The Electronic Warfare (EW) community is witnessing the introduction of increasingly capable, phased-array-based, multifunctional, and cognitive radars in the modern scenario. This conceptual webinar approaches the perspectives and challenges related to the use of metasurfaces to enable multi-agent reinforcement-learning-capable EW drone swarms which, in turn, will be key to tackle the challenges associated with these new technologies.

2024 Theme: Electromagnetic Spectrum Warfare - The Great Power Competition From the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza, to warfare in the Red Sea and tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the geopolitical situation is increasingly hostile, and tensions are increasing worldwide. Whether a nation state is monitoring borders for troop buildups through ISR in peacetime or denying vital data and information to their enemy through electronic attack during high-intens...

Positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) is an essential utility to military forces and civil systems and applications. It underlies the operation of IT and communications, systems, populated data fields making modern life possible.America’s primary source of PNT is the Global Positioning System (GPS). Its fragile, easily denied and imitated signals are being disrupted around the world every day. Disruption is a major feature of conflic...

This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of Russian Surface-to-Air Missile (SAM) systems, aimed at providing a solid foundational understanding of their capabilities, organization, and tactical roles. This class is designed for pilots, UAS operators, and mission planners employing aviation assets into a radar threat environment. The course covers the following topics:Overview of Russian SAM systems and their context within the order...

The inaugural Warfighter Information Advantage Symposium addresses the synergies of Signal, Cyber, and EW and their critical role in creating and exploiting information advantages as a key aspect of multidomain operations. With the Army experiencing a rebirth and transformation of EW after decades of absence, this novel forum will focus on the combat development aspects of fighting and maintaining an advantage in the electromagnetic environmen...

Today’s wars in Ukraine and Israel highlight the criticality of sensing and understanding on the battlefield. Despite ubiquitous satellite, airborne, and terrestrial surveillance, combatants on both sides of these conflicts have been surprised, with sometimes catastrophic results. The US military should embrace the resulting lessons as it considers how to counter Chinese forces in China’s own back yard. Survival in this highly-cont...

Airborne platforms are the main striking power and primary intelligence means for all the armed forces. However, they are vulnerable to surface and air threats without using SPEW systems. The main types of threats use RF guidance for medium and long ranges. The primary countermeasure systems for these kinds of threats are SPJ systems. The airborne platforms that use SPJ systems are bombers, cargo aircraft, helicopters, UAVs, and cruise missile...

In this webinar, we will introduce essential practical techniques crucial for operating and implementing hardware in superconducting quantum processors. We’ll cover key concepts such as the fundamentals of quantum processor operation, the necessary cryogenic and room-temperature microwave components, system considerations, and how to construct a basic quantum computer within a dilution refrigerator.

While most antenna engineering focuses on communications and radar signals with known power and frequency requirements, High Power Electromagnetic (HPEM) systems present a design challenge with non-cooperative targets and starkly different criteria for "success". Therefore, the optimal design space presents with substantial differences relative to conventional antenna engineering and merits attention to specific details and solutions. This tal...