Length: 4 Days
Electronic Warfare Training Crash Course
Electronic Warfare Training Crash couse is a 4-day program where participant explore the application of electronic warfare concepts to ground, airborne and naval surface warfare.
Participants also learn the functional and operational susceptibilities of weapon systems to electronic warfare.
The demand for electronic warfare (EW systems) is driven by rapid technological advancements, focus on Directed Energy Weapons and the growing need for electronic protection capabilities in militaries.
The global electronic warfare market, valued at $15,811.4 million in 2020, is projected to reach $23,560.4 million in 2028.
Electronic warfare has evolved mightily over the past few decades and can now be defined as any action that involves the use of electromagnetic or directed energy to counter an enemy attack.
Electronic warfare includes electronic attack, electronic protection, and electronic support.
Many experts in this field believe the advancement in nanoelectronics will significantly influence the design of future communications and EW receivers. A single carbon nano tube (CNT) can perform all functions like antennas, tuners, demodulators, and amplifiers making a complete functional receiver circuit.
In fact, the nano receiver of the future could have a universal RF processor in which different radio band configurations are set from a vast grid of nano receiver cells, each dedicated for a certain single frequency slot of the radio spectrum.
Adversarial jamming is also evolving in the realm of EW systems with the aid of AI technology.
One method for overcoming adversarial jamming is AI-based STAP (space-time adaptive processing). AI-based STAP uses machine learning algorithms to autonomously and adaptively probe, sense, and characterize threats and then automatically generate countermeasures to new, undefined threats in real time.
The DoD is also trying to integrate other AI tools into its electronic warfare capabilities so that EW systems can operate in the dense radio frequency environment of the battlefield.
Just a few years ago, the U.S. signed an agreement worth $982m with Northrop Grumman to acquire state of art cyber electromagnetic activities capabilities for the U.S. Army. The contract supports research and development for cyber and electronic warfare, integration, testing, performance verification, technical support, cybersecurity and laboratory demonstrations.
Loitering munitions have also come of age and are a significant factor in EW and command and control. The ability to deploy localized precision munitions, particularly in the absence of valuable and vulnerable platforms in range, is changing the battlefield dynamic in much the same way as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) proliferation or anti-tank guided missile proliferation.
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Electronic Warfare Training Crash Course by Tonex
Electronic Warfare Training Crash Course establishes Electronic Warfare (EW) foundation designed for analysts, engineers, electrical engineers, project managers, electronic warfare technical professionals who design or operate radar systems and electronic warfare systems; and anyone involved in planning, design, analysis, simulation, requirements definition, performance specification, procurement, test, security and evaluation of electronic attack equipment. Electronic Warfare Training Crash Course describes military action involving the use of electromagnetic (EM) and directed energy (DE) to control the EMS or to attack the enemy. Tonex has been a leader in electronic warfare training services since 1992. Tonex has developed training courses in ISR, Microwave, Radar, EW, Tactical Data Link, Link 11, Link 16, Link 22, tactical lasers electrical systems and other innovative training programs.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of Electronic Warfare Training Crash Course, the attendees are able to:
- List basis of Electronic Warfare (EW) concepts, architecture and techniques
- Explore the application of electronic warfare concepts to ground, airborne and naval surface warfare
- Describe the key concepts of electromagnetic field theory
- Describe prorogation models, communication intercept and jamming performance prediction
- Illustrate line of sight (LOS), two-ray, and knife edge diffraction propagation models
- Understand the basics of radars and radar cross section
- Describe EW and reconnaissance receiver system design trade-off
- Give examples of Directed energy weapons and stealth
- Describe how search and tracking radars function
- List the functional and operational susceptibilities of weapon systems to electronic warfare
- Understand Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering and System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) principles
- Understand the application modeling, simulation and net-centric architecture to electronic warfare.
Who Should Attend
- Technical personnel
- Electronic warfare or radar system planning, design, development, operations and maintenance
- Electrical engineers
- Software engineers
- System engineers
- System analysts
- Cyber security professionals
- Verification and validation personnel
- Project managers
- Program managers
Course Agenda
What is Electronic Warfare (EW)?
- Electronic Warfare principles
- Overview of signals such as radio, infrared or radar
- Electronic Warfare architecture
- Naval EW
- Ground EW
- Airborne EW
- Cyber EW
- RF electronic warfare
- Infrared Countermeasures
Overview of Electronic Warfare (EW) Key Concepts
- Electromagnetic Environment (EME)
- Electronic Order of Battle (EOB)
- EW subdivisions:
- Electronic Attack (EA)
- Electronic Protection (EP)
- Electronic Warfare Support (ES)
- EM energy or anti-radiation weapons
- Electronic Counter Measures (ECM)
- Jamming and chaff
- Defensive ECM (DECM)
- Electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM)
- Radar Warning Receiver (RWR)
- Jammers and EW transmitters
- Signal Intelligence (SIGINT)
- Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)
- Communications Intelligence (COMINT)
- Electronic Warfare Support Measures (ESM)
- Radar EW Simulation and Analysis
- Antenna Pattern Properties and Definitions
- Bore-Sight
- Bearing Angle
- Beam width
- Side Lobe Level
Principles of Net-Centric Electronic Warfare
- Electromagnetic review
- Radio waves, Infrared and Laser light
- Integrated electronic warfare
- Principles of Confusing or disabling an enemy’s electronics
- Basic strategies in modern warfare
- Radio propagation models
- Radar threat
- Phased array radars
- SAR & ISAR
- Low probability of intercept signals
- Modern EA architectures
- Directed Energy Weapons
- EW vs. stealth
Principles of Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Applied in EW
- Electronic Warfare ISR Processes
- Overview of Intelligence, Surveillance , and Reconnaissance
- Threat simulation
- Measurement and Signatures Intelligence (MASINT)
- Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)
- Human Intelligence (HUMINT)
- Imagery Intelligence (IMINT)
- Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)
Key Technology Enablers of Modern and Emerging RADAR Systems
- Radar, EW and ELINT signal simulation Radar
- Threat Simulation
- Target Applications
- Radar systems
- EW systems
- IED defeat systems
- Pulse Timing Pattern Parameters Pulse Repetition Interval Patterns
Electronic Warfare Functions
- Ability to use the electromagnetic spectrum
- Key concepts to sense, protect, and communicate
- Overview of Electronic Warfare major areas and function
- Electronic Attack
- Disrupting signals
- Electronic Protection
- Preventing a receiver from being jammed
- Electronic Support
- Producing the data necessary to disrupt the electromagnetic spectrum Listening
- Collecting radio signals
- Sensing the radar of an incoming missile
- Weapon systems
- Radar systems
- Radar cross section
- Search radars
- Tracking radars
- Electronic support measures
- Electromagnetic countermeasures
- Off-board self protection electromagnetic countermeasures
Electronic Warfare Capabilities
- Enemy air defense systems
- Suppressing threats in the air
- Art of deception
- Directed Energy
- High energy lasers
- Radar-directed artillery systems
- Radar warning receivers
- Missiles, mortars, swarming boat attacks
- High-speed anti-radiation missile
- Radar-guided missiles
- Radar Cross Section Reduction
- Infrared/Visible signature suppression
- Directed Infrared countermeasures
- Airborne jammers
- Protection, confusing adversaries, “ghost” entities
- Foiling sensors with focused radio energy
- Enemy airborne interceptors
- Surface-to-air missiles
- Anti-aircraft artillery weapon systems
- Off-board and on-board systems
- Rapid detection, identification, and tracking
- Direction finding and geolocation
- Passive targeting support
- Missile warning
- Electronic attack
- Electronic protection
- Countermeasures
- Electronic support
- Mission support
- Threat analysis and response
- Multispectral, RF/threat management systems
- Off-board and on-board self-protection systems
- Operational analysis
- Mission planning tools and data file generators
- Mission and battle management
- Avionics test systems and maintenance aids
Electronic Warfare Technology
- Electronic warfare missions
- Capabilities to counter current and emerging threats
- Electronic Attack (EA)
- Electronic Protection (EP)
- Electronic Support (ES)
- Mission effectiveness and warfighter survivability
- Integrated electronic warfare
- Digital Electronic Warfare System
Electronic Warfare Environment Modeling and Simulation
- Mission planning support
- Modern threat environment
- Controlling the electromagnetic spectrum
- Seizing the Spectrum
- EW Environment
- Integrated EW
- Ground EW systems
- Airborne EW systems
- Counter-UAS systems
- EW-Enabled Cyber
- Jammers
- Directed Energy
- Airborne Decoys
- Anti-Radiation missiles
- Radar warning receivers
- Countermeasures
Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering and System of Systems Engineering
- Electronic Warfare ConOps
- Using DoDAF to model Electronic Warfare
- Electronic Warfare DoDAF operation modeling: OV-1, OV-2, OV-3, OV-4 and OV-5
- Electronic Warfare DoDAF system and services modeling: SV-1, SV-2, SV-3, SV-4, SvcV-1, SvcV-2, SvcV-3
- System concept development
- Modeling and simulation
- System design
- Implementation and Manufacturing
- Test and field support
- EW threat and systems data analysis
- Performance and reliability
Workshop Topics
- Advanced RF Electronic Warfare Design
- EW Systems Test Evaluation
- EW System Integration
- Analysis of Threat Radar Systems
- Advanced Modeling and Simulation
- Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Applied
- Millimeter Signal Measurements:
- Photonics in EW Application
- EW Best Practices
- Special coverage on Jamming Techniques and Electronic Protection
DoDAF’s Operational View (OV-1) of Integrated EW (Source: SRC Inc. srcinc.com) 