Fundamental Principles of Electronic Warfare (EW)

Course Description:

This course 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. All information needed to understand the material is explained and included in the text. Both the course and the text avoid deep mathematical coverage, explaining all concepts in practical, physical terms.

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for experienced engineers with expertise in one aspect of EW who want to round out their EW education, engineers and advanced technicians new to the field and those who need to understand how their products and subsystems fit into the big picture.

Course Outline

Electronic Warfare Support & Electronic Intelligence

RF propagation
Direct detection
FM
Superheterodyne
Compressive and Bragg-cell receivers
Signal sorting and identification
Direction finding
Receiving systems

Electronic Attack

Jamming equations
Denial jammers
Deceptive jamming of radars
Power management
Expendable jammers
Decoys
UAVs
Reflectors and absorbers
Radar cross section reduction
LPI radar
Camouflage
Chaff
Communications jamming

Electro-optic Fundamentals

IR/EO systems
Communications
Line scanning imaging systems
Forward looking infrared systems
Low light level television
Night vision devices
Laser radars
Missile guidance
Laser weapons
EO EW support
IR electronic protection

System Integration

Anti-Radiation Missiles

Defense Against Missile Systems

Defense of strike aircraft
Anti-ship missile defense

Test & Evaluation

Trends in Electronic Warfare/Electronic Combat

Keywords: strategy, policy, warfighting

Speaker and Presenter Information

Dave Adamy is an internationally recognized expert in electronic warfare who writes the popular monthly EW-101 column in the Journal of Electronic Defense. He has over 40 years experience as a systems engineer and program technical director, developing EW systems from DC to light, deployed on platforms from submarines to space, with specifications from QRC to high reliability. He was principle investigator on a UAV links and payloads study for the U.S. UAV Joint Program Office. He has published many professional articles on EW, receiver system design and related subjects. He holds an MSEE (Communication Theory) and has ten books in print.

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Dept of Energy, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of State, Dept of Veterans Affairs, State Government, CIA, Coast Guard