Education and Training

Overview of Courses and Services

The goal of this course is to educate the participants in the the field of Electronic Countermeasures (ECM). This includes the complete countermeasures development cycle from analyzing threat systems, to developing jammer techniques, and finally confirming their effectiveness.

At the conclusion of the course the students will be able to identify threat vulenerabilities and design ECM solutions.

The goal of this course is to educate participants in the principles and practice of Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) for radar and communications systems. At the conclusion of these modules you will have an understanding of the theory behind ELINT and be able to apply it in practical scenarios. This includes estimating radar performance from ELINT, using it to develop countermeasures, and hacking communications channels. This course is composed of six modules designed with a progressive approach to learning the principles and practice of ELINT. As a result it is recommended they be taken in order.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of machine learning and its application to modern Electronic Warfare (EW) and cyber solutions. Commencing with an overview of machine learning, and its recent evolution into deep learning, the course focuses on providing an education in how these algorithms work and training on how to apply them in an EW context. As an example, machine learning using neural networks will be discussed, followed by a demonstration on how to implement one to solve a classification problem using Electronic Intelligence (ELINT).

The course contains the following major topics: introduction to machine learning, classification using neural networks, training machine learning systems for EW, and developing solutions using machine learning for EW. Each topic will include lectures, demonstrations, and, for the more ambitious, an exercise to further explore the capabilities of machine learning in EW and cyber applications.

This course introduces the audience to radar systems in a military context, with a focus on search and tracking radars associated with modern day threats. Conducted in six modules covering: radar fundamentals, the electromagnetic environment, target detection, antennas, arrays, signal processing, search radars, and tracking radars. A select set of advanced topics such as Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) systems, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and target recognition will also be explored. At the end of this course students will be able to understand and model threat radar systems, and posses the required knowledge for further training in electronic intelligence (ELINT) and countermeasure development.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Direct Energy Weapons (DEW) across the electromagnetic spectrum. The goal is to provide an understanding of the operation of laser and high-power microwave DEWs in military applications, including their design trade-offs, and target effects.

The course starts with an introduction to DEWs, and the physics they are based upon in operation, atmospheric propagation, and target effects. It then moves into several sessions on specific forms of DEW, including: lasers, high-power microwaves, and particle beams. These concepts are then tied together with target tracking in DEWs to explore DEW design at the system level. The course concludes with a session on how DEWs affect their targets, and how these effects can be modelled.

The discussion of various DEWs will be reinforced with modelling demonstrations in MATLAB to illustrate how DEWs operate. For more ambitious students, optional labs will be provided to explore these concepts in a modelling environment, with a focus on understanding the design trade-offs, and target effects.