DSI's 3rd Military Tactical Communications Summit " A networked apprach to communications at the tactical edge" September 9 - 10 , 2014 The Mary M. Gates Learning Center, Alexandria, VA DSI’s Military Tactical Communications Summit is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across U.S. military and U.S. civilian organizations can come together for actionable disc...

2014 EOD/IED & Countermine Symposium Maintaining EOD, IED & Countermine Capabilities Force Structure within a New Environment July 22 – 23, 2014 – Alexandria, VA Our EOD/IED Countermine Defeat Symposium will bring together DoD & Military policy-makers, EOD/IED technicians, members of the low intensity conflict community, as well as DHS and Civil Public Safety Bomb Squad professionals in an information exchange forum for...

Join me and Sandy Sieber, member of the Spectrum Group and former First Director, Army Contracting Agency (ACA) in a lunch time discussion with Barbara Smith, a former Dean of the Defense Acquisition University (DAU). The session will be held live at the Spectrum Office in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia. The conference room overlooks the Potomac River and has a great view of Washington, D.C. We have room for 50 people for the on-site event. Lun...

Course Description: One of the most pressing deficiencies in recent joint operations has been trying to achieve coordinated and cohesive operations within the Electromagnetic Environment (EME). Decades of “Lessons Learned” and interference reports have culminated in a realization that anything that operates in the EM spectrum (communicates, radiates, locates) must be effectively managed. This short survey course will review current...

Course Description: This course provides insight into the whole electronic warfare field at the systems and operational level. It uses little math beyond algebra, yet the sources of important propagation and jamming equations are made amply clear. All information needed to understand the material is explained and included in the text. Both the course and the text avoid deep mathematical coverage, explaining all concepts in practical, physical...

Course Description: This four day course covers the major concepts of Radar and Electronic Warfare (EW). The first two days cover radar and make use of the excellent book , Introduction to Airborne Radar (Second Edition) by Stimson. The material is presented in an easy-to-understand manner, with emphasis on those concepts of most importance to the EW matters to follow. Understanding radar principles is very important to effectively apply elect...

Electronic Warfare may be enjoying a moderate “renaissance” due to increasing recognition among commanders at all levels that controlling the Electromagnetic Spectrum and ensuring its availability is critical to all other security missions. The asymmetric conflicts in the Middle East, the growing reliance on “Net-Centric” warfare, increasing technological parity of foreign nations, unmanned operations, commercial-off-th...

The 13th annual Defense Logistics Conference is taking place from December 3-5 in Alexandria, VA. This year’s conference theme is Facing the New Certainties: Budget Reductions & Affordable Logistics.In a constrained budget environment, there are limited opportunities and venues for the Defense Community to come together and strategize on logistics solutions. We’re continuously offering a relevant and timely event to address the...

Course Description: Learn about current methods, future problems and possible solutions to ELINT challenges. The emphasis is on signal interception, signal processing, and signal analysis – especially as applied to modern radar signals. Attendees will learn first-hand about ELINT by working exercises designed to bring out the practical aspects of the theories presented. The course makes use of the ELINT book written by the instructor as...

As the role of SOF continues to be re-defined, it is important that forces benefit from the knowledge and experience of those deployed in disparate geographic locations. This Symposium will focus on the importance of creating a global SOF network, whereby operators and support staff across geographic regions have access and connectivity with each other and with SOCOM in order to more effectively conduct operations in support of their discreet...