Courtney E. Howard's Blog (11)

By Courtney E. Howard “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

U.K. Ministry of Defence officials have revealed that the Royal Air Force's latest "eye in the sky" has returned from its trials in Afghanistan. The ASTOR (Airborne Stand-Off Radar) system on the Sentinel R1 aircraft was used to gather vital information for forces in the fight ag… Continue

At 6 p.m. on November 4th (a.k.a., Super Tuesday), the Republican National Committee officials revealed that the firm is preparing for a legal battle centering around computerized voting fraud. Forensicon Inc., a Chicago-based computer forensics company, was contacted last Thursday by a security firm lining up vendors to assist the Republican National Committee with consulting related to potential allegations of computerized voter fraud, says a representative. It has been widely reported, say… Continue

The Command Post now offers a chat application. At the bottom of the main Command Post community page, you will notice a box titled "Chat" (http://community.mae.pennnet.com/chat) with a list of colleagues that are currently online and av… Continue

Exxon Mobil has posted a net income of $14.83 billion, setting a national record for quarterly profit by a company. In a conference call today, Exxon Mobil executives announced… Continue

I, like many of my colleagues, friends, and family, have been perplexed as to where on the TV dial and the Internet we can turn for trustworthy, unbiased breakdowns of the recent presidential debates, the issues that matter, and more. In weeks past, we have searched tirelessly through… Continue

I had to step up "My Page" -- my personal profile page on The Command Post -- because other members' pages put mine to shame! I don't want to name names -- Jamie and Marie Hartis -- but there are some spectacular-looking pages on here. Even "Anonymous" added a funny video. I hope you will take a look around The Command Post and become inspired to infuse your own page with your personality. This is your space (hmm, a spin off of MySpace perhaps? YourSpace?), so g'head and make it your own! I can'… Continue

I have exciting news! The Command Post online community at http://community.milaero.com/ has at the ready a panel of knowledgeable, experienced, and entertaining individuals to answer your inquiries. I have had the pleasure of interfacing with a number of high-leve… Continue

If you are on the fence about joining the Military & Aerospace Electronics Command Post online community...jump off that fence, and jump into conversations with your industry peers. Why, you ask? Well, I will tell you -- with thanks and evidence courtesy of Dotster. "The Bene… Continue

Are you the king of all things COTS? The titan of thermal management? Or perhaps you are the czar of CMOS, champion of C4ISR, earl of electro-optics, or venerable champ of VXS. Show us your stuff in the Command Post community! You are invited to demonstrate your expertise in various areas… Continue

This is an industry of innovators. I know this to be true. I see evidence daily. And yet, I have been researching the area of electronics test and measurement for some time now, and I have come up nearly empty-handed, at least in the mil-aero realm. (I find near-daily reports about test and measurement as it concerns environmental and "green" issues.) If you are working in the test and measurement field as it relates to mil-aero applications, what are you up to? You are invited to please post a… Continue