SAE International's Aerospace Magazine to Go All Digital

WARRENDALE, Pa., June 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Timely. Relevant. Convenient. Three words that often describe how busy professionals like to get their information. In response to these needs, SAE International will begin publishing its Aerospace Engineering and Manufacturing (AEM) magazine in an all-digital, every-other-week format.

The new electronic-only delivery system and schedule -- slated to begin Aug. 5 -- will allow for more articles that better reflect the current-day issues and topics facing the aerospace engineering industry. The in-depth, technical articles that readers have come to expect from AEM will remain and new features will be added. Additional features include:

• More timely news and analysis
• Increased number of issues from nine a year to every-other-week through the end of 2009 and then to weekly in 2010
• Easy and interactive search capabilities of current and past digital AEM issues
• Ability to print whole or parts of issues; and ability to locally save the document
• Option to bookmark pages and append notes
• Ability to customize viewing preferences

"SAE International's Aerospace Engineering and Manufacturing magazine always has delved into the issues that matter most to aerospace engineering professionals. This new electronic-only format will enable us to better address topics in a timely manner while offering an easy and convenient way to access the information," Scott Sward, Director, Sales and Marketing, SAE International, said.

"In addition, this new format will enable us to provide greater accountability to advertisers as they will have better and more meaningful access to reader habits," Sward added.

SAE International is a global association of more than 121,000 engineers and related technical experts in the automotive, aerospace and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion(R) and the Collegiate Design Series.

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Contact: Shawn Andreassi, SAE International, at pr@sae.org or 1-724-772-8522