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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 P5 Hacking into the Joint Strike Fighter program The lead story in today's Wall Street Journal caught my attention. It details how spies have hacked into the U.S. Air Force's Joint Strike Fighter program and stolen key data on sensitive technology. VME embedded computer industry buries the hatchet over VITA 46 VPX standard ... for now Cooler heads apparently have prevailed in the VME embedded computer industry in a dispute over how to ensure interoperability of VME bus technology pertaining to the VITA 46 VPX industry standard for high-speed serial interconnects in high-performance military, aerospace, and commercial embedded computing. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae. Rest in peace Harry Kalas If you don't mind I'd like to take a break from blogging about the U.S. military budget cuts or President Obama's economic stimulus package to remember my favorite baseball announcer, Harry Kalas, long-time play-by-play man for the current World Champion Philadelphia Phillies. When you're considered an 'industry expert' I'm quoted today in The Telegraph, the daily newspaper of Nashua, N.H., as an alleged industry expert on military technology matters where the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter jet is concerned. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae. Bye bye F-22 Well, after months of speculation in the media, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced his plans for restructuring of the Department of Defense (DOD) including cutting the U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor program. Networking in Minneapolis I just returned from my first visit to the Avionics Maintenance Conference in Minneapolis. I covered it for our Avionics-Intelligence web site and to recruit potential speakers for our Avionics Europe and Avionics USA conferences. Where's the DOD budget request? Spring is here, baseball season is around the corner, the Masters is only a couple weeks away as is the Easter Bunny, but still no sign of the detailed budget request for Fiscal Year 2010 from the Department of Defense (DOD). Needing reform Last week I was struck by how the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (MOD) is behind on acquisition reform, not having anything like a block upgrade or other type of incremental acquisition. Troubles dividing the VME board industry could have been avoided I worried about this, I warned of this, and now it's happening: companies in the VME board industry are choosing up sides in a fight over industry standards to make the VITA 46 VPX high speed serial bus interoperable in commercial and military systems across the board. Editor at large, locally Travel is tough, especially in an economic downturn. Travel budgets are tightening across the board. Lucky for me, I live in the Pacific Northwest -- a hub of military and aerospace activity. I don't have to go too far to be right in the middle of it all. Read The Mil & Aero Blog online at www.pennwellblogs.com/mae. PAGE: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

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