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Introducing the new synthetic jet fuel standard: December 2009

• Aerospace & Defense Industry Trends Newsletter
• Aviation Industry Takes off with First-ever Synthetic Jet Fuel Standard
• Award-winning Database Forges Link to Tooling Iinformation
• New SAE Report Simplifies Aircraft Emissions Standards

• Aerospace & Defense Industry Trends Newsletter
• Procurement Reforms Become a Reality
• Programs Under Fire in FY 2010 DOD Budget
• 2010 DOD Budget Focuses on Warfighter

Latest information and trends: April 2009

• Aerospace & Defense Industry Trends Newsletter
• Unmanned Air Vehicles: Transformation of Military Operations
• A Q&A About AS6003 TTP Communication

Changes in standards: November 2008

• Aerospace & Defense Industry Trends Newsletter
• Eleventh Edition of the Drawing Requirements Manual
  Bridges Past and Future
• MMPDS-04 Handbook Released Berlin
• Safety Takes No Prisoners

IHS Case Study: August 2008

Imaging Systems Standards: April 2008

• Aerospace & Defense Industry Trends Newsletter
• iRobot Licenses Flash LADAR from Advanced Scientific Concepts for PackBots
• Jane’s Analyzes M&A Activity in the Defense Industry
• 3D Imaging Systems Standards Work Is Under Way

Jane’s Joins IHS: December 2007

• Aerospace & Defense Industry Trends Newsletter
• Jane’s Joins IHS: A Lasting Legacy and a Leap Forward
• JTIC: Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre
• REACH Exceeds Industry’s Grasp?
• IHS Aerospace and Defense Collections
• Aviation/Defense Standards Updates

Future Combat Systems: March 2007

• Future Combat Systems: Machines+Mind+Warrior (18+1+1)
• Future Combat Systems: High Ratings
• Future Combat Systems: Fresh Cuts
• IHS Aerospace and Defense Collections
• Aviation/Defense Standards Updates

Lead-free Electronics in Aerospace Project: August 2007

• LEAP Working Group Recommends Standards for Lead-Free Future
• Purple Heart for Son of One of IHS’s Own
• Attending Shuttle Launch Awes and Inspires
• IHS Aerospace and Defense Collections
• Aviation/Defense Standards Updates

Intelligence Dominance: Are We There Yet?: October 2006

• Intelligence Dominance: Are We There Yet?
• Satellite Security: Quantum Cryptography Makes Dramatic Advance
• Grafenwohr: Ultra-real Training for the Urban Battlespace
• IHS Aerospace and Defense Collections
• Aviation/Defense Standards Updates

What Our Warfighters Are Facing Today

• Warfighter Rx: RFID
• U.S. Marine Corps Urges Industry to Lighten Up
• Equipment Worsens for U.S. Warfighters as Costs Rise

Information and Decision Superiority

• Transformation: Knowledge Workers Don't Grow on Trees
• Net-centricity
• Sharing and Security

Federal Enterprise Architecture

• CIO: Navigating toward Tomorrow's Standardization
• Federal Enterprise Architecture: Sisyphus Victorious?
• FEA Reference Models: Into the Next Phase of Development

MRO in relation to Aging Aircraft

• Outsourcing MRO
• Sourcing of Parts for Aging Aircraft
• Wiring: A Critical Issue in Aging Aircraft
• Related & Updated Standards

ePortal

• The ePortal Project: How it Began...
• The ePortal: A Faceted Approach to Meet Many Needs
• Q&A: A Conversation with Dale Karraker - the Vision, the Visibility, and the Nineteen-Year-Olds
• ePortal Standards and Related Publications

Composites

• The Basics of Composites
• Improved Performance: brought to you by composites
• Interview with Adam Quilter
• Composite Standards and Related Publications

Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)

• Coping with parts obsolescence
• The problem of parts obsolescence in weapons systems
• Parts Obsolescence Standards and Related Publications

Radio Frequency Identifiers (RFID)

• The Basics of RFID Technology
• RFID and the Department of Defense (DoD): Impact on DoD contractors
• Can RFID protect the nation’s beef supply?
• RFID and Bar Coding Standards and Related Publications

Private-sector construction industry

• Delivering Home Sweet Home Through Private-sector Partnerships
• Creating Home Front Efficiencies Through Consolidation and Cooperation
• The Whole Building Design Guide: A One-stop Shop for Design Guidelines
• Military Construction Standards and Related Publications

Military Healthcare

• Leveraging New Technology to Deliver Better Medical Care
• DMLSS: The New Era in Government Medical Logistics
• Feeling the Effects of HIPAA
• Military Healthcare Standards and Related Publications

The Department of Homeland Security

• The Department of Homeland Security: What It Means to You
• Homeland Security: Q&A with Dan Heinemeier
• IT’s Increasing Role in Homeland Security

Joint Technical Architecture

• Joint Technical Architecture (JTA)
• DoD Launches JTAonline A New Tool to Streamline the JTA Development Process
• New JTA Referenced Standards Collection Compliance Made Easier

More Articles...

• The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Project: A Global Engineering Partnership
• EIA-836: Taking Configuration Management Standards to the Next Level
• Collaborative Engineering and Information Sharing at Work on the F-35 JSF Project
• The Changing DoD Environment
• Government/Industry Partnering Creating an Enabling Environment
• A Monumental Step Converting MIL-STD-100G to ASME Y14.100 - 2000
• One Man's Vision Global's Founder and Author of the Drawing Requirements Manual
• Global Positioning System - A Combination of Efforts Success Story
• New Technology Inaugurates New Era in Aviation Safety
• Safe Flight 21

Jane's Public Safety Handbooks - a collection of guides and handbooks designed to assist those with a vested interest in safety planning. Used by emergency management personnel, facility supervisors and school administrators, corporations, and private citizens.

• Chem-Bio Handbook: 3rd Edition
• Citizen's Safety Guide
• Crisis Communications Handbook
• Facility Security Handbook
• Mass Casualty Handbook: Hospital
• Mass Casualty Handbook: Pre-hospital
• Safe Schools Planning Guide for All Hazards
• School Safety Handbook: Second Edition
• Teachers' Safety Guide
• Unconventional Weapons Response Handbook
• Workplace Security Handbook