Aerospace & Defense Engineering Training
Aerospace engineering enjoys a storied history with key timeline innovators of powered, lighter-than-air craft including Jules Henri Giffard, who in 1852 flew the first steerable steam-powered airship; Charles Renard and Arthur Constantin Krebs, who in 1884 flew the first powered airship to return to its starting point; and Ferdinand von Zeppelin who built and flew the first rigid airship, in 1900.
Aeronautical engineering was the original term for the field. As flight technology advanced to include vehicles operating in outer space, the broader term aerospace engineering”has come into common use. Aerospace engineering, particularly the astronautics branch, is often colloquially referred to as rocket science.
Today’s aerospace engineers still work with the basic concepts of aerodynamics, but must also have a working knowledge of aircraft power plants such piston engines, turbo props and jets.
Astronautical engineers must understand additional concepts, such as spacecraft propulsion systems, which include solid- and liquid-fuel rockets as well as ion drives. Manned missions require life support systems to provide air, food, water, temperature control and waste handling, so spaceflight engineers must also be familiar with these concepts.
Aerospace engineering involves both aeronautical engineers who design aircraft that fly within Earth’s atmosphere, and astronautical engineers who work with the science and technology of spacecraft that fly outside Earth’s atmosphere.
Defense engineering on the other hand focuses on the development and production of technology that is used to ensure national security and maintain the stability of governments and nations throughout the world. In short, countries require arms to act as a deterrent to other nations that might seek to provoke them
Often aerospace and defense cross paths, as in aerospace defense engineers who work in the aerospace & defense industry.
The job of an aerospace defense engineer involves protecting the United States.
Beyond that, the aerospace and defense industries are often at the forefront of innovation. For example, getting reliable and up-to-date information on the battlefield is crucial, and being able to monitor a soldier’s condition can prevent avoidable injuries.
Due to systems engineering and advancements in Internet of Things (IoT) massive connectivity, wearables can satisfy both needs. Wearables are electronic technology or devices incorporated into items that can be comfortably worn on a body. These wearable devices are used for tracking information on real time basis. They have motion sensors that take the snapshot of your day to day activity and sync them with mobile devices or laptop computers.
Wearable soldier gear such as heads-up-displays (HUDS) along with smart tattoos can monitor vital signs. In a factory environment, HUDs and smart glasses can be used in maintenance and assembly applications.
Other innovations that have come from aerospace and defense engineers include:
- Cool burning flames research — By deliberately setting fires on the International Space Station, aerospace researchers hope to develop more efficient car engines that pollute less.
- Mind-controlled aircraft — This sounds “out there,” but there is basis to this idea because of a new algorithm that can convert brain waves into flight commands.
- Specialized terahertz (THz) imaging — An imagining modality that allows screeners to detect knives, guns and other devices that a person could be hiding while advancing through a checkpoint.
As with other areas of systems engineering, aerospace and defense is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design and manage complex systems over their life cycles.
For engineers, the aerospace and defense industry can be stimulating. Systems engineers might find themselves working on everything from fighter jets to tanks and naval destroyers.
Additionally, huge budgets are usually involved, which gives engineers and their teams an opportunity to focus on some of the most progressive and complex technologies that the world has ever known.
Aerospace & Defense Engineering Courses by Tonex
Tonex offers nearly four dozen different courses in Aerospace & Defense Engineering training — everything from Aerospace Systems Engineering Training to Combat Systems Engineering Training (Part 1 and Part 2) and Radar Systems Training.
- Link 16 Advanced Training/Network Enabled Weapons Bootcamp (4 days)
- Link 16 and MIDS Training Bootcamp (5 days)
- Link 16 Cybersecurity Crash Course (4 days)
- Link 16 Systems Engineering Training Course (3 days)
- Link 16 Training for Managers (2 days)
- Link 16 Training Courses/Tactical Data Link Training (3 days)
- Link 22 Training (2 days)
- Advanced Link 16 Training (3 days)
Also check out our 10 courses in avionic certification guideline documents, including:
- DO-178C Training/Workshop (3 days)
- DO-297 Training/IMA Development Guidance (2 days)
- DO-178 and DO-254 Avionic Training Bootcamp (4 days)
- DO-160G Training/Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment (2 days)
Another course, popular for its cutting-edge information is Aviation Cybersecurity Training Bootcamp.
This very important 4-day course provides security oriented aviation training regarding civilian and military aircraft including airworthiness security DO-326A/ED 202A, information, mission, networks, technology, embedded avionics systems and the whole system security engineering problem.
Tonex offers many important courses in Aerospace & Defense Engineering that you won’t find anywhere else, such as:
Our Aerospace & Defense Engineering courses are approached from a systems engineer perspective. More than two elements that have an interaction with each other can be called a system. Therefore, aerospace and defense engineering can perfectly be placed under systems engineering.
Systems engineering is a systematic method for the design, understanding, technical management, functions, and retirement of a system. A system is constructed or collected of various components that can generate the results that are not achievable by each of the elements individually.
Generalized Components:
- Environment
- Sub-systems with associated functions or processes
- Inputs and outputs
Essence of Systems Engineering
- The customer does not realize the problem, and should not
- The “Metric” notion is very complicated
- Effective approaches are goal-oriented, not a technology-oriented or chronological
- Bystanders should be considered
- There is often confusion among the decision making roles
Systems Life Cycle
- Concept development
- Preliminary design completion
- Final design and construction
- System assembly
- Integration and test
- Launch
- Operations
- Closeout
Defense Engineering
- Air domain
- Ground attack
- Tactical bomber
- Naval patrol
- Battleground surveillance
- Airborne early warning
- Electronic combat
- Photographic inspection
- Troop/materiel transport
- Unmanned air vehicles
Aerospace & Defense Areas
Some of the main areas related to aerospace and defense include:
- Airframe/platform
- Weapons systems
- Defense electronics
- Military communication systems
- Simulation and training
- Military assessment
- Avionics system
- Operations assessment
- Project engineering
- Systems engineering
- Model-based systems engineering
- Military and avionic standards and guidelines
Why Choose Tonex?
For nearly 30 years our world class instructors have been teaching aerospace and defense system courses to individuals, agencies, organizations and companies.
Our huge selection of aerospace and defense engineering courses are comprehensive and hands-on with workshops, labs and practical exercises. Our instructors are not only experts in their fields, but they also have real world experience, which they fold into examples and projects.
Additionally, Tonex will tailor courses to meet the needs of your organization, company or agency.
Just ask us about it.
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Aerospace & Defense Engineering Training