Current Events
August 17, 2011
Summer 2011
Chapter Meeting
Thanks to Len Losik for an interesting talk on the evolving Commercial
Space Industry.
Bob Moorhead receives
a plague from AFCEA HQ recognizing his service as
SV AFCEA Chapter
President . Presented by Bob Landgraf AFCEA Regional VP.
Rich Davies receives
a certificate from the SV AFCEA chapter and AFCEA HQ recognizing his
service as SV AFCEA Chapter VP. Presented by Bob Landgraf AFCEA Regional
VP and Bob Moorhead SV AFCEA chapter President.
The Latest DoD
Issues on Cyber Security...
Aug 10,
2011
Thinking
Cyber War ...
Jefferey Carr writes in
The
Diplomat about "Why
the US will Lose a Cyber War".
In his article Carr expresses concerns about how military
thinkers continue to view of cyberspace as just a 5th domain and
not addressing how cyber interrelates.
ARTICLE: "Why
the US will Lose a Cyber War"
RELATED: Spring 2011 edition of
Strategic Studies Quarterly
- "Rise
of a Cybered Westphalian Age"
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Interesting Stuff
January 4, 2012
NRO 50th Anniversary
As part of the
National Reconnaissance Office 50th Anniversary details of the HEXAGON
and GAMBIT photo reconnaissance satellite systems have been
declassified,
MORE INFO...
Check out the NRO web
site for the history and capabilities of these important national
security programs and see how Silicon Valley companies like Lockheed,
LORAL and TRW and the Onizuka Air Force Station were major players in
the development and operation of these programs,
MORE INFO...
 There
are some very interesting videos concerning the GAMBIT and HEXAGON
programs on the NRO web site,
MORE INFO...
 The
Silicon Valley AFCEA Chapter owes its foundation in a large part to
these programs. Kudos to the many local AFCEA members who helped to make
these programs a success!
Oct 4, 2011
Onizuka Air Force
Station
Local Redevelopment Authority
Amended Redevelopment Plan
DOWNLOAD (.pdf)
Jan 4, 2012
The Long Road to the
"right" Orbit
A mission well
done to the folks at Lockheed Martin and the Air Force Space and
Missile Center for a great recovery and getting the first AEHF satellite
on orbit and operational,
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America's
Military at the Crossroads:
What's Out and What's In for
2012 and Beyond?
January 24-26, 2012
San Diego, CA
MORE INFO..
"Cyber
in a Converged and
Consolidated Infrastructure"
AFCEA CYBERSPACE 2012 Symposium
7-9 February 2012
The Broadmoor Hotel | Colorado Springs
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