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Web Exclusive Articles Online News | Industry News Flash | Executive Watch | Exclusive Content | Mil & Aero Blog | Archives Home Mil & Aero Blog 2009 P4 Suppliers training primes During a recent internal meeting a colleague suggested we should "train our customers" on how to better take advantage and keep up with our online media, even posting their own product updates. Some in the audience chuckled or were a bit cynical at the concept -- including me. Perhaps we snarled to soon. North Korea's nuclear test and missile defense North Korea's successful test of a nuclear bomb this week has many in Washington scurrying to formulate a tough response. Reportedly the blast equaled that of the nuclear bomb that the U.S. exploded over Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. There has also been speculation in the press that North Korea has the potential to reach the west coast of the U.S. with a warhead. Take time, and perhaps see Terminator Money and time are tight. Yet, as we likely all do from time to time, I felt the need for some escapism, to get out of the day-to-day routine. I indulged in a late-night movie, Terminator Salvation. I'm glad I did; it left me with a renewed appreciation for the industry I am so pleased to be a part of and to serve. The story is decent, the acting is good, the action is intense, and the computer graphics/visual effects are phenomenal; most importantly, the technology is attention-grabbing. Good timing for human space flight The successful repair and upgrade of the Hubble Space Telescope by the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was good timing for NASA's human space flight programs. Finally, a 2010 DOD budget; now Congress can get to work At long last, we have a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) budget request for federal fiscal year 2010. It's only three months -- a quarter of a year -- later than usual, which doesn't give lawmakers on Capitol Hill much time. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae. Thank you conference advisory board members Creating content for a conference is much different than developing a story for our magazine or website. What the web tells us At Military & Aerospace Electronics we think we've done a fairly good job over the years of discerning what types of content our readers are looking for. Military electro-optics business appears steady Earlier this month at the SPIE Defense Security and Sensing conference and exhibition in Orlando, Fla., when I asked attendees and exhibitors there about the military market I got the same answers I received form those at military electronics and military avionics events – business is steady or improving. Aerospace and defense technology market gets a vote of confidence Let's face it, a lot of us in mixed company lately have been giving air reflecting false bravado about the U.S. defense budget from fiscal year 2010 onward. Inside, through, we're as nervous as cats. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae. Win some, lose some In life, you win some and you lose some. Sitting in McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, slot machines silent all about me, I am reminded of this fact. It rings true in life in general, in the court system, when it comes to gambling, and it even extends to one's occupation. It is a powerful phrase, and the subject of many a song. It helps the general populace better accept events that could be considered mistakes, losses, or failures. I have trouble losing some when it comes to the TSA. PAGE: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

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