...
Tagged: RTOS, EAL, NIAP, certification, rebut
Started by Courtney E. Howard in Controversies Nov 3.
Social networking for business: a benefit, or time-wasting distraction?
A social media report card has been issued for the top 10 aerospace and defense companies. http://bit.ly/3Trrc0 #milaero #avintel How important is social networking for professional organizations ...
Tagged: &, Mil, Aero, Command, Post
Started by John Keller in Reconnaissance Oct 27.
Going green with defense technologies: how far should we go?
Seems like everything's going green. Now the Global Hawk UAV is getting into the environmental business, as NASA is putting the long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle to work for Earth and environm...
Tagged: sensors, Earth, observation, environment, the
Started by John Keller in Controversies Oct 27.
The case for ethics-driven business development in defense contracting
Consultant William Scheessele lays out the case for ethics-driven business development in defense contracting http://bit.ly/4kiw7s. What's your opion? Is he right, or is he dreaming?
Tagged: contracting, ethics, defense, reform, procurement
Started by John Keller in Contracts Oct 27.
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When my cellphone is too old to use , I decide to buy one, then I search on Google . There are so many infos about chinese cellphone which is versatile and cheap relatively.Take www.epathchina.com ...
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Started by climberyao in Out and About. Last reply by climberyao Oct 24.
Iran, China lead the world in stealing U.S. military equipment, technology
Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced that Iran and China lead the world in stealing sensitive U.S. military equipment and techno...
Tagged: parts, china, india, 9/11, counterfeit
Started by Courtney E. Howard in Contracts Oct 21.
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Social Media and World Peace
Posted by Pat Jewett on November 6, 2009 at 2:57pm
You Have Choices
During my childhood, I always think Is it up to us to choose our life. I always heard from the poor poeple saying that life is very hard and working hard is a must for them in order to maintain current life style. Is that really true, and do we really have to work so hard just to get what we want? When I grow up, the same thing happens to me and people around me. Then I have another question in mind, when the time we get what we think we want, is that really what we want?
After a deep
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Posted by Astrid Fuchs on October 28, 2009 at 8:50am
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Posted by Holly Timlin on October 8, 2009 at 6:30am
Military, rotorcraft insulate aviation, avionics from trying economy
“Military and rotorcraft market segments are going to insulate the aircraft production industry,” explained Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis at Teal Group Corp., during his talk, “Coping with the Downturn: Aviation Markets and Companies Enter Uncharted Territory,” at the Mentor Graphics Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum (IESF) 2009.
IESF 2009 marked Mentor Graphics’ eighth annual event held this past May in Seattle. The event attracted more than 100 atten… Continue
Posted by Courtney E. Howard on August 12, 2009 at 12:56pm
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COTS, COTS, COTS, COTS
Posted by John McHale. Nearly everyone I speak to at defense electronics trade shows or for interviews over the phone brings up the COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) procurement term in some way. They make COTS products, use COTS practices, or think COTS is the worst thing in the world. Everyone seems to have different definitions or different acronyms for COTS. I've heard GOTS --We're not playin' around: E-networking means business, not socializing
Posted by John KellerAll of us conducting business on E-networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and the others are running into a problem: a growing number of companies and other organizations are coming up with policies that ban the use of so-called "social networking" while at work. While it's difficult to characterize the depth of this mistake, we have ourselves at least partiallyDOD contracting: it's quiet out there; too quiet
Posted by John KellerThere seems to be a lull in technology-related contracting at the U.S. Department of Defense over the past week. A scan of the bluetops shows days on end with just one or two awards of consequence to the aerospace and defense electronics community. Makes me a little nervous.Not a lot to report out there. The Navy's about to pull the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise out of theOpenVPX interoperability standard hands off to VITA in another step toward ratification
Posted by John KellerWell I'll be jiggered! They did what they said they were going to do, when they said they were going to do it.I'm talking about the OpenVPX committee, whose members passed the OpenVPX interoperability draft standards over to the VITA 65 committee of the VITA Standards Organization on Monday, on time, on budget, and on the ball. It's refreshing, in this day and age, to seeEditor at large
Posted by Courtney E. HowardWow, upon writing the headline, a flood of fat jokes popped into my head, but I will fight the impulse (which is also a good dieting tactic). It just goes to show you: I should never write a blog on a Friday night.I had an incredible week, traveling about Oregon visiting with knowledgeable, charismatic, and passionate executives at technology firms serving military andDoD Live
Blogger's Roundtable July 29, 2009
| Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
| Col. Discusses Heavy Airlift Operations from Hungary |
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For the first time, 12 nations have come together, independently of NATO, to fly in support of their national requirements for Strategic Airlift Capability, a U.S. military officer said from Papa, Hungary. "While we don't take operational directions from [NATO], our nations are free to use their flying hours to support NATO missions," U.S. Air Force Col. John D. Zazworsky, Jr., commander of the Heavy Airlift Wing, Papa, Hungary, told bloggers during a DoDLive Bloggers' Roundtable July 29. Story | Audio(Mp3) | |
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Blogger's Roundtable July 24, 2009
| Friday, July 24, 2009 |
| Consequence Management Response Forces Set to Respond When Needed |
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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. John Basilica, Commanding General Task Force - 51, Consequence Management Response Forces and U.S. Navy Capt. Michael A. Collins, Chief of Staff of Joint Task Force Civil Support, discussed programs ranging from CCMRF 10.1 and 10.2, reserve component manning, defense support of civil authorities, and posse comitatus at a bloggers roundtable July 24. Basilica and Collins clarified that when the CCMRF responds, they're doing so in support of local and National Guard efforts. "We are going to be told where they need extra help and we are going to take up positions side by side with them and assist them in doing the job they are already doing," said Collins. Audio(Mp3) | |
Files: Bio(pdf) |
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Blogger's Roundtable July 22, 2009
| Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
| U.S. and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan are Adapting to the Taliban's Changing Tactics |
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"It's a very tough environment and the Taliban is changing his tactics to what was appropriate in December ... turned out not to be appropriate at an identical firefight out in Farah back in May," said Col. John Agoglia, director Counterinsurgency Training Center – Afghanistan (CTC-A) who spoke with bloggers and online journalists during a DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable, July 22 to provide an update on the current curriculum and methodologies used in counterinsurgency training in theater. Story | Audio(Mp3) | |
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