Survey of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) EW Applications and Payloads

Course Description:

Unmanned aeriel systems (UAS) have contributed greatly to operations, and will continue to contribute even more in the future as the DoD produces increasingly sophisticated vehicles and payloads. Until recently, however, EW has been a marginal UAV mission. This situation will significantly change in the near future as EW payloads are produced and integrated into operations. Proliferation of EW payloads in the future may also open the door to new operational concepts such as cooperative SIGINT and distributed Electronic Attack (EA). This survey course reviews current and projected EW applications for UAS, internaitonal plans for medium/high altitude, log endurance vehicles and ISR/EW payloads, and how unmanned systems will broadly impact management of the Electromagnetic (EM) battle space."

Note: The course is not a design level discussion of payloads, but will demonstrate how UAVs are going to play a major part in future EW operations.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Lynn Berg. Mr. Berg is a retired USAF Electronic Warfare Officer (EWO) who currently works in the areas of Electronic Warfare education and training. He has military experience in self-protection EW in B-52s, support Electronic Attack with EC-130 Compass Call, and was Assistant Director of Operations and an instructor at the Air Force�s Electronic Warfare Schoolhouse. He served as the Education and Training Branch Chief at the Joint Electronic Warfare Center (JEWC) in San Antonio, Texas, and also initially developed and directed the joint-certified �Joint EW Theater Operations Course� for USSTRATCOM, which helped qualify hundreds of EWOs for duty in Combatant Commands and Joint Task Force EW Cells. He has guest instructed on various EW topics at the Naval Postgraduate School, the NATO Staff School in Germany, and the U.S. Army Electronic Warfare Schoolhouse. Mr. Berg completed Air Command and Staff College, the Joint Warfighter�s Course at Joint Forces Staff College, and has a Masters degree in International Relations. He is a member of the AOC and has received the AOC Training Award.

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Justice, Dept of State, Dept of Veterans Affairs, NASA, State Government, CIA, Coast Guard, Census Bureau