Electronic Warfare Training
The demand for electronic warfare (EW) systems has been driven by rapid technological advancements and the growing need for electronic protection capabilities in militaries.
There has also evolved a greater emphasis on information superiority as well as situational awareness – two major factors driving spending in this sector.
Much attention recently has been given to directed energy weapons (DEWs), defined as electromagnetic systems capable of converting chemical or electrical energy to radiated energy and focusing it on a target, resulting in physical damage that degrades, neutralizes, defeats or destroys an adversarial capability.
The ability to focus the radiated energy reliably and repeatedly at range, with precision and controllable effects, while producing measured physical damage and/or mission defeat, is the measure of DEW system effectiveness.
Unlike weapons that fire bullets or missiles, DEWs can respond to a threat in different ways. For example, they can temporarily degrade electronics on a drone or physically destroy it.
Electronic warfare is also evolving down yet another path – cognitive electronic warfare (CEW).
Cognitive electronic warfare is the use of cognitive systems such as artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning to enhance development and operation of electronic warfare (EW) technologies for the Department of Defense.
Cognitive systems can sense, learn, reason, and interact naturally with people and environments, accelerating development and implementation of next generation EW threat detection, suppression and neutralization technologies.
Applying cognitive systems to EW development helps defense researchers identify patterns and develop hypotheses that can result in broad improvements across multiple systems, while also anticipating demands specific only to particular missions.
While these cognitive electronic warfare systems do not “know” definitive answers to problems, they are able to interpret a vast amount of data from a range of complex sources to provide well-reasoned hypotheses for consideration.
The task of CEW jamming, for example, can be broken down into three steps:
- The jamming system identifies the operating state of the reconnaissance target based on its radar signal
- By evaluating the effectiveness of the current jamming action, the jamming system establishes the optimal correlation between the target radar states and the current jamming techniques
- Finally, based on the optimal jamming strategy generated, it guides the subsequent scheduling of jamming resources and implements jamming
Programs such as DARPA’s Adaptive Radar Countermeasures (ARC) and Behavioral Learning for Adaptive Electronic Warfare (BLADE) are among the first examples of this new generation of cognitive EW technology.
They promise to keep EW one-step ahead of threat systems that are operating across wider bandwidths and feature much better RF agility/adaptability than previous generation, enabled by massive use of digital waveform generation and processing.
Experts in this field contend that the most successful uses of CEW are not those that rely entirely on computers, but are instead those which combine computer input with human strategies and understanding. Assigning data collection, information storage, and probability calculations to computers allows humans more capacity for focusing their creativity and insights on better solutions.
Electronic Warfare Training Courses by Tonex
Electronic Warfare has evolved at such a staggering pace that continual education is required for those whose jobs overlap with this field. Beneficiaries of additional training include:
- Technical personnel
- Electronic warfare or radar system planning, design, development, operations and maintenance
- Electrical engineers
- Software engineers
- System engineers
- System analysts
- Cybersecurity professionals
- Verification and validation personnel
- Project managers
- Program managers
Tonex has been a leader in Electronic Warfare training services since 1992. Our courses cover a wide array of information such as:
- Overview of Electronic Warfare (EW) Key Concepts
- Principles of Net-Centric Electronic Warfare
- Principles of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Applied in EW
- Key Technology Enablers of Modern and Emerging RADAR Systems
- Electronic Warfare Functions
- Electronic Warfare Technology
- Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering and System of Systems Engineering
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Electronic Warfare Courses