Electronic Warfare for Newcomers

Seminar Overview

You will learn the basic concepts of Electronic Warfare. This course is designed for engineers new to the field, with emphasis on fundamentals and applications. Most of the material deals with threats involving radar, but the course includes brief coverage of electro-optical systems.

Seminar Outline

Day 1

Introduction

• Electronic Warfare (EW) Defined
• RF Propagation & Radiation
• Signal Interception and Environment
• Radar and Jamming/Interception Equations
• SNR Needed? Detection vs Measurement

Day 2

Electronic Support (ES)

• Direct Detection (Crystal Video)
• Superhet, IFM, Channelized, Compressive
• Direction Finding and Emitter Location

Day 3

Electronic Attack (EA)

• Denial Jamming (Noise)
• Deception Jamming
• Chaff, Decoys, Stealth, LPI Radar
• Towed and Expendable Jammers
• Communications Jamming

Electro-Optical Systems

• Overview (TV, IR, Flares, etc.)

Seminar Materials Provided

Participants receive Introduction to Airborne Radar, Second Edition, by George W. Stimson (Scitech publishing, 1998, 576 pages), a detailed set of notes with references and a Certificate.

Instructor(s)

Richard G. Wiley, Ph.D., has over 30 years of experience in the field, has published many papers and has written three books. As Vice President-Chief Scientist of Research Associates of Syracuse, Inc., he performs R&D and consulting related to EW and Electronic Intelligence. He has taught continuing education courses for over ten years to several thousand students and is a Fellow of the IEEE.