EW Against a New Generation of Threats

EW Against a New Generation of Threats

Course Length:  24 hours total - delivered across 8 sessions of 3-hours each. Each session contains lecture and practical problems. 

• Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays, 13:00 – 16:00 EDT (17:00 – 20:00 UTC), April 13th – April 29th, 2020
• PLEASE NOTE: This course will be delivered through Adobe Connect. To ensure your computer system has access to Adobe Connect, please test your system HERE. Each session will be recorded and made available to all registrants for 30 days after the course. If you miss a session or two, you can catch up by viewing the recording!

Description:

This is a web based course taught as a series of eight three hour real-time on-line sessions
A new generation of threats has created a significant number of challenges to Electronic Warfare equipment and tactics.  We simply cannot continue doing things the way we have been doing them, with significant success, for decades.  This is a practical, hands-on course which covers Spectrum Warfare and current EW approaches, and moves on to discuss the new equipment capabilities and Tactics that are required to meet the new threat challenges.

• Spectrum Warfare, including the nature of this newly recognized “battle-space,” Net-centric warfare, cyber warfare,  connectivity issues and link jamming.
• Legacy radars and associated weapons and performance calculations
• Next generation threat radars and their impact on EW capabilities
• Digital communication theory and practice
• Legacy communication threats and performance calculations
• Next generation communication threats and their impact on EW operations 
• Digital RF Memories, 
• New developments in Infrared threats and countermeasures, 
• Modern radar decoys.

Each section of the course includes lecture, discussion and practical in-class problems.

Course Schedule:

Course Materials:

Course handout materials will include a 250 page syllabus with all visual aids, an Electronic Warfare Pocket Guide, an Antenna and Propagation Calculation Slide Rule, and a scientific calculator. 

It is recommended that you purchase the 2015 hard-cover text book, EW 104 -EW Against a New Generation of Threats (ISBN:13: 978-1-60807-869-1). A discount will be provided to purchase the book at a discounted rate after registration has been completed.

Who should take this course:

The course is intended for technical or marketing professionals who are new to EW or are concerned with the changes in the threat environment that impact development or operational activities.  All of the background math is fully explained in the course.