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A Reminder From The Army OPSEC Office
Tuesday, December 29th, 2015There’s Still Time To Sign Up For The Soldier Systems Digest Newsletter
Tuesday, December 29th, 2015
If you haven’t had the chance to sign up for the upcoming Soldier Systems Digest E-mail Newsletter, there’s still time! You can sign up using the registration field, directly underneath the advertising, as seen in the image above. The SSD Newsletter launches in January, so stay tuned!
Sales.SoldierSystems.Net
Monday, December 28th, 2015 
Although it hasn’t even been a month yet, we are pleased with the performance of our new feature Sales.SoldierSystems.Net, a one-stop for the industry’s best deals. Keep checking the page for updates.
A company wishing to announce their sale will click on the “advertise” tab at the top of the site and be guided to an interface which allows them to create their own announcement. A member of the SSD staff will review the sale announcement for fidelity, clarity and applicability and then approve it for publication, a process that will take minutes. Obviously, we feel the need to maintain a “man-in-the-loop” for this process.
Since this feature is so new, and the are so many end of year sales, we’d like to offer limited time coupon code “freeadnewyear” which brings the cost to post a sale announcement to $0. This offer expires 1 January, 2016.
A Shout Out To Ray M
Saturday, December 26th, 2015Thanks for the note. A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours as well!
The same goes for all of our readers. Have a wonderful holiday season, no matter where you are.
WARNORD – Possible Advertising Opening
Thursday, December 17th, 2015We may soon have a Cat B spot opening up. This hasn’t happened in quite some time and many have inquired about their availability over the years, so we thought it best to inform those interested.
To refresh your memory, Cat B spots are those banners, above the fold, and visible to the right of the top story.
Interested parties should email us at advertising@soldiersystems.net.
FYSA – FAA Announces Small UAS Registration Rule
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a streamlined and user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process for owners of small unmanned aircraft (UAS) weighing more than 0.55 pounds (250 grams) and less than 55 pounds (approx. 25 kilograms) including payloads such as on-board cameras.The Registration Task Force delivered recommendations to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta and Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on November 21. The rule incorporates many of the task force recommendations.
“Make no mistake: unmanned aircraft enthusiast are aviators, and with that title comes a great deal of responsibility,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “Registration gives us an opportunity to work with these users to operate their unmanned aircraft safely. I’m excited to welcome these new aviators into the culture of safety and responsibility that defines American innovation.”
Registration is a statutory requirement that applies to all aircraft. Under this rule, any owner of a small UAS who has previously operated an unmanned aircraft exclusively as a model aircraft prior to December 21, 2015, must register no later than February 19, 2016. Owners of any other UAS purchased for use as a model aircraft after December 21, 2015 must register before the first flight outdoors. Owners may use either the paper-based process or the new streamlined, web-based system. Owners using the new streamlined web-based system must be at least 13 years old to register.
Owners may register through a web-based system at www.faa.gov/uas/registration
Registrants will need to provide their name, home address and e-mail address. Upon completion of the registration process, the web application will generate a Certificate of Aircraft Registration/Proof of Ownership that will include a unique identification number for the UAS owner, which must be marked on the aircraft.
Owners using the model aircraft for hobby or recreation will only have to register once and may use the same identification number for all of their model UAS. The registration is valid for three years.
The normal registration fee is $5, but in an effort to encourage as many people as possible to register quickly, the FAA is waiving this fee for the first 30 days (from Dec. 21, 2015 to Jan 20, 2016).
“We expect hundreds of thousands of model unmanned aircraft will be purchased this holiday season,” said FAA Administrator Huerta. “Registration gives us the opportunity to educate these new airspace users before they fly so they know the airspace rules and understand they are accountable to the public for flying responsibly.”
The online registration system does not yet support registration of small UAS used for any purpose other than hobby or recreation – for example, using an unmanned aircraft in connection with a business. The FAA is developing enhancements that will allow such online registrations by spring of 2016.
The full rule can be viewed here: www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/20151213_IFR.pdf
Be Sure To Check Out The Latest Sales
Monday, December 7th, 2015Last week we launched a new section of SSD dedicated specifically to the sales announcements for the tactical industry. Companies have begun to populate it so go check it out. The holiday season is upon us and lots of folks are looking for Christmas and Hannukah gifts so click on the tab today, and everyday.
Bookmark sales.soldiersystems.net.
Out With Old & In With The New At SSD : A New Way To Feature Sales
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015Although SSD launched in 2008, it wasn’t until the Spring of ’09 that we transitioned from hobby blog to a commercial website. Until yesterday, we featured the same WordPress theme slightly adapted from 2008. Personally, I’ve always liked the simple look of the site.
But yesterday, two different things happened, realizing site upgrades I’ve wanted for quite some time. First, we added a pop-up so readers can sign up for the new Soldier Systems Digest, the weekly email newsletter that folks have been asking for. Second, we updated the theme ever-so-slightly. This was done to keep it compatible with WordPress updates and to accommodate our newest feature.
Along with the theme update we instituted an improvement to SSD that has been a long time coming; a dedicated sales section. I’ve always looked at the site as an electronic newspaper. We publish multiple articles seven days a week and you’ll notice the newspaper mindset in the layout. One of the things I remember from my childhood was the sales inserts from various businesses that came with the paper. They were a part of the overall paper, but had their own place.
Now, up at the top of our site, you’ll notice a button that says “sales.” Push it and you’ll go to a section of SSD dedicated solely to sales announcements. This is a big win for everyone. First off, all sales will be in one place on the web. We expect this to become the hub for tactical sales thanks to SSD’s amazing reach so you’ll be able to find the most up-to-date sales information, Internet-wide. Second, our great audience means that companies will want to announce their deals on our feature site. Third, it moves the sales announcements, which can be quite heavy during holidays, out of the news feed and into their own dedicated space. Finally, I will no longer receive emails on Thanksgiving Day asking me to post someone’s Black Friday Sale announcement.
However, this new dedicated section means that we will no longer host sales for free for non-advertisers, as in the past. Now, it will cost them a small fee per post. Advertisers will receive discount codes which offer the service for free.
A company wishing to announce their sale will click on the “advertise” tab at the top of the site and be guided to an interface which allows them to create their own announcement. A member of the SSD staff will review the sale announcement for fidelity, clarity and applicability and then approve it for publication, a process that will take minutes. Obviously, we feel the need to maintain a “man-in-the-loop” for this process. If for some reason, the announcement is unsuitable, SSD will immediately refund the money.
I’d like to personally thank the marketing team at Beyond Clothing (past and present) for helping me out with this upgrade.
We look forward to the implementation of this exciting new section of Soldier Systems Daily and can’t wait to make it the Internet hub for the best deals on tactical gear.
