Advanced Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Analysis and Threat Characterization Training by Tonex
| FORMAT Instructor-led / customized |
LEVEL Intermediate to Advanced |
DELIVERY On-site or live virtual |
This course develops advanced skills for analyzing non-communications electromagnetic emissions, with emphasis on radar and other electronic systems. Participants learn to characterize emitters using measurable technical parameters, distinguish emitter modes and variants, correlate observations, and develop threat assessments and electronic order of battle products. The course emphasizes repeatable analysis, parameter uncertainty, and the relationship between technical characteristics and operational capability.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the ELINT mission and the role of electronic emitter analysis in intelligence and EW.
- Characterize radar and non-communications emitters using measurable signal parameters.
- Analyze pulse, frequency, scan, modulation, and timing characteristics.
- Differentiate emitter modes, families, variants, and changes in operation.
- Correlate emitter observations with platforms, locations, and operational behavior.
- Develop threat characterizations, emitter records, and electronic order of battle assessments.
Target Audience
ELINT and SIGINT analysts, electronic warfare professionals, radar engineers and analysts, threat analysts, ISR personnel, mission planners, spectrum professionals, and technical intelligence teams.
Course Modules
| 1. ELINT concepts, mission workflow, and intelligence applications | 8. Deinterleaving and association concepts |
| 2. Radar fundamentals and electronic emitter taxonomy | 9. Emitter identification, fingerprinting, and confidence assessment |
| 3. Pulse width, PRI/PRF, frequency, bandwidth, power, and modulation | 10. Platform and location correlation |
| 4. Pulse trains, stagger, jitter, dwell-and-switch, and complex timing | 11. Electronic order of battle and threat-library development |
| 5. Scan types, antenna behavior, revisit time, and beam characteristics | 12. Operational implications for EW, ISR, and mission planning |
| 6. Intrapulse modulation and waveform characterization | 13. Capstone: unknown emitter characterization and threat assessment |
| 7. Emitter modes, state changes, and operational signatures |