RADM Daniel H. Stone to keynote GOLD Conference

The 2007 GOLD™ User Group Conference scheduled for January 23-25, 2007 in La Jolla will bring together GOLD users to learn about planned product enhancements and product evolution strategy, hear "lessons learned" directly from GOLD™ customers, and participate in feedback sessions that help drive Miro's product planning and support. The annual Conferences also offer a great opportunity to meet and network with key and other GOLD customers.

The first day of the Conference will kick-off with our keynote speaker, Rear Admiral Daniel H. Stone, Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and Chief of Supply Corps. RADM Stone's opening remarks will be followed by an overview of the U.S. aerospace & defense logistics market presented by Ron Stearns, Principal and Sr. Analyst for Frost & Sullivan. Miro's top management team will then update the group on the exciting launch of our new web-based GOLDesp™ product and outline plans to migrate GOLD customers to this new platform.

The second day of the conference will feature informative presentations from GOLD and WRAM™ customers and industry consultants on current topics such as third-party logistics. User will also caucus and participate in a feedback session in the afternoon. As a special bonus, Conference delegates are invited to be our guest in the Miro 'Skybox' to watch Tiger Woods defend his title at the 2007 Buick Invitational at nearby, spectacular Torrey Pines Golf Course on day three.

All Conference events will be held at the Estancia La Jolla Hotel & Spa. GOLD customers are invited to register online for the Conference here.

U. S. Navy T-45 Goshawk program upgraded

Miro recently announced a major upgrade to the GOLD™ system in use by the U.S. Navy's T-45 Goshawk program at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas and Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi. Over 180 T-45 aircraft are currently being supported by the GOLD software at both of these two sites.

In successfully upgrading to the latest version of GOLD, the U.S. Navy and its contractors, L-3 Communications/Vertex Aerospace and Rolls Royce, gained eight years of previously released GOLD software improvements that will now be applied to further improve performance of the T-45 program and take advantage of future software releases. The T-45 program is the first Miro customer to get GOLD 2007 PR1, featuring Uniface v8.3 and Oracle 10g. Both upgrades are major technical steps forward from prior software versions used by the T-45 program.

In the demanding 24/7 training environment, the number of maintenance actions performed for the T-45 program is high—over 18,000 transactions per month. GOLD handles the load without interruption. Additionally, data accuracy flowing from the T-45 program has remained consistently high throughout the years because of the verification and validation programs inherent in GOLD that conform to the U.S. Navy's exacting Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP) standards.

AuRA™ v2006 includes new OEM SGML Navigator

The recent release of AuRA™ Version 2006 includes over 70 enhancements, including a new Navigator for searching and viewing SGML-based aircraft maintenance manuals provided by OEMs. This latest AuRA release incorporates over 270 modifications and represents over 9,000 labor-hours of development. All enhancements and modifications are available to the growing list of AuRA customers worldwide.

The new OEM AMM/IPC Navigator is designed for searching and viewing Aircraft Illustrated Parts Catalog and Aircraft Maintenance Manual data published by OEMs. The initial version supports the upload of Airbus SGML-based versions of these manuals for the A320/330/340 models. The new Navigator will help airlines build and maintain fleet configuration data within AuRA.

Many other AuRA desktops were improved or expanded in this new release. Highlights of the most significant enhancements incorporated into AuRA v2006 can be viewed by linking below.

Miro sponsored soccer team

It may come as somewhat of a shock to our colleagues in Miro's UK offices in Yeovil, but we are excited about soccer over here! The 'Blue Sharks,' sponsored by Miro in the La Jolla Youth Soccer League (Boys League – under 8 years)), just completed a great regular season (5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses) and now move on to tournament play. Our own Raj Makwana, Sr. Director, Product Group (3^rd from left, back row) and son Tyler (4^th from left, back row) can be seen in the official team photo. Raj, who helps coach the team, predicts the Sharks will "go all the way." The LJYSL is a local Non-Profit organization sanctioned by the California Youth Soccer Association (CYSA) that has provided soccer programs for the community for over 30 years.

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