September 16, 2009

Dear Fellow Professionals in the Defense Industry,

As publishers of The Year in Defense journal we are delighted to present you with the online version, following months of design and preparation.

You now have the benefit of all the content of the print editions on your desktop, together with the latest defense headlines and news. The Year in Defense Online maintains a similar structure to the print edition with specific areas focusing on aerospace, naval, land systems and defense-wide issues but with the added value of dynamic content that is constantly being updated.

Within the pages of The Year in Defense Online you will find unique editorial features, commentaries, opinions, interviews and profiles, all combined with content from the print editions. Our renowned group of defense writers including J.R. Wilson, Scott Gourley and Norman Friedman, have joined our online editorial team, guaranteeing a constant flow of the highest quality editorial. You can browse the stories or use the latest page-turning software to view digital versions of the print editions and then download a specific editorial to your desktop.

Now in its thirteenth year, The Year in Defense has earned a reputation for relevance and credibility among our military’s top leaders and senior managers in the defense contractor base. Our editor, Charles Oldham, has been at the helm since the publication’s birth and leads a team of the finest defense experts in the world to cover topics critical to our nation’s military leadership.

The Year in Defense Online is a definitive interactive online resource providing a big-picture, top-down view of today’s defense issues – bookmark www.theyearindefense.com NOW and make it one of your favorite sites for defense news.

Sincerely,

Ross Jobson

Publisher