The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) has a role, mandated by Congress, to conduct cyber assessments across the Department. Within the DOT&E Cyber Assessment Program (CAP), there is also a team focused on offensive cyberspace operations (OCO) and Non-Kinetic Effects (NKE). The DOT&E CAP OCO/NKE establishes an annual Campaign Plan to “establish a Cyber Readiness Campaign for OCO/NKE that can inform the Depart...

Hiding from and surprising an opponent are tactics that have been used in warfare throughout history. Radiation absorbent material (RAM) is a material designed and shaped to absorb incident RF energy, making the radar returns from vehicles with RAM, harder to see with air defense radar systems. The better the RAM material and design, the harder it would be to attack the protected platform. The most effective types of RAM are pyramid shaped ane...

This webinar covers intercept and jamming of hostile radars and communications from space and the vulnerability of satellite links to jamming and intercept from the ground. First there is a light coverage of Earth satellite orbit mechanics with just enough depth to support the EW calculations. This includes an overview of the spherical trigonometry involved, orbit relationships, and radio propagation in space. Then, it discusses the calculatio...

This presentation will discuss the history and development of Cognitive radar (CR) and electronic warfare (EW). These systems did not happen overnight but were the result of a technological tipping point that has been years in the making. Until the early 2000s, advanced radar/EW were incremental advancements in adaptive signal processing such as adaptive beamforming and space-time adaptive processing, more powerful digital embedded real-time c...

This presentation will discuss the basic principles of an Integrated Air Defense System (IADS), and the basic characteristics of a radar-guided missile system. This will be an overview webinar, not a detailed discussion. You will leave the webinar with a basic understanding of how IADS and missile intercepts work from the short discussion of each of the following 8 topics: Target detection, resolution, and countermeasures (noise jamming) Varia...

NATO countries are increasingly reliant on space-based capabilities for economic prosperity, for defence, and for cross-domain joint military operations. Russia and China are assigning strategic priority to space superiority and may view NATO countries in space, and particularly the US, as an obstacle to achieving space supremacy. This priority comes at a time when NATO forces are becoming more dependent on space platform infrastructure to sup...

VADM Frank “Spanky” Morley - Principal Military Deputy, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development, and Acquisition) - the Department of the Navy’s senior uniformed acquisition official - will speak to the current state of play in today’s Department of the Navy acquisition efforts. This will include specific areas of EW, the challenges of today and tomorrow, opportunities, and our collective challenge going...

Collaborative Warfare is driving all aspects of modern warfare into a new reality. To achieve efficient situational awareness (SA), effective mission planning, coordination and execution requires a new integrated and cooperative paradigm to achieve battlefield superiority. The employment of coordinated cyber capabilities as well as distributed and cognitive networked EW systems must be selected carefully to deliver the best mission effectivene...

With electromagnetic (EM) spectrum dominance increasing in importance and US military vehicle and systems being faced with an array of threats from various adversaries, control and management of the EM spectrum will determine where future battles are won or lost. A key feature of this management is protection of electrical/electronic systems from outside sources, both natural and manmade. When left unprotected, upsets and hard faults can resul...

Registration for this event is sold out. The overall goal of this signature conference for Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) professionals from the military, government, industry, and academic fields is to discuss issues related to achieving Force Level EW and Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) capabilities across the Services. Technical panels and keynote speakers will address EW and EMSO requirements and emerging technologies necessary to...