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Then and now. If you go back just a decade, Space was a recognized warfighting domain, but Space Command was buried within the Air Force. China had conducted a controversial kinetic anti-satellite (ASAT) test against one of its own defunct weather satellites in 2007. That test, which was the first kinetic ASAT test conducted by any country since 1985, served as a wake-up call to western governments. The resulting debris field of more than 3,000 trackable (golf-ball sized or larger) objects traveling through low-earth orbit also alarmed the growing commercial space market. After 2007, many nations began to acknowledge the reality of contested space operations. Today, we're in a different place. There is an established US Space Force, a robust commercial satellite launch market and a fast growing industry providing commercial services to support military space operations. EMSO in Space is widely and openly discussed, and you'll hear about it this week at AOC 2023. Today at 2:30 PM in Potomac Ballroom B, Josh Chavez, Product Manager at Hawkeye 360, will provide a perspective on space-based ESM with his presentation on "Enabling Access: Space-Based Radar Geolocation/Detection for New Audiences in EW." On Tuesday, from 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM, Tim Fountain of Rohde & Schwarz moderates a Symposium Breakout Session about "Space EW" with presentations from the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command, MITRE, the Space Information and Analysis Center and GTRI. For more background on the US Space Force, see "Space Delta 3 Guardian Embrace Electromagnetic Warfare," JED, October 2022; and "Space Delta 3 as a Pathfinder," AOC Podcast, Jan. 5, 2022. For more info on the emerging space-based ESM market, see "EW Goes Commercial…from Space," JED, February 2021. For more information about the basics of space EW, see "Introduction to Space Electronic Warfare," AOC Webinar, June 25, 2020. (Access for AOC members only.) 
60 Years Later – The Unique Founding of the Association of Old Crows (AOC) To help with this journey and answer these questions, narrator Ken Miller is joined by Lifetime Achievement Awardee, AOC Silver Medal Winner, Technology Hall of Fame Inductee and long-time Old Crow, Paul Westcott. To learn more about today's topics or to stay updated on EMSO and EW developments, visit crows.org. Symposium Happenings
What are you most excited about for each day of the symposium? Our opening day will set the stage for this year’s theme of Advancing EMS Superiority Through Strategic Alliances and Partnerships. After our Keynote and Spotlight sessions, we will facilitate a discussion on Joint All-Domain Command & Control (JADC2), technical briefs on space-based Radar geolocation and detection, RF FPGAs with integrated 64 Gsps data converters and the complexities of electromagnetic warfare for future operating environments; as well as a Program Manager Briefing Series for Army Programs related to EW & cyber, sensors aerial intelligence, aircraft Survivability Equipment, Electronic Warfare and Unmanned Aircraft Systems. This will be a very informative first day for EMSO stakeholders across government, industry and academia. Dennis Monahan Today's Events
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – Monday, Dec. 11
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Inside the Convention
We have a terrific line-up of keynote speakers for you each morning of the 2023 AOC Convention. Come early, grab a cup of coffee and settle in for some valuable insights from some of our leading military, government and industry thinkers. Today: Lieutenant General Matthew G. Glavy, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Information
Today's Future 5 profile spotlights Brittany Joy, a Senior Staff RF and Analog Design Engineer at Motorola Solutions Applied Technology in Schaumberg, IL Brittany earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017. During her undergraduate studies, she was accepted into a summer internship at Motorola and this experience led her to join the company after graduation. At Motorola, Brittany has found the job and the mission fulfilling. "I’ve become a valued member of our rapid development field experiment team that travels frequently to experiments and exercises" she explains. "These events give us tremendous opportunities to talk first hand with operators and customers and receive feedback on our prototypes and products." She adds, " By paying attention to the needs of our EMS/EW operators and customers and getting experience in the field, I am able to grow by helping guide our product strategy to best serve our warfighters. I’ve seen the impact I can have by guiding others and as a result, I can see myself growing into senior leadership one day to build relationships with new customers and help drive business goals." In terms of her development as an EMSO professional, she says, "My biggest career achievement was creating our most successful and highest performing build to date of our 30 GHz software-defined radio (SDR). Years of research and creative evaluation techniques helped me build up my mmWave design capabilities. After establishing myself as a technical leader through proven designs, communicating existing flaws of this mmWave product design featuring our own custom RFICs, exposing areas where we could make significant improvement in the product design, and suggesting new processes to reduce risk, I was able to take ownership and leadership of that mmWave design." She continues, "This was achieved directly as a result of getting to employ my creative thinking and problem solving skills, clearly and effectively communicating known flaws to the right people, challenging what has been done in the past, and successfully leading a team to achieve this success. As a result, I feel valued and appreciated at my company as an inventive contributor, collaborator, and leader." You can learn more about Brittany and her fellow Future 5 professionals at crows.org/page/2023Future5. For more information about the AOC's Future 5 program, please visit crows.org/page/future5. The 60th Annual AOC International Symposium & Convention is the leading event for electronic warfare, electromagnetic spectrum operations, cyber-electromagnetic activities, and information operations professionals worldwide. Make the most of your experience using the tips in this helpful video to help you prepare for your arrival and assist you onsite, ensuring you have the best experience possible. If this is your first AOC Convention, or you just need a refresher, be sure to watch the orientation video. Need more information about dress code, sessions locations, Wi-Fi access, or even where you can find coffee in the morning? Check out the 2023 AOC Convention's FAQ page to find answers.
Exhibitor Happenings
Official Exhibit Hall hours during the 2023 AOC Convention are as follows: Today Tuesday, Dec. 12 Wednesday, Dec. 13 To plan your time in the Exhibit Hall, view the floor plan and search for exhibitors.
JED News
Tuesday, at 10:30 AM in the Potomac A Ballroom, Mr. Daniel Hettema, Director, Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEM&S) for OUSD (R&E), will moderate a Symposium Breakout Session on "Unlocking DoD Open Systems Architecture (OSA)." The DOD's embrace of OSA seeks to gain benefits seen in other tech markets, including faster upgrades, greater competition and lower life-cycle costs. OSAs such as CMOSS and SOSA are impacting EW and SIGINT system design down to the board level. This session will examine the current state of incorporation of DoD Open Systems Architecture (OSA) standards into weapons and capability development through the acquisition-oriented lenses of implementation, integration, operationalization and sustainment. Presentations will offer unique Service perspectives on OSA, and the session also will also feature a unique live CMOSS/SOSA capability demonstration. For more context on OSAs, see: "How the Services are Approaching CMOSS" in JED, March 2021 AOC Webinar: "What SOSA Means to the Warfighter," Oct. 14, 2021 (AOC membership required) AOC Podcast: "Accelerating Open Systems Architecture," Oct. 20, 2021
Cover Story: EW Concepts for Global Air Combat Program
The Journal of Electromagnetic Dominance (JED) is the official publication of the Association of Old Crows (AOC), an independent, nonprofit, international professional association promoting public understanding in the science and practice of EW, SIGINT and related disciplines. Become an AOC member to get access to the latest issue of JED.
JED: Since acquiring Signal Hound two-and-a-half years ago, what are some of the key elements of your strategy to grow the company and expand your customer base? Osbourn: We have doubled down on new product development as a key part of our company strategy both in existing and new categories. We have been very busy filling out our product portfolio in order to fit the different needs and use cases of our customers. For example, last year we launched the SP-145, which is a 14.5-GHz spectrum analyzer that filled the gap between our BB60D (up to 6 GHz) and our SM200 (up to 20 GHz) spectrum analyzers. We are also pursuing new categories supported by the launch of our first phase noise tester, the PN400, and an upcoming launch of our very first Vector Network Analyzer, a two port, 40 GHz VNA, the VNA400. JED: What are some of the important market trends you are seeing that are driving customer requirements for spectrum analyzers and signal generators? Osbourn: We are seeing the continued proliferation of sensors across industries that is prompting an increased demand for test and measurement equipment like ours. Additionally, the increased focus on electronic warfare and signal intelligence is also driving more demand. We are seeing customers want higher frequency ranges, as well as higher bandwidth requirements. JED: How have these trends influenced Signal Hound's latest product releases? Osbourn: The above trend of higher frequency requirements helped prompt us to release our SM435, which is an extremely powerful 43.5 GHz spectrum analyzer that has an impressive 160 MHz of instantaneous bandwidth and is extremely popular for spectrum monitoring. We are also working on a multi-channel receiver that features four channels that can be independently tuned or phase coherent, the PCR 4200, which we hope to release in the first half of 2025. Signal Hound is working tirelessly to keep enhancing our product line in order to deliver unrivalled value for our customers. JED: Signal Hound has developed several software tools for its spectrum analyzers. Is this software mostly focused on test and measurement or do you see a growing need for operational applications, such as interference detection and geolocation? On a related note, what are some of the third-party EW and SIGINT software suites that can be used with your spectrum analyzers? Osbourn: All of our spectrum analyzers come with our powerful software, Spike. Spike has several inherent toolkits that are mostly focused on test and measurement. We recently launched our revamped phase noise test toolkit, which partners with our brand new PN400 tester to provide an extremely cost effective and flexible way to perform phase noise testing. We do partner with several third-party EW and SIGINT software suites, such as 3dB Labs, Kestrel, Decodio, and Procitec. Signal Hound features a software development kit, which allows our software partners to link up our hardware with their software depending on use case. JED: What are your goals for Signal Hound over the next few years? Osbourn: We have ambitious goals at Signal Hound to continue to build out our product portfolio by enhancing our current products, while also developing new offerings that grow our capabilities. In the future, we will offer more powerful spectrum analyzers and signal generators in higher frequency ranges, as well as more capable products that have higher bandwidths. We are constantly collecting customer feedback in order to develop the next generation of products that will fit the needs of our customers both today and beyond.
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