Software-Defined Maritime Warfare Systems Fundamentals Training by Tonex
Modern fleets are shifting from rigid platforms to software-defined, rapidly reconfigurable systems at sea. This course equips engineers, operators, and planners to design, integrate, and sustain maritime capabilities built on software-centric architectures, open interfaces, and modular upgrades.
You will learn how to orchestrate sensors, effectors, and communications through data-driven control while meeting mission tempo and harsh oceanic constraints. Cybersecurity is treated as a first-class requirement, not an afterthought, with clear patterns for hardening afloat networks and embedded software. You will practice mapping cyber risk to mission risk and aligning controls with naval-grade safety, reliability, and resilience expectations.
Learning Objectives
- Understand software-defined principles for afloat combat systems and C2
- Model maritime mission threads and performance constraints end to end
- Apply open architectures, APIs, and containerized deployment patterns
- Engineer resilient shipboard networks and contested RF communications
- Plan lifecycle sustainment, testing, and verification at sea states
- Integrate cybersecurity into requirements, architecture, and operations with measurable mission impact
Audience
- Systems Engineers
- Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
- Communications and EW Engineers
- Program and Project Managers
- Test and Evaluation Professionals
- Cybersecurity Professionals
Course Modules
Module 1 – Software-Defined Basics
- Maritime mission threads
- Control plane concepts
- Data plane flows
- Open architecture tenets
- Modularity and reuse
- Upgrade pathways
Module 2 – Afloat Networking
- Shipboard LAN topologies
- Deterministic Ethernet
- Time-sensitive networking
- QoS and traffic shaping
- Zero-trust segmentation
- Link monitoring
Module 3 – Sensors and Fusion
- Multi-sensor models
- Data normalization
- Track correlation rules
- Fusion latency budgets
- Confidence scoring
- Operator trust cues
Module 4 – Comms and Waveforms
- SDR building blocks
- Adaptive waveforms
- SATCOM at sea
- HF/UHF line-of-sight
- Anti-jam techniques
- Spectrum management
Module 5 – Combat System APIs
- Interface taxonomies
- Publish–subscribe buses
- Message schemas
- Versioning strategy
- Backward compatibility
- Safety interlocks
Module 6 – Cyber Resilience
- Threat surface mapping
- Hardening baselines
- Secure boot chains
- Patch orchestration
- Anomaly detection
- Recovery playbooks
Ready to modernize your fleet with software-defined power at sea while safeguarding mission assurance and cybersecurity resilience Put Tonex on your schedule now. Contact us to enroll your team, customize the agenda to your platform portfolio, and accelerate capability delivery with confidence.