Fundamentals of Radar and Electronic Warfare
(4 days)

Day 1

Directivity and the Antenna Beam

Pulsed Operation

Detection Range

Radar and Jamming Range Equations

Pulse Compression

Day 2

FM Ranging

Doppler Effect

Spectrum of a Pulsed Signal

Sensing Doppler Frequencies

CW Radar Fundamentals

- Frequency Stability and CW Radar

- Cancellation Effect

- Thermal Noise and Clutter "Noise"

Feed-Through and Cancellation

Applications - Altimeters, Fuses, Navigators, LPI Radars

Day 3

Electronic Warfare (EW) Defined

Signal Interception and Environment

Electronic Support (ES)

Direct Detection (Crystal Video)

Superhet, IFM, Channelized, Compressive

Direction Finding and Emitter Location

Day 4

Electronic Attack (EA)

Denial Jamming (Noise)

Deception Jamming

Chaff, Decoys, Stealth, LPI Radar

Towed and Expandable Jammers

Communications Jamming

Electro-Optical Systems Overview (TV, IR, Flares, etc.)

Instructor

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.

Course Materials

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.