LONDON, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Defence IQ (http://defenceiq.com) has today revealed the widely anticipated winners of the Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2012. The judging panel clocked up an impressive number of hours reading through nominations and the shortlist to come to their final decision on who should be awarded the title 'Best Defence Blogger 2012'.

From the 33 shortlisted blogs across the six categories, the Defence IQ Blogging Awards judging panel debated and discussed each shortlisted entry to find the winners.

"The decision wasn't an easy one," said Defence IQ Editor Andrew Elwell. "The quality really shone though and we did debate at length about the merits of each individual blog. I would like to congratulate our Defence IQ Blogging Awards winners and also those who made the shortlist. It's great to know that the defence industry has some really great bloggers."

The winners of the Defence IQ Blogging Awards are as follows:

• Information Operations - Small Wars Journal
• Cyber - CWZ
• Counter Terrorism - The Freedom Fighter Blog
• Maritime Security - Daly History Blog
• Regional Defence -
• Defence Industry - RAF Airman

The Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2012 has been a huge success with nominations from across numerous sectors of the industry and from across the world. To view the full list of winners and the shortlisted blogs and what the Defence IQ judging panel had to say, please visit http://www.defenceiq.com.

Notes to editors:

For more information on the Defence IQ Blogging Awards 2012, please email samantha.tanner@iqpc.co.uk.

About Defence IQ:

Defence IQ is an authoritative news source for high quality and exclusive commentary and analysis on global defence and military-related topics. Sourcing interviews and insights directly from senior military and industry professionals on a variety of sectors, Defence IQ is a unique multimedia platform to discuss and learn about the latest developments in the industry. Join the 50,000 strong community now: http://www.defenceiq.com/join.cfm.

Contact: +44(0)207-368-9300

SOURCE Defence IQ