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Article Guidelines

Aircraft Survivability is published by the Joint Aircraft Survivability Program Office (JASPO). It features timely and informative articles from the aircraft survivability community. Aircraft Survivability is distributed to over 9,000 aircraft survivability professionals three times a year. Aircraft Survivability also features updates and success stories from JAS funded programs. Typical article categories include, but are not limited to:

• Technical papers
• Overviews of an emerging or established A/S technologies
• Articles from the pilot’s perspective
• Lessons learned
  

If you would like to submit an article for the JASPO to consider including in a future edition of the Aircraft Survivability newsletter, download a pdf file of the Article Instructions Packet.

Articles should be in Microsoft Word format. Do not submit articles in a page layout format such as FrameMaker or Ventura. You may submit the article via email to: E_JAS_Newsletter@bah.com.

Articles can be 1,500–2,000 words, or the equivalent of four Aircraft Survivability pages. Articles should have a working title of six words or less but may contain subtitles. Include only essential formatting, such as clear section headings and italics. The article should be written in a clear and concise style. Provide definitions for any acronyms. Submissions must include the following elements—

1. Complete “Article Instructions Packet” form

2. Author Biography—This should be no longer than 50 to 75-words, outlining the author’s job, background, professional accomplishments, other pertinent accolades or areas of interest, and email address.

3. Public Affairs Approval

Public Release of Article

If an article requires approval from a corporate or government public affairs office or security agency prior to publication, the author must do this before submitting to the Aircraft Survivability.

DoD and Industrial Security Regulations require written authorization for publication of all material.

In order to ensure that we have a completed Public Release Authorization form in time for publication of the newsletter, the following procedures should be followed—

1. Complete the attached “Public Release” section of the “Article Instructions Packet” form (or use your organization’s form, if applicable) and send it together with a copy of the article to an appropriate Certifying Official (Government: Supervisor/Department Head), (Industry: Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) at least 4 weeks before your article is due, in order to return the entire completed “Article Instructions” form to the Editor by the deadline.

2. It is the author’s responsibility to contact the appropriate certifying official to determine the status of your article’s Public Release Authorization. No articles will be accepted for publication without a complete and valid Public Release Authorization form. If necessary, the Certifying Official may contact the Editor via phone at 703/289-5454 or via email: E_JAS_Newsletter@bah.com. Completed forms may be mailed, emailed, or faxed to the Editor.

Author’s Contact Information

Author(s) must include his/her organization, business address, phone number, fax number, and email address.

References

Most articles require some references, and some contain incidental information best treated as notes. Use brackets for references, then list at the end of the article. These should be numbered in the order they appear in the article, not alphabetically. Organize references in the following format—

1. Johnson, Milo Z. & Willie W. Wonka, “Software’s Sweet Spot: Chocolate in the Bit Bucket,” WhizBang Journal, Jan. 23, 1997.

2. Wilberforce, Arnold J., Sophia Lockjaw, & Hector Mandibula, Mastication for the Masses, McGraw Hill, New York, 1996.

3. McGregor, Ian, “Building Yesterday’s Spaghetti-Code Tomorrow,” Proceedings of the Sixth EIEIO Conference on Mainframe Prolongation, WingDing Press, Baxter, Ark., 1995.

Figures and Tables

Consider which concepts require visual layout. Charts and figures should be publication-worthy upon submission (sharp, of good contrast, legible, free of clutter, e.g., shadows, lines at least 1 point thick). An embedded graphic within a word-processing document is usually inadequate. If graphics are embedded, please send them as separate files if possible.

Number and name figures and tables appropriately, and indicate where they should be placed in the text.

Electronic and hard copy art is accepted. Original photographic prints, slides, negatives, original illustrations, logos, and diagrams will be scanned for adequate reproduction in print. Electronic art must meet all of the following requirements—

• 300 dot per inch resolution at 100%

• Formatted as EPS, JPG, or TIF file

• Not compressed

• Between 3.5” and 7.125” wide

Publication Process

Email E_JAS_Newsletter@bah.com for article deadlines to ensure timely review by the Editor. The following is the process for an article considered for publication in Aircraft Survivability—

1. The article, containing all required elements, arrives at Aircraft Survivability.

2. The article is reviewed by the Aircraft Survivability Staff.

3. Aircraft Survivability staff edits for style and clarity.

4. The newsletter is laid out for print.

5. The author receives a pdf proof of the article to review for accuracy.

6. Changes are requested to be sent within a 3 day time-frame. Silence is considered approval of layout.

Contacting Aircraft Survivability Staff

E-mail:E_JAS_Newsletter@bah.com