The Invisible Battlefield: Deterrence during Competition, Dominance throughout Conflict Electromagnetic spectrum dominance is the new high ground as the US Army faces an array of threats from China, Russia, and other near-peer adversaries. Whether it be deterrence in the early competition phase, or dominance throughout conflict, the invisible, complex, and congested electromagnetic spectrum will be where future battles are won or lost. Come jo...

Infrared (IR)-guided (heat-seeking) missiles have been and continue to be extremely widely used in everything from large surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) to tiny shoulder-launched missiles. While many of the reasons for this popularity arise as a result of the underlying physics, the (relative) simplicity and resulting (relatively) low cost of such weapons have contributed significantly to this popularity. Historically, the electro-mechanical re...

EW equipment for the new threats needs to meet much better performance than previous systems. Frequency synthesizers are critical elements in receivers, transmitters, jammers, real-time spectrum measurement, digital RF memory loops, and more. Switching speed, phase noise, and signal purity determine the performance and response time of Electronic Attack and Electronic Protection (EP) systems. In addition, advanced real-time modulation over wid...

GPS signals continue to be the target of choice for a wide variety of actors from delivery drivers and bored hackers, to organized crime, terrorists, America’s adversary nations… and even Mother Nature! Mr. Dana A. Goward is an AOC member and President of the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation. His previous webinars have been “The History of GPS Spoofing,” and “How America is Losing the GPS War… an...

"You go to the attack with the most advanced alignments, but you win with the side ones". Modern operations see even actual this quote in two new domains of warfare: electromagnetic spectrum and cyberspace. These new domains are potentially accessible from every classic one and represent dimensions that commanders have to schedule and use both during an operation by using 'Sensors' and 'Effector'. To plan a mission that takes into account acti...

In an era of increasingly sophisticated digital attack vectors through cyberspace as well as Electronic Warfare techniques, critical businesses seeking resilient communication are turning to HF. At the same time state actors, seeking to dodge surveillance or needing long-range communication see HF as a low key less monitored channel. With 90% of HF channels encrypted, it becomes imperative to collect the meta-data, such as location, it’s...

The course will survey the history of decisive military technologies that have caused a Revolution in Military Affairs, resulting not only in new tactics and strategies but changing the course of civilization and world history. For example, ancient Macedonia’s King Phillip II (382-336 BC) introduction of the sarrisa—a spear measuring about 18 feet in length, much longer than those used by any other army of antiquity—became th...

This webinar will cover the history of modern codes and ciphers, with some brief reflections from an early career spent in the field. Join us to break a World War 2 German Enigma cipher message together, to get an understanding of cryptography both then and now, and to gain some insight into the modern issues in codemaking and codebreaking. We will cover the core principles of codemaking and codebreaking, look at some practical case studies up...

This one-hour webinar delivers an overview of Integrated Air Defense Systems (IADS). We will look at the evolution of IADS from WWII through the Vietnamese War to current times. We will spend some time on the North Vietnamese IADS and the US reaction to it since many of the key EW technologies were developed during this engagement. We will also look at the individual components of the IADS, early warning/ground control intercept (EW/GCI) radar...

*Registration and Pricing information coming soon! The Annual AOC International Symposium and Convention is the leading event for electronic warfare, electromagnetic spectrum operations, cyber-electromagnetic activities, and information operations professionals from around the world. 2020 Theme: All-Domain Operations - Integrating Across the Spectrum The importance of the electromagnetic spectrum cannot be over emphasized; it is the bedrock th...