Dr.EW
Johnny Heikell
Helicopter EW Self-Protection
from Femtoseconds to
Operational Capability
This unclassified four-day seminar has to date been presented in Australia, China, EU countries, and the US. The normal duration is four days, although it can be extended to five days. The extra day does not bring up new issues but allows more details to be covered.
Aim of the seminar
The aim is to generate improved understanding of the EWSP (Electronic Warfare Self-Protection) system, in a way that is useful in practical EW work. In line with the subtitle the approach is broader than what is found in ordinary EW courses and covers issues from the nanoscale to building operationally capable EWSP solutions. Although the focus is on rotor-wing applications, many of the covered subjects are relevant to self-protection of ground vehicles, UAVs, and to low and slow flying aircraft in general.
Prerequisite
Participants are assumed to have a basic knowledge of EW, including sensor system electronics. However, experience has shown that a certain amount of fundamental radio-frequency (RF) and infrared/electro-optical (IR/EO) EW issues should be covered since seminar participants are not a homogenous group.
Seminar outline
Day 1
- • Introduction & seminar objective
- • Military thinking and implications for EW
- Classical and modern ideas on warfare
- Implications for helicopter EW
- • Survivability and EW
- Helicopter losses and the role of EWSP in survivability
- Helicopter susceptibility and vulnerability, LFT&E
- Survivability models and EW
- • Threats & environment
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Influence of the atmosphere, weather, ground, and sky
- Multispectral (RF, EO, acoustic) threat systems
- Emerging threats: data viruses, HPM, HFI, CBRNE
Day 2
- • Recapitulation of RF EW
- Radars, radar threats & radar waveforms
- RF receivers for radar and RWR
- Processing intercepted data
- RF countermeasures: chaff and jamming
- • Recapitulation of EO EW
- The nature of EO radiation
- EO threats; EO technology from UV to FIR
- Anatomy of MANPADS
Day 3
- • Recapitulation of EO EW (cont.)
- Military lasers, OPOs, and laser beam riders
- EO detectors and warning systems
- EO countermeasures: flares, IRCM, DIRCM
- • Platform-specific EW issues
- Helicopter features: constraints and signatures
- EW installation on helicopters
- Avionics and the EW suite, on- and off-board interactions
- • Operational-Tactical issues
- Helicopter missions, flight tactics and trials
- Preemptive vs. reactive countermeasures
Day 4
- • EW life cycle
- EW acquisition problems & life cycle
- Export control and security of supply
- • EW infrastructure
- Intelligence and EW
- Research and the EW support center
- The EW verification and validation process
- EWSP and network centric warfare
- • EW coalition issues
- Coalition EW problems & NATO approaches
- International exercises: ELITE and Flag exercises
- • Cyber threats to EW
- Hardware threats
- Software threats
- • Conclusion
Prices and Terms of Business
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