Fundamental Principles of Electronic Warfare

Fundamental Principles of Electronic Warfare

Course Length:  16 hours total - delivered across 2 day sessions of 8-hours each.

• Saturday & Sunday, 08:00 – 17:00 EDT (12:00 - 22:00 UTC), October 26th – October 27th

Description:

This is a two day overview of Electronic Warfare (EW) with little math above Algebra.  It assumes no prior knowledge of the field, but will allow you to understanding the underlying principles of EW and make some important performance calculations.  Examples are:  The range at which an enemy radar can be intercepted, the jamming to signal (J/S) ratio that can be achieved with a particular jammer against a particular radar or hostile communication threat as a function of a particular engagement.

Attendees will receive a course syllabus with copies of all slides and exercise work sheets, an Antenna and Propagation Slide Rule and an EW Pocket Guide.

Subjects covered:

•The structure and basic concepts of Electronic Warfare:  important definitions, sub-field descriptions, techniques and  technologies. 
• Legacy EW threats: radars, anti-air and anti-ship missiles, anti-aircraft guns, acquisition radars,  and hostile communications
•The math required  to work  EW problems and for radio propagation (done gently)
•Electronic support system components: Antennas, receivers and processors
•Search for EW threats and passive emitter location techniques
•Principles of RADAR operation (from an EW point of view)
•Electronic Attack concepts and calculations
•Jamming Techniques

Each section has examples and structured in-class exercises.

This course is held in conjunction with the 56th Annual AOC International Symposium & Convention, held October 28-30, 2019 in Washington D.C. Registration for that event does not constitute registration for this course, nor are there any connected costs or discounts.

This course will be held on-site for two days prior to this year's symposium and convention. Beverages will be provided to attendees, but meals are your own responsibility.

Who should attend:

This course is intended primarily for individuals who have no prior knowledge of the EW field!  It provides insight into the whole electronic warfare field at the systems and operational level. It uses little math beyond algebra, yet the sources of important propagation and jamming equations are made amply clear.