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Table of Contents
Defense, Missiles, & Radar
Combat Systems Engineering UPDATED!
Feb 28-Mar 1, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cyber Warfare - Theory & Fundamentals NEW!
Apr 3-4, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Explosives Technology and Modeling
Jun 25-28, 2012 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Fundamentals of Rockets & Missiles
Jan 31-Feb 2, 2012 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Mar 6-8, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
GPS and Other Radionavigation Satellites
Jan 30-Feb 2, 2012 • Cape Canaveral, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Mar 12-15, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Apr 16-19, 2012 • Colorado Springs, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS - Intermediate / Joint Range Extension
Apr 2-4, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Jun 25-27, 2012 • Chantilly, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Missile System Design
Mar 26-28, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
May 1-3, 2012 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Modern Missile Analysis
Mar 19-22, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Multi-Target Tracking & Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Jan 31 - Feb 2, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
May 29-31, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Network Centric Warfare - An Introduction NEW!
Mar 6-8, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Radar 101 / Radar 201
Apr 16-17, 2012 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radar Systems Design & Engineering
Feb 28 - Mar 2, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Space-Based Radar
Mar 5-8, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Strapdown & Integrated Navigation Systems
Feb 27-Mar 1, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Synthetic Aperture Radar - Fundamentals
May 7-8, 2012 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Jun 4-5, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Synthetic Aperture Radar - Advanced
May 9-10, 2012 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) NEW!
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Overview
Mar 19, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unmanned Aircraft System Fundamentals NEW!
Engineering & Communications
Antenna & Array Fundamentals
Feb 28-Mar 1, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Computational Electromagnetics NEW!
Designing Wireless Systems for EMC NEW!
Mar 6-8, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Digital Signal Processing System Design
Fundamentals of Engineering Probability: Visualization NEW!
Apr 9-12, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fundamentals of RF Technology
Grounding & Shielding for EMC
Jan 31-Feb 2, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
May 1-3, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Instrumentation for Test & Measurement NEW!
Introduction to EMI/EMC
Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Kalman, H-Infinity, & Nonlinear Estimation
Jun 12-14, 2012 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Practical Design of Experiments
Signal & Image Processing & Analysis for Scientists & Eng
Wavelets: A Conceptual, Practical Approach
Feb 28-Mar 1, 2012 • San Diego, California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Jun 12-14, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Wireless Sensor Networking NEW!
Systems Engineering & Project Management
Agile Boot Camp Practitioner's Real-World Solutions NEW!
Feb - Jun 2012 • (Please See Page 36 For Available Dates) . . . . . . . 36
Agile Project Management Certification Workshop NEW!
Feb - May 2012 • (Please See Page 37 For Available Dates) . . . . . . 37
Applied Systems Engineering
Apr 16-19, 2012 • Orlando, Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Architecting with DODAF
Jun 4-5, 2012 • Denver, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cost Estimating NEW!
Feb 22-23, 2012 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Jul 17-18, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
CSEP Preparation
Apr 20-21, 2012 • Orlando, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Fundamentals of COTS-Based Systems Engineering NEW!
May 8-10, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
Feb 14-15, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Jun 6-7, 2012 • Denver, Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Model Based Systems Engineering NEW!
Principles of Test & Evaluation
Requirements Engineering with DEVSME NEW!
Apr 24-26, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Technical CONOPS & Concepts Master's Course NEW!
Mar 13-15, 2012 • Virginia Beach, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Apr 3-5, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Apr 10-12, 2012 • Virginia Beach, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
May 8-10, 2012 • Virginia Beach, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Acoustic & Sonar Engineering
Acoustics Fundamentals, Measurements & Applications
Apr 10-12, 2012 • Silver Spring, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Jul 17-19, 2012 • Bremmerton, Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Advanced Undersea Warfare
May 1-3, 2012 • Newport, Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Applied Physical Oceanography Modeling and Acoustics
Jun 5-7, 2012 • Slidell, Louisiana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fundamentals of Passive & Active Sonar NEW!
Jul 16-19, 2012 • Newport, Rhode Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fundamentals of Random Vibration & Shock Testing
Mar 20-22, 2012 • College Park, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
May 8-10, 2012 • Boxborough, Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Jul 9-11, 2012 • Boulder, Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fundamentals of Sonar Transducers Design
Apr 10-12, 2012 • Newport, Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mechanics of Underwater Noise
May 1-3 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Military Standard 810G Testing NEW!
Mar 19-22, 2012 • Boxborough, Massachusetts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Apr 2-5, 2012 • Jupiter, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Jun 18-21, 2012 • Detroit, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ocean Optics: Fundamentals & Naval Applications NEW!
Jun 12-13, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sonar Principles & ASW Analysis
Sonar Signal Processing
May 15-17, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Underwater Acoustics 201
Apr 24-25, 2012 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Underwater Acoustics for Biologists and Conservation Managers NEW!
Apr 17-19, 2012 • Silver Spring, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Underwater Acoustics, Modeling and Simulation
Jun 11-14, 2012 • Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Vibration & Noise Control
Apr 30 - May 3, 2012 • Newport, Rhode Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Topics for On-site Courses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Popular “On-site” Topics & Ways to Register. . . . . . . . . . 64

Combat Systems Engineering
February 28 - March 1, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1690 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 Each
Off The Course Tuition.
Summary
The increasing level of combat system integration
and communications requirements, coupled with
shrinking defense budgets and shorter product life
cycles, offers many challenges and opportunities in the
design and acquisition of new combat systems. This
three-day course teaches the systems engineering
discipline that has built some of the modern military’s
greatest combat and communications systems, using
state-of-the-art systems engineering techniques. It
details the decomposition and mapping of war-fighting
requirements into combat system functional designs. A
step-by-step description of the combat system design
process is presented emphasizing the trades made
necessary because of growing performance,
operational, cost, constraints and ever increasing
system complexities.
Topics include the fire control loop and its closure by
the combat system, human-system interfaces,
command and communication systems architectures,
autonomous and net-centric operation, induced
information exchange requirements, role of
communications systems, and multi-mission
capabilities.
Engineers, scientists, program managers, and
graduate students will find the lessons learned in this
course valuable for architecting, integration, and
modeling of combat system. Emphasis is given to
sound system engineering principles realized through
the application of strict processes and controls, thereby
avoiding common mistakes. Each attendee will receive
a complete set of detailed notes for the class.
Instructor
Robert Fry works at The Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory where he is
a member of the Principal Professional
Staff. Throughout his career he has
been involved in the development of
new combat weapon system concepts,
development of system requirements,
and balancing allocations within the fire
control loop between sensing and weapon kinematic
capabilities. He has worked on many aspects of the
AEGIS combat system including AAW, BMD, AN/SPY-
1, and multi-mission requirements development.
Missile system development experience includes SM-
2, SM-3, SM-6, Patriot, THAAD, HARPOON,
AMRAAM, TOMAHAWK, and other missile systems.
What You Will Learn
• The trade-offs and issues for modern combat
system design.
• The role of subsystem in combat system operation.
• How automation and technology impact combat
system design.
• Understanding requirements for joint warfare, net-
centric warfare, and open architectures.
• Lessons learned from AEGIS development.
Course Outline
1. Combat System Overview. Combat
system characteristics. Functional description for
the combat system in terms of the sensor and
weapons control, communications, and
command and control. Anti-air Warfare. Anti-
surface Warfare. Anti-submarine Warfare.
2. Combat System Functional
Organization. Combat system layers and
operation.
3. Sensors. Review of the variety of multi-
warfare sensor systems, their capability,
operation, management, and limitations.
4. Weaponry. Weapon system suites
employed by the AEGIS combat system and their
capability, operation, management, and
limitations. Basics of missile design and
operation.
5. Fire Control Loops. What the fire control
loop is and how it works, its vulnerabilities,
limitations, and system battlespace.
6. Engagement Control. Weapon control,
planning, and coordination.
7. Tactical Command and Contro. Human-
in-the-loop, system latencies, and coordinated
planning and response.
8. Communications. Current and future
communications systems employed with combat
systems and their relationship to combat system
functions and interoperability.
9. Combat System Development. Overview
of the combat system engineering and acquisition
processes.
10. Current AEGIS Missions and Directions.
Performance in low-intensity conflicts. Changing
Navy missions, threat trends, shifts in the
defense budget, and technology growth.
11. Network-Centric Operation and Warfare.
Net-centric gain in warfare, network layers and
coordination, and future directions.
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Summary
This two-day course is intended for
technical and programmatic staff involved in
the development, analysis, or testing of
Information Assurance, Network Warfare,
Network-Centric, and NetOPs systems. The
course will provide perspective on emerging
policy, doctrine, strategy, and operational
constraints affecting the development of
cyber warfare systems. This knowledge will
greatly enhance participants’ ability to
develop operational systems and concepts
that will produce integrated, controlled, and
effective cyber effects at each warfare level.
Instructor
Al Kinney is a retired Naval Officer and
holds a Masters Degree in electrical
engineering. His professional experience
includes more than 20 years of experience in
research and operational cyberspace
mission areas including the initial
development and first operational
employment of the Naval Cyber Attack
Team.
What You Will Learn
• What are the relationships between cyber warfare,
information assurance, information operations,
and network-centric warfare?
• How can a cyber warfare capability enable freedom
of action in cyberspace?
• What are legal constraints on cyber warfare?
• How can cyber capabilities meet standards for
weaponization?
• How should cyber capabilities be integrated with
military exercises?
• How can military and civilian cyberspace
organizations prepare and maintain their workforce
to play effective roles in cyberspace?
• What is the Comprehensive National
Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI)?
From this course you will obtain in-depth
knowledge and awareness of the cyberspace
domain, its functional characteristics, and its
organizational inter-relationships enabling your
organization to make meaningful contributions in
the domain of cyber warfare through technical
consultation, systems development, and
operational test & evaluation.
Course Outline
1. Cyberspace as a Warfare Domain. Domain
terms of reference. Comparison of operational
missions conducted through cyberspace.
Operational history of cyber warfare.
2. Stack Positioning as a Maneuver Analog.
Exploring the space where tangible cyber warfare
maneuver really happens. Extend the network stack
concept to other elements of cyberspace.
Understand the advantage gained through
proficient cyberscape navigation.
3. Organizational Constructs in Cyber
Warfare. Inter-relationships between traditional and
emerging warfare, intelligence, and systems policy
authorities.
4. Cyberspace Doctrine and Strategy. National
Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations.
Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
(CNCI). Developing a framework for a full spectrum
cyberspace capabilities.
5. Legal Considerations for Cyber Warfare.
Overview of pertinent US Code for cyberspace.
Adapting the international Law of Armed Conflict to
cyber warfare. Decision frameworks and metaphors
for making legal choices in uncharted territory.
6. Operational Theory of Cyber Warfare.
Planning and achieving cyber effects.
Understanding policy implications and operational
risks in cyber warfare. Developing a cyber
deterrence strategy.
7. Cyber Warfare Training and Exercise
Requirements. Understanding of the depth of
technical proficiency and operational savvy required
to develop, maintain, and exercise integrated cyber
warfare capabilities.
8. Cyber Weaponization. Cyber weapons
taxonomy. Weapon-target interplay. Test and
Evaluation Standards. Observable effects.
9. Command & Control for Cyber Warfare.
Joint Command & Control principles. Joint
Battlespace Awareness. Situational Awareness.
Decision Support.
10. Survey of International Cyber Warfare
Capabilities. Open source exploration of cyber
warfare trends in India, Pakistan, Russia, and
China.
April 3-4, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1090 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Register 3 or More & Receive $10000
Each
Cyber Warfare – Theory & Fundamentals
NEW!

June 25-28, 2012
Albuquerque, New Mexico
$1995 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
4 Day Course!
Summary
This four-day course is designed for scientists,
engineers and managers interested in the current state
of explosive and propellant technology. After an
introduction to shock waves, the current explosive
technology is described. Numerical methods for
evaluating explosive and propellant sensitivity to shock
waves are described and applied to vulnerability
problems such as projectile impact and burning to
detonation.
Instructor
Charles L. Mader, Ph.D.,is a retired Fellow of the
Los Alamos National Laboratory and President of a
consulting company. Dr. Mader authored the
monograph Numerical Modeling of Detonation, and
also wrote four dynamic material property data
volumes published by the University of California
Press. His book and CD-ROM entitled Numerical
Modeling of Explosives and Propellants, Third Edition,
published in 2008 by CRC Press will be the text for the
course. He is the author of Numerical Modeling of
Water Waves, Second Edition, published in 2004 by
CRC Press. He is listed in Who's Who in America and
Who's Who in the World. He has consulted and guest
lectured for public and private organizations in several
countries.
Explosives Technology and Modeling
Who Should Attend
This course is suited for scientists, engineers, and
managers interested in the current state of explosive
and propellant technology, and in the use of numerical
modeling to evaluate the performance and vulnerability
of explosives and propellants.
Course Materials
Participants will receive a copy of Numerical Modeling
of Explosives and Propellants, Third Edition by Dr. Charles
Mader, 2008 CRC Press. In addition, participants will
receive an updated CD-ROM.
What You Will Learn
• What are Shock Waves and Detonation Waves?
• What makes an Explosive Hazardous?
• Where Shock Wave and Explosive Data is available.
• How to model Explosive and Propellant
Performance.
• How to model Explosive Hazards and Vulnerability.
• How to use the furnished explosive performance and
hydrodynamic computer codes.
• The current state of explosive and propellant
technology.
From this course you will obtain the knowledge to
evaluate explosive performance, hazards and
understand the literature.
Course Outline
1. Shock Waves. Fundamental Shock Wave
Hydrodynamics, Shock Hugoniots, Phase Change,
Oblique Shock Reflection, Regular and Mach Shock
Reflection.
2. Shock Equation of State Data Bases. Shock
Hugoniot Data, Shock Wave Profile Data.,
Radiographic Data, Explosive Performance Data,
Aquarium Data, Russian Shock and Explosive Data.
3. Performance of Explosives and Propellants.
Steady-State Explosives. Non-Ideal Explosives –
Ammonium Salt-Explosive Mixtures, Ammonium
Nitrate-Fuel Oil (ANFO) Explosives, Metal Loaded
Explosives. Non-Steady State Detonations – Build-
Up in Plane, Diverging and Converging Geometry,
Chemistry of Build-Up of Detonation. Propellant
Performance.
4. Initiation of Detonation. Thermal Initiation,
Explosive Hazard Calibration Tests. Shock Initiation
of Homogeneous Explosives. Shock Initiation of
Heterogeneous Explosives – Hydrodynamic Hot Spot
Model, Shock Sensitivity and Effects on Shock
Sensitivity of Composition, Particle Size and
Temperature. The FOREST FIRE MODEL – Failure
Diameter, Corner Turning, Desensitization of
Explosives by Preshocking, Projectile Initiation of
Explosives, Burning to Detonation.
5. Modeling Hydodynamics on Personal
Computers. Numerical Solution of One-Dimensional
and Two-Dimensional Lagrangian Reactive Flow,
Numerical Solution of Two-Dimensional and Three-
Dimensional Eulerian Reactive Flow.
6. Design and Interpretation of Experiments.
Plane-Wave Experiments, Explosions in Water, Plate
Dent Experiments, Cylinder Test, Jet Penetration of
Inerts and Explosives, Plane Wave Lens, Regular
and Mach Reflection of Shock and Detonation
Waves, Insensitive High Explosive Initiators, Colliding
Detonations, Shaped Charge Jet Formation and
Target Penetration.
7. NOBEL Code and Proton Radiography. AMR
Reactive Hydrodynamic code with models of both
Build-up TO and OF Detonation used to model
oblique initiation of Insensitive High Explosives,
explosive cavity formation in water, meteorite and
nuclear explosion generated cavities, Munroe jets,
Failure Cones, Hydrovolcanic explosions.

Fundamentals of Rockets and Missiles
January 31 - February 2, 2012
March 6-8, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1690 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Each
Summary
This three-day course provides an overview of rockets and
missiles for government and industry officials with limited
technical experience in rockets and missiles. The course
provides a practical foundation of knowledge in rocket and
missile issues and technologies. The seminar is designed for
engineers, technical personnel, military specialist, decision
makers and managers of current and future projects needing
a more complete understanding of the complex issues of
rocket and missile technology The seminar provides a solid
foundation in the issues that must be decided in the use,
operation and development of rocket systems of the future.
You will learn a wide spectrum of problems, solutions and
choices in the technology of rockets and missile used for
military and civil purposes.
Attendees will receive a complete set of printed notes.
These notes will be an excellent future reference for current
trends in the state-of-the-art in rocket and missile technology
and decision making.
Instructor
Edward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch Vehicle System
Engineer, specializing in integration of launch
vehicle technology, design, modeling and
business strategies. He is currently an
independent consultant, writer and teacher of
rocket system technology. He is experienced
in launch vehicle operations, design, testing,
business analysis, risk reduction, modeling,
safety and reliability. He also has 13-years of government
experience including five years working launch operations at
Vandenberg AFB. Mr. Keith has written over 20 technical
papers on various aspects of low cost space transportation
over the last two decades.
Course Outline
1. Introduction to Rockets and Missiles. The Classifications
of guided, and unguided, missile systems is introduced. The
practical uses of rocket systems as weapons of war, commerce
and the peaceful exploration of space are examined.
2. Rocket Propulsion made Simple. How rocket motors and
engines operate to achieve thrust. Including Nozzle Theory, are
explained. The use of the rocket equation and related Mass
Properties metrics are introduced. The flight environments and
conditions of rocket vehicles are presented. Staging theory for
rockets and missiles are explained. Non-traditional propulsion is
addressed.
3. Introduction to Liquid Propellant Performance, Utility
and Applications. Propellant performance issues of specific
impulse, Bulk density and mixture ratio decisions are examined.
Storable propellants for use in space are described. Other
propellant Properties, like cryogenic properties, stability, toxicity,
compatibility are explored. Mono-Propellants and single
propellant systems are introduced.
4. Introducing Solid Rocket Motor Technology. The
advantages and disadvantages of solid rocket motors are
examined. Solid rocket motor materials, propellant grains and
construction are described. Applications for solid rocket motors as
weapons and as cost-effective space transportation systems are
explored. Hybrid Rocket Systems are explored.
5. Liquid Rocket System Technology. Rocket Engines, from
pressure fed to the three main pump-fed cycles, are examined.
Engine cooling methods are explored. Other rocket engine and
stage elements are described. Control of Liquid Rocket stage
steering is presented. Propellant Tanks, Pressurization systems
and Cryogenic propellant Management are explained.
6. Foreign vs. American Rocket Technology and Design.
How the former Soviet aerospace system diverged from the
American systems, where the Russians came out ahead, and
what we can learn from the differences. Contrasts between the
Russian and American Design philosophy are observed to provide
lessons for future design. Foreign competition from the end of the
Cold War to the foreseeable future is explored.
7. Rockets in Spacecraft Propulsion. The difference
between launch vehicle booster systems, and that found on
spacecraft, satellites and transfer stages, is examined The use of
storable and hypergolic propellants in space vehicles is explained.
Operation of rocket systems in micro-gravity is studied.
8. Rockets Launch Sites and Operations. Launch Locations
in the USA and Russia are examined for the reason the locations
have been chosen. The considerations taken in the selection of
launch sites are explored. The operations of launch sites in a more
efficient manner, is examined for future systems.
9. Rockets as Commercial Ventures. Launch Vehicles as
American commercial ventures are examined, including the
motivation for commercialization. The Commercial Launch Vehicle
market is explored.
10. Useful Orbits and Trajectories Made Simple. The
student is introduced to simplified and abbreviated orbital
mechanics. Orbital changes using Delta-V to alter an orbit, and
the use of transfer orbits, are explored. Special orbits like
geostationary, sun synchronous and Molnya are presented.
Ballistic Missile trajectories and re-entry penetration is examined.
11. Reliability and Safety of Rocket Systems. Introduction
to the issues of safety and reliability of rocket and missile systems
is presented. The hazards of rocket operations, and mitigation of
the problems, are explored. The theories and realistic practices of
understanding failures within rocket systems, and strategies to
improve reliability, is discussed.
12. Expendable Launch Vehicle Theory, Performance and
Uses. The theory of Expendable Launch Vehicle (ELV)
dominance over alternative Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV) is
explored. The controversy over simplification of liquid systems as
a cost effective strategy is addressed.
13. Reusable Launch Vehicle Theory and Performance.
The student is provided with an appreciation and understanding of
why Reusable Launch Vehicles have had difficulty replacing
expendable launch vehicles. Classification of reusable launch
vehicle stages is introduced. The extra elements required to bring
stages safely back to the starting line is explored. Strategies to
make better RLV systems are presented.
14. The Direction of Technology. A final open discussion
regarding the direction of rocket technology, science, usage and
regulations of rockets and missiles is conducted to close out the
class study.
Who Should Attend
• Aerospace Industry Managers.
• Government Regulators, Administrators and
sponsors of rocket or missile projects.
• Engineers of all disciplines supporting rocket and
missile projects.
• Contractors or investors involved in missile
development.
• Military Professionals.
What You Will Learn
• Fundamentals of rocket and missile systems.
• The spectrum of rocket uses and technologies.
• Differences in technology between foreign and
domestic rocket systems.
• Fundamentals and uses of solid and liquid rocket
systems.
• Differences between systems built as weapons and
those built for commerce.

GPS and Other Radionavigation Satellites
International Navigation Solutions for Military, Civilian, and Aerospace Applications
"The presenter was very energetic and truly
passionate about the material"
" Tom Logsdon is the best teacher I have ever
had. His knowledge is excellent. He is a 10!"
"Mr. Logsdon did a bang-up job explaining
and deriving the theories of special/general
relativity–and how they are associated with
the GPS navigation solutions."
"I loved his one-page mathematical deriva-
tions and the important points they illus-
trate."
Summary
If present plans materialize, 128 radionavigation
satellites will soon be installed along the space frontier.
They will be owned and operated by six different
countries hoping to capitalize on the financial success
of the GPS constellation.
In this popular four-day short course Tom Logsdon
describes in detail how these various radionavigation
systems work and reviews the many practical benefits
they are slated to provide to military and civilian users
around the globe. Logsdon will explain how each
radionavigation system works and how to use it in
various practical situations.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
March 12-15, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
April 16-19, 2012
Colorado Springs, Colorado
$1995 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Each
Course Outline
1. Radionavigation Concepts. Active and passive
radionavigation systems. Position and velocity solutions.
Nanosecond timing accuracies. Today’s spaceborne
atomic clocks. Websites and other sources of information.
Building a flourishing $200 billion radionavigation empire
in space.
2. The Three Major Segments of the GPS. Signal
structure and pseudorandom codes. Modulation
techniques. Practical performance-enhancements.
Relativistic time dilations. Inverted navigation solutions.
3. Navigation Solutions and Kalman Filtering
Techniques. Taylor series expansions. Numerical
iteration. Doppler shift solutions. Kalman filtering
algorithms.
4. Designing Effective GPS Receivers. The functions
of a modern receiver. Antenna design techniques. Code
tracking and carrier tracking loops. Commercial chipsets.
Military receivers. Navigation solutions for orbiting
satellites.
5. Military Applications. Military test ranges. Tactical
and strategic applications. Autonomy and survivability
enhancements. Smart bombs and artillery projectiles..
6. Integrated Navigation Systems. Mechanical and
strapdown implementations. Ring lasers and fiber-optic
gyros. Integrated navigation systems. Military
applications.
7. Differential Navigation and Pseudosatellites.
Special committee 104’s data exchange protocols. Global
data distribution. Wide-area differential navigation.
Pseudosatellites. International geosynchronous overlay
satellites. The American WAAS, the European EGNOS,
and the Japanese QZSS..
8. Carrier-Aided Solution Techniques. Attitude-
determination receivers. Spaceborne navigation for
NASA’s Twin Grace satellites. Dynamic and kinematic
orbit determination. Motorola’s spaceborne monarch
receiver. Relativistic time-dilation derivations. Relativistic
effects due to orbital eccentricity.
9. The Navstar Satellites. Subsystem descriptions.
On-orbit test results. Orbital perturbations and computer
modeling techniques. Station-keeping maneuvers. Earth-
shadowing characteristics. The European Galileo, the
Chinese Biedou/Compass, the Indian IRNSS, and the
Japanese QZSS.
10. Russia’s Glonass Constellation. Performance
comparisons. Orbital mechanics considerations. The
Glonass subsystems. Russia’s SL-12 Proton booster.
Building dual-capability GPS/Glonass receivers. Glonass
in the evening news.
Instructor
Tom Logsdon has worked on the GPS
radionavigation satellites and their
constellation for more than 20 years. He
helped design the Transit Navigation
System and the GPS and he acted as a
consultant to the European Galileo
Spaceborne Navigation System. His key
assignment have included constellation
selection trades, military and civilian applications, force
multiplier effects, survivability enhancements and
spacecraft autonomy studies.
Over the past 30 years Logsdon has taught more
than 300 short courses. He has also made two dozen
television appearances, helped design an exhibit for
the Smithsonian Institution, and written and published
1.7 million words, including 29 non fiction books.
These include Understanding the Navstar, Orbital
Mechanics, and The Navstar Global Positioning
System.
Each Student willreceive a free GPSreceiver with color mapdisplays!
www.aticourses.com/gps_technology.htm
Video!

Instructor
Patrick Pierson is president of a training,
consulting, and software development company with
offices in the U.S. and U.K. Patrick has more than 23
years of operational experience, and is internationally
recognized as a Tactical Data Link subject matter
expert. Patrick has designed more than 30 Tactical
Data Link training courses and personally trains
hundreds of students around the globe every year.
What You Will Learn
• The course is designed to enable the student to be
able to speak confidently and with authority about all
of the subject matter on the right.
The course is suitable for:
• Operators
• Engineers
• Consultants
• Sales staff
• Software Developers
• Business Development Managers
• Project / Program Managers
Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS - Intermediate
April 2-3, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
June 25-26, 2012
Chantilly, Virginia
$1750 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol
April 4, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
June 27, 2012
Chantilly, Virginia
$500 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS
Intermediate (L16 / F Level-3)
Joint Range Extension
Applications
Protocol (JRE / A Level-1)
Summary
The Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS Intermediate Course is a
two-day training course that covers the most important
topics effecting Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS. The course
includes 22 instructional modules and is one of our most
popular courses. This course is instructional in nature
and does not involve hands-on training.
Summary
The Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol
(JREAP) Introduction course is a one-day training
course being offered to students that complete the
JTIDS / MIDS Intermediate course. The course explains
the JREAP technology, message components, JREAP
protocols, operational procedures, as well as
operational support and planning requirements. Link 16
/ JTIDS / MIDS is a prerequisite.
Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS - Intermediate / Joint Range Extension
Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS
Course Outline
Day 1
Introduction to Link 16
Link 16 / JTIDS / MIDS Documentation
Link 16 Enhancements
System Characteristics
Time Division Multiple Access
Network Participation Groups
J-Series Messages
JTIDS / MIDS Pulse Development
JTIDS / MIDS Time Slot Components
JTIDS / MIDS Message Packing and Pulses
JTIDS / MIDS Networks / Nets
Day 2
Access Modes
JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Synchronization
JTIDS / MIDS Network Time
JTIDS / MIDS Network Roles
JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Navigation
JTIDS / MIDS Relays
Communications Security
JTIDS / MIDS Pulse Deconfliction
JTIDS / MIDS Terminal Restrictions
Time Slot Duty Factor
JTIDS / MIDS Terminals
Course Outline
Day 3
Joint Range Extension Applications Protocol
Topics Include:
JREAP History
JREAP Documentation
JREAP Introduction
Common Message Elements
JREAP Full Stack
Transmission Block Headers
Message Group Headers
JREAP Application Block
JREAP Receipt Compliance
JREAP Management Messages
MIL-STD 3011 Appendix-B
MIL-STD 3011 Appendix-C
General Forwarding Requirements
JREAP Planning Considerations

Who Should Attend
The course is oriented toward the needs of missile
engineers, systems engineers, analysts, marketing
personnel, program managers, university professors, and
others working in the area of missile systems and technology
development. Attendees will gain an understanding of missile
design, missile technologies, launch platform integration,
missile system measures of merit, and the missile system
development process.
What You Will Learn
• Key drivers in the missile design and system engineering
process.
• Critical tradeoffs, methods and technologies in subsystems,
aerodynamic, propulsion, and structure sizing.
• Launch platform-missile integration.
• Robustness, lethality, guidance navigation & control,
accuracy, observables, survivability, reliability, and cost
considerations.
• Missile sizing examples.
• Missile development process.
Instructor
Eugene L. Fleeman has 47 years of government,
industry, academia, and consulting
experience in missile system and
technology development. Formerly a
manager of missile programs at Air Force
Research Laboratory, Rockwell
International, Boeing, and Georgia Tech,
he is an international lecturer on missiles
and the author of over 100 publications, including the AIAA
textbook, Tactical Missile Design. 2nd Ed.
Summary
This three-day short course covers the fundamentals of
missile design, development, and system engineering. The
course provides a system-level, integrated method for missile
aerodynamic configuration/propulsion design and analysis. It
addresses the broad range of
alternatives in meeting cost,
performance and risk requirements. The
methods presented are generally
simple closed-form analytical
expressions that are physics-based, to
provide insight into the primary driving
parameters. Configuration sizing
examples are presented for rocket-
powered, ramjet-powered, and turbo-jet
powered baseline missiles. Typical
values of missile parameters and the
characteristics of current operational missiles are discussed as
well as the enabling subsystems and technologies for missiles
and the current/projected state-of-the-art. Sixty-six videos
illustrate missile development activities and missile
performance. Daily roundtable discussion. Attendees will vote
on the relative emphasis of the material to be presented.
Attendees receive course notes as well as the textbook,
Tactical Missile Design, 2nd edition.
Course Outline
1. Introduction/Key Drivers in the Missile Design and
System Engineering Process: Overview of missile design
process. Examples of system-of-systems integration. Unique
characteristics of missiles. Key aerodynamic configuration sizing
parameters. Missile conceptual design synthesis process. Examples
of processes to establish mission requirements. Projected capability
in command, control, communication, computers, intelligence,
surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR). Example of Pareto analysis.
Attendees vote on course emphasis.
2. Aerodynamic Considerations in Missile Design and
System Engineering: Optimizing missile aerodynamics. Shapes for
low observables. Missile configuration layout (body, wing, tail)
options. Selecting flight control alternatives. Wing and tail sizing.
Predicting normal force, drag, pitching moment, stability, control
effectiveness, lift-to-drag ratio, and hinge moment. Maneuver law
alternatives.
3. Propulsion Considerations in Missile Design and
System Engineering: Turbojet, ramjet, scramjet, ducted rocket,
and rocket propulsion comparisons. Turbojet engine design
considerations, prediction and sizing. Selecting ramjet engine,
booster, and inlet alternatives. Ramjet performance prediction and
sizing. High density fuels. Solid propellant alternatives. Propellant
grain cross section trade-offs. Effective thrust magnitude control.
Reducing propellant observables. Rocket motor performance
prediction and sizing. Motor case and nozzle materials.
4. Weight Considerations in Missile Design and System
Engineering: How to size subsystems to meet flight performance
requirements. Structural design criteria factor of safety. Structure
concepts and manufacturing processes. Selecting airframe
materials. Loads prediction. Weight prediction. Airframe and motor
case design. Aerodynamic heating prediction and insulation trades.
Dome material alternatives and sizing. Power supply and actuator
alternatives and sizing.
5. Flight Performance Considerations in Missile Design
and System Engineering: Flight envelope limitations. Aerodynamic
sizing-equations of motion. Accuracy of simplified equations of
motion. Maximizing flight performance. Benefits of flight trajectory
shaping. Flight performance prediction of boost, climb, cruise, coast,
steady descent, ballistic, maneuvering, and homing flight.
6. Measures of Merit and Launch Platform Integration /
System Engineering: Achieving robustness in adverse weather.
Seeker, navigation, data link, and sensor alternatives. Seeker range
prediction. Counter-countermeasures. Warhead alternatives and
lethality prediction. Approaches to minimize collateral damage.
Fusing alternatives and requirements for fuze angle and time delay.
Alternative guidance laws. Proportional guidance accuracy
prediction. Time constant contributors and prediction.
Maneuverability design criteria. Radar cross section and infrared
signature prediction. Survivability considerations. Insensitive
munitions. Enhanced reliability. Cost drivers of schedule, weight,
learning curve, and parts count. EMD and production cost
prediction. Designing within launch platform constraints. Internal vs.
external carriage. Shipping, storage, carriage, launch, and
separation environment considerations. Launch platform interfaces.
Cold and solar environment temperature prediction.
7. Sizing Examples and Sizing Tools: Trade-offs for extended
range rocket. Sizing for enhanced maneuverability. Developing a
harmonized missile. Lofted range prediction. Ramjet missile sizing
for range robustness. Ramjet fuel alternatives. Ramjet velocity
control. Correction of turbojet thrust and specific impulse. Turbojet
missile sizing for maximum range. Turbojet engine rotational speed.
Computer aided sizing tools for conceptual design. Soda straw
rocket design-build-fly competition. House of quality process.
Design of experiment process.
8. Missile Development Process: Design
validation/technology development process. Developing a
technology roadmap. History of transformational technologies.
Funding emphasis. Alternative proposal win strategies. New missile
follow-on projections. Examples of development tests and facilities.
Example of technology demonstration flight envelope. Examples of
technology development. New technologies for missiles.
9. Summary and Lessons Learned.
March 26-28, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
May 1-3, 2012
Laurel, Maryland
$1795 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Missile System Design
www.aticourses.com/tactical_missile_design.htm
Video!

March 19-22, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1890 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Instructor
Dr. Walter R. Dyer is a graduate of UCLA, with a Ph.D.
degree in Control Systems Engineering and Applied
Mathematics. He has over thirty years of
industry, government and academic
experience in the analysis and design of
tactical and strategic missiles. His experience
includes Standard Missile, Stinger, AMRAAM,
HARM, MX, Small ICBM, and ballistic missile
defense. He is currently a Senior Staff
Member at the Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory and was formerly the Chief
Technologist at the Missile Defense Agency in Washington,
DC. He has authored numerous industry and government
reports and published prominent papers on missile
technology. He has also taught university courses in
engineering at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
What You Will Learn
You will gain an understanding of the design and analysis
of homing missiles and the integrated performance of their
subsystems.
• Missile propulsion and control in the atmosphere and in
space.
• Clear explanation of homing guidance.
• Types of missile seekers and how they work.
• Missile testing and simulation.
• Latest developments and future trends.
Summary
This four-day course presents a broad introduction to
major missile subsystems and their integrated performance,
explained in practical terms, but including relevant analytical
methods. While emphasis is on today’s homing missiles and
future trends, the course includes a historical perspective of
relevant older missiles. Both endoatmospheric and
exoatmospheric missiles (missiles that operate in the
atmosphere and in space) are addressed. Missile propulsion,
guidance, control, and seekers are covered, and their roles
and interactions in integrated missile operation are explained.
The types and applications of missile simulation and testing
are presented. Comparisons of autopilot designs, guidance
approaches, seeker alternatives, and instrumentation for
various purposes are presented. The course is recommended
for analysts, engineers, and technical managers who want to
broaden their understanding of modern missiles and missile
systems. The analytical descriptions require some technical
background, but practical explanations can be appreciated by
all students.
Course Outline
1. Introduction. Brief history of Missiles. Types of
guided missiles. Introduction to ballistic missile defense.-
Endoatmospheric and exoatmospheric missile operation.
Missile basing. Missile subsystems overview. Warheads,
lethality and hit-to-kill. Power and power conditioning.
2. Missile Propulsion. The rocket equation. Solid and
liquid propulsion. Single stage and multistage boosters.
Ramjets and scramjets. Axial propulsion. Divert and
attitude control systems. Effects of gravity and
atmospheric drag.
3. Missile Airframes, Autopilots And Control.
Phases of missile flight. Purpose and functions of
autopilots. Missile control configurations. Autopilot design.
Open-loop autopilots. Inertial instruments and feedback.
Autopilot response, stability, and agility. Body modes and
rate saturation. Roll control and induced roll in high
performance missiles. Radomes and their effects on
missile control. Adaptive autopilots. Rolling airframe
missiles.
4. Exoatmospheric Missiles For Ballistic Missile
Defense. Exoatmospheric missile autopilots, propulsion
and attitude control. Pulse width modulation. Exo-
atmospheric missile autopilots. Limit cycles.
5. Missile Guidance. Seeker types and operation for
endo- and exo-atmospheric missiles. Passive, active and
semi active missile guidance. Radar basics and radar
seekers. Passive sensing basics and passive seekers.
Scanning seekers and focal plane arrays. Seeker
comparisons and tradeoffs for different missions. Signal
processing and noise reduction
6. Missile Seekers. Boost and midcourse guidance.
Zero effort miss. Proportional navigation and augmented
proportional navigation. Biased proportional navigation.
Predictive guidance. Optimum homing guidance.
Guidance filters. Homing guidance examples and
simulation results. Miss distance comparisons with
different homing guidance laws. Sources of miss and miss
reduction. Beam rider, pure pursuit, and deviated pursuit
guidance.
7. Simulation And Its Applications. Current
simulation capabilities and future trends. Hardware in the
loop. Types of missile testing and their uses, advantages
and disadvantages of testing alternatives.
Modern Missile Analysis
Propulsion, Guidance, Control, Seekers, and Technology
www.aticourses.com/missile_systems_analysis.htm
Video!

Instructor
Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior
Technical Staff at the Johns Hopkins Univeristy
Applied Physics Laboratory. He has over 30
years of experience in tracking, sensor fusion,
and radar systems analysis and design for the
Navy,Marine Corps, Air Force, and FAA.
Recent work has included the integration of a
new radar into an existing multisensor system
and in the integration, using a multiple
hypothesis approach, of shipboard radar and
ESM sensors. Previous experience has
included analysis and design of multiradar
fusion systems, integration of shipboard
sensors including radar, IR and ESM,
integration of radar, IFF, and time-difference-of-
arrival sensors with GPS data sources.
Revised With
Newly Added
Topics
Summary
The objective of this course is to introduce
engineers, scientists, managers and military
operations personnel to the fields of target
tracking and data fusion, and to the key
technologies which are available today for
application to this field. The course is designed
to be rigorous where appropriate, while
remaining accessible to students without a
specific scientific background in this field. The
course will start from the fundamentals and
move to more advanced concepts. This course
will identify and characterize the principle
components of typical tracking systems. A
variety of techniques for addressing different
aspects of the data fusion problem will be
described. Real world examples will be used to
emphasize the applicability of some of the
algorithms. Specific illustrative examples will
be used to show the tradeoffs and systems
issues between the application of different
techniques.
What You Will Learn
• State Estimation Techniques – Kalman Filter,
constant-gain filters.
• Non-linear filtering – When is it needed? Extended
Kalman Filter.
• Techniques for angle-only tracking.
• Tracking algorithms, their advantages and
limitations, including:
- Nearest Neighbor
- Probabilistic Data Association
- Multiple Hypothesis Tracking
- Interactive Multiple Model (IMM)
• How to handle maneuvering targets.
• Track initiation – recursive and batch approaches.
• Architectures for sensor fusion.
• Sensor alignment – Why do we need it and how do
we do it?
• Attribute Fusion, including Bayesian methods,
Dempster-Shafer, Fuzzy Logic.
Multi-Target Tracking and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Columbia, Maryland
May 29-31, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1690 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Course Outline
1. Introduction.
2. The Kalman Filter.
3. Other Linear Filters.
4. Non-Linear Filters.
5. Angle-Only Tracking.
6. Maneuvering Targets: Adaptive Techniques.
7. Maneuvering Targets: Multiple Model
Approaches.
8. Single Target Correlation & Association.
9. Track Initiation, Confirmation & Deletion.
10. Using Measured Range Rate (Doppler).
11. Multitarget Correlation & Association.
12. Probabilistic Data Association.
13. Multiple Hypothesis Approaches.
14. Coordinate Conversions.
15. Multiple Sensors.
16. Data Fusion Architectures.
17. Fusion of Data From Multiple Radars.
18. Fusion of Data From Multiple Angle-Only
Sensors.
19. Fusion of Data From Radar and Angle-Only
Sensor.
20. Sensor Alignment.
21. Fusion of Target Type and Attribute Data.
22. Performance Metrics.
www.aticourses.com/radar_tracking_kalman.htm
Video!

Instructor
Jerry LeMieux, PhD is a pilot and engineer with over
40 years and 10,000 hours of aviation experience. He has
over 30 years of experience in operations,
program management, systems
engineering, R&D and test and evaluation
for AEW, fighter and tactical data link
acquisition programs. He led 1,300
personnel and managed 100 network and
data link acquisition programs with a five
year portfolio valued at more than $22
billion. He served at the numbered Air Force Level,
responsible for the development, acquisition and
sustainment of over 300 information superiority, combat
ops and combat support programs that assure integrated
battlespace dominance for the Air Force, DoD, US
agencies and Allied forces. In civilian life he has consulted
on numerous airspace issues for the US Federal Aviation
Administration, Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA and DARPA
. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering and is a
graduate of Air War College and Defense Acquisition
University.
Summary
This 3 day course will cover a variety of Network Centric
Warfare (NCW) related topics. You will learn the concepts,
theories and principles of how networking sensors,
shooters and decision makers can improve warfighting
capabilities. The various elements and enabling
technologies for NCW are discussed. You will learn how
sensors, precision weapons, data links and command and
control systems are connected together to provide the right
information to the right warfighter at the right time.
Additionally, you will learn how to develop models to
simulate the performance of a network centric architecture.
You will learn about the metrics, MOPs, MOEs, KPPs,
KIPS and the network centric checklist that are all used for
test and evaluation. You will view examples of various
NCW systems for the US Army (Warrior Information
Network) and the US Navy (FORCEnet). Finally, case
studies will be presented on Enduring Freedom, Iraqi
Freedom, Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below
Blue Force Tracking, Air Combat w & without Link 16,
Close Air Support & US/UK Coalition Operations during
OIF.
Network Centric Warfare – An Introduction
Compressing the Kill Chain
March 6-8, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1690 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Course Outline
1. Introduction. Definition, concept, tenants & principles,
benefits, platform vs. network, origins, theories, domains of
conflict, common operational picture example, net centricity,
network centric operations.
2. Networking the Kill Chain Target characteristics.
Targeting process, deliberate targeting, dynamic targeting,
time sensitive targets, the find, fix, target, track, engage, and
assess (F2T2EA) cycle, NCW kill chain.
3. Sensors & Precision Weapons. Sensors: Optical,
thermal, SAR, AMTI, GMTI. Weapons: JDAM, LGB, JSOW
and GAM precision weapons.
4. Networks and Data Links. Global information grid &
mobile ad-hoc networking, TADIL A, C & J, common data link,
improved data modem, Army Tactical Data Link 1, Patriot
Digital Information Link, Tactical Information Broadcast
System, EPLRS/SADL, Joint Tactical Radios.
5. Networked Command and Control. Joint Battle
Management Command and Control, definition, core
warfighting capabilities, operational concept, mission threads,
integrated architecture, Australia Boeing NC3S.
6. NCW Enabling Technologies. Key issues, sensors,
precision weapons & information processing technologies,
ultra-wideband optical communications, software and
programmable radios, RF beam forming, IP networking,
upgraded embedded computers & displays, FPGA, Ethernet
switch boards, distributed processing, reconfigurable
networking, distributed resource management,
transformational satellite communications, GIG bandwidth
expansion.
7. Network Centric Frameworks Zachman framework.
Dept of Defense Architecture Framework, The Open Group
Architecture Framework, IEEE 1471 Standard & conceptual
frameworks.
8. Network Centric Architectures client server
architecture. Two & three tier client server, thin client, thick
client, distributed objects architecture, Common Objects
Request Broker Architecture (COBRA), peer to peer
architecture, service oriented architecture, Network Centric
Enterprise Services and Network Centric Service Oriented
Enterprise.
9. NCW Modeling and Simulation. Complexity theory,
nonlinear interaction, decentralized control, self organization,
nonequilibrium order, adaptation, collective dynamics, entropy
based modeling, OSI Model, Amdahl?s Law, and agent based
modeling & simulation.
10. NCW Test and Evaluation. Reason metrics, physical
metrics, measures of performance, measures of effectiveness,
net ready KPP, key interface profiles (KIPs), information
assurance, net centric checklist.
11. NCW Implementation. Key elements, horizontal
fusion, sense and respond logistics, cultural change and
education, Standing Joint Force Headquarters, collaborative
information environment, distributive common ground/surface
system, dynamic Joint ISR concept, Joint Interagency
Coordination Group, Army Warrior Information Network, Navy
FORCEnet, Air Force: parallel warfare, effect based
operations, command and control constellation, network
centric collaborative targeting. Allied implementations:
Australia, Canada, New Zealand & UK.
12. Case Studies. Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom,
Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below Blue Force
Tracking, Air Combat with and without Link 16, Close Air
Support, US/UK Coalition Operations during Operation Iraqi
Freedom.
What You Will Learn
• Concepts, NCW Principles, Network Centric
Operations.
• How NCW can Compress the Kill Chain.
• Sensors & Precision Weapons as Network Elements.
• Data Links used for NCW Communications.
• Networked Command & Control, Australia Boeing
NC3S.
• Network Centric Enabling Technologies.
• NCW Frameworks & Architectures.
• NCW Modeling & Simulation and Test & Evaluation.
• NCW Implementation Including Army WIN & Navy
FORCEnet.
• Case Studies from Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom,
Air Combat, Army Force Tracking and US/UK Coalition
Operations.
NEW!

RADAR 201
Advances in Modern Radar
April 17, 2012
Laurel, Maryland
$650 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $5000 each
Off The Course Tuition."
RADAR 101
Fundamentals of Radar
April 16, 2012
Laurel, Maryland
$650 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Summary
This concise one-day course is intended for those with
only modest or no radar experience. It provides an
overview with understanding of the physics behind radar,
tools used in describing radar, the technology of radar at
the subsystem level and concludes with a brief survey of
recent accomplish-ments in various applications.
ATTEND EITHER OR BOTH RADAR COURSES! Summary
This one-day course is a supplement to the basic
course Radar 101, and probes deliberately deeper into
selected topics, notably in signal processing to achieve
(generally) finer and finer resolution (in several
dimensions, imaging included) and in antennas wherein
the versatility of the phased array has made such an
impact. Finally, advances in radar's own data processing
- auto-detection, more refined association processes,
and improved auto-tracking - and system wide fusion
processes are briefly discussed.
Radar 101/201
Course Outline
1. Introduction. The general nature of radar:
composition, block diagrams, photos, types and functions
of radar, typical characteristics.
2. The Physics of Radar. Electromagnetic waves and
their vector representation. The spectrum bands used in
radar. Radar waveforms. Scattering. Target and clutter
behavior representations. Propagation: refractivity,
attenuation, and the effects of the Earth surface.
3. The Radar Range Equation. Development from
basic principles. The concepts of peak and average
power, signal and noise bandwidth and the matched filter
concept, antenna aperture and gain, system noise
temperature, and signal detectability.
4. Thermal Noise and Detection in Thermal Noise.
Formation of thermal noise in a receiver. System noise
temperature (Ts) and noise figure (NF). The role of a low-
noise amplifier (LNA). Signal and noise statistics. False
alarm probability. Detection thresholds. Detection
probability. Coherent and non-coherent multi-pulse
integration.
5. The sub-systems of Radar. Transmitter (pulse
oscillator vs. MOPA, tube vs. solid state, bottled vs.
distributed architecture), antenna (pattern, gain,
sidelobes, bandwidth), receiver (homodyne vs. super
heterodyne), signal processor (functions, front and back-
end), and system controller/tracker. Types, issues,
architectures, tradeoff considerations.
5. Current Accomplishments and Concluding
Discussion.
Course Outline
1. Introduction. Radar’s development, the
metamorphosis of the last few decades: analog and digital
technology evolution, theory and algorithms, increased
digitization: multi-functionality, adaptivity to the environment,
higher detection sensitivity, higher resolution, increased
performance in clutter.
2. Modern Signal Processing. Clutter and the Doppler
principle. MTI and Pulse Doppler filtering. Adaptive
cancellation and STAP. Pulse editing. Pulse Compression
processing. Adaptive thresholding and detection. Ambiguity
resolution. Measurement and reporting.
3. Electronic Steering Arrays (ESA): Principles of
Operation. Advantages and cost elements. Behavior with
scan angle. Phase shifters, true time delays (TTL) and array
bandwidth. Other issues.
4. Solid State Active Array (SSAA) Antennas (AESA).
Architecture. Technology. Motivation. Advantages. Increased
array digitization and compatibility with adaptive pattern
applications. Need for in-place auto-calibration and
compensation.
5. Modern Advances in Waveforms. Pulse compression
principles. Performance measures. Some legacy codes.
State-of-the-art optimal codes. Spectral compliance. Temporal
controls. Orthogonal codes. Multiple-input Multiple-output
(MIMO) radar.
6. Data Processing Functions. The conventional
functions of report to track correlation, track initiation, update,
and maintenance. The new added responsibilities of
managing a multi-function array: prioritization, timing,
resource management. The Multiple Hypothesis tracker.
7. Concluding Discussion. Today’s concern of
mission and theatre uncertainties. Increasing
requirements at constrained size, weight, and cost. Needs
for growth potential. System of systems with data fusion
and multiple communication links.
Dr. Menachem Levitas received his BS, maxima cum laude,
from the University of Portland and his Ph.D. from the
University of Virginia in 1975, both in physics. He has forty one
years experience in science and engineering, thirty three of
which in radar systems analysis, design, development, and
testing for the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and FAA. His
experience encompasses many ground based, shipboard, and
airborne radar systems. He has been technical lead on many
radar efforts including Government source selection teams. He
is the author of multiple radar based innovations and is a
recipient of the Aegis Excellence Award for his contribution
toward the AN/SPY-1 high range resolution (HRR)
development. For many years, prior to his retirement in 2011,
he had been the chief scientist of Technology Service
Corporation / Washington. He continues to provide radar
technical support under consulting agreements.
Instructor

Radar Systems Design & Engineering
Radar Performance Calculations
What You Will Learn
• What are radar subsystems.
• How to calculate radar performance.
• Key functions, issues, and requirements.
• How different requirements make radars different.
• Operating in different modes & environments.
• Issues unique to multifunction, phased array, radars.
• How airborne radars differ from surface radars.
• Today's requirements, technologies & designs.
Instructors
Dr. Menachem Levitas is the Chief Scientist of
Technology Service Corporation (TSC) /
Washington. He has thirty-eight years of
experience, thirty of which include radar
systems analysis and design for the Navy,
Air Force, Marine Corps, and FAA. He
holds the degree of Ph.D. in physics from
the University of Virginia, and a B.S.
degree from the University of Portland.
Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior Technical
Staff of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory. He has over thirtyyears of experience in radar
systems analysis and design for the Navy, Air Force, and
FAA. His areas of specialization include automatic
detection and tracking systems, sensor data fusion,
simulation, and system evaluation.
Summary
This four-day course covers the fundamental principles
of radar functionality, architecture, and performance.
Diverse issues such as transmitter stability, antenna
pattern, clutter, jamming, propagation, target cross
section, dynamic range, receiver noise, receiver
architecture, waveforms, processing, and target detection,
are treated in detail within the unifying context of the radar
range equation, and examined within the contexts of
surface and airborne radar platforms. The fundamentals of
radar multi-target tracking principles are covered, and
detailed examples of surface and airborne radars are
presented. This course is designed for engineers and
engineering managers who wish to understand how
surface and airborne radar systems work, and to
familiarize themselves with pertinent design issues and
with the current technological frontiers.
Course Outline
1. Radar Range Equation. Radar ranging principles,
frequencies, architecture, measurements, displays, and
parameters. Radar range equation; radar waveforms;
antenna patterns types, and parameters.
2. Noise in Receiving Systems and Detection
Principles. Noise sources; statistical properties; noise in a
receiving chain; noise figure and noise temperature; false
alarm and detection probability; pulse integration; target
models; detection of steady and fluctuating targets.
3. Propagation of Radio Waves in the Troposphere.
Propagation of Radio Waves in the Troposphere. The pattern
propagation factor; interference (multipath) and diffraction;
refraction; standard and anomalous refractivity; littoral
propagation; propagation modeling; low altitude propagation;
atmospheric attenuation.
4. CW Radar, Doppler, and Receiver Architecture.
Basic properties; CW and high PRF relationships; the Doppler
principle; dynamic range, stability; isolation requirements;
homodynes and superheterodyne receivers; in-phase and
quadrature; signal spectrum; matched filtering; CW ranging;
and measurement accuracy.
5. Radar Clutter and Clutter Filtering Principles.
Surface and volumetric clutter; reflectivity; stochastic
properties; sea, land, rain, chaff, birds, and urban clutter;
Pulse Doppler and MTI; transmitter stability; blind speeds and
ranges,; Staggered PRFs; filter weighting; performance
measures.
6. Airborne Radar. Platform motion; iso-ranges and iso-
Dopplers; mainbeam and sidelobe clutter; the three PRF
regimes; ambiguities; real beam Doppler sharpening;
synthetic aperture ground mapping modes; GMTI.
7. High Range Resolution Principles: Pulse
Compression. The Time-bandwidth product; the pulse
compression process; discrete and continuous pulse
compression codes; performance measures; mismatched
filtering.
8. High Range Resolution Principles: Synthetic
Wideband. Motivation; alternative techniques; cross-band
calibration.
9. Electronically Scanned Radar Systems. Beam
formation; beam steering techniques; grating lobes; phase
shifters; multiple beams; array bandwidth; true time delays;
ultralow sidelobes and array errors; beam scheduling.
10. Active Phased Array Radar Systems. Active vs.
passive arrays; architectural and technological properties; the
T/R module; dynamic range; average power; stability;
pertinent issues; cost; frequency dependence.
11. Auto-Calibration and Auto-Compensation
Techniques in Active Phased. Arrays. Motivation; calibration
approaches; description of the mutual coupling approach; an
auto-compensation approach.
12. Sidelobe Blanking. Motivation; principle; implementation
issues.
13. Adaptive Cancellation. The adaptive space
cancellation principle; broad pattern cancellers; high gain
cancellers; tap delay lines; the effects of clutter; number of
jammers, jammer geometries, and bandwidths on canceller
performance; channel matching requirements; sample matrix
inverse method.
14. Multiple Target Tracking. Definition of Basic terms.
Track Initiation, State Estimation & Filtering, Adaptive and
Multiple Model Processing, Data Correlation & Association,
Tracker Performance Evaluation.
Columbia, Maryland
$1890 (8:30am - 4:00pm)

Space-Based Radar
March 5-8, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1990 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
(Last Day 8:30am - 12:30pm)
Summary
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is the most
versatile remote sensor. It is an all-weather sensor that
can penetrate cloud cover and operate day or night
from space-based or airborne systems. This 4.5-day
course provides a survey of synthetic aperture radar
(SAR) applications and how they influence and are
constrained by instrument, platform (satellite) and
image signal processing and extraction
technologies/design. The course will introduce
advanced systems design and associated signal
processing concepts and implementation details. The
course covers the fundamental concepts and
principles for SAR, the key design parameters and
system features, space-based systems used for
collecting SAR data, signal processing techniques, and
many applications of SAR data.
Instructors
Bart Huxtable has a Ph.D. in Physics from the
California Institute of Technology, and a B.Sc.
degree in Physics and Math from the University of
Delaware. Dr. Huxtable is President of User
Systems, Inc. He has over twenty years
experience in signal processing and numerical
algorithm design and implementation
emphasizing application-specific data processing
and analysis for remote sensor systems including
radars, sonars, and lidars. He integrates his
broad experience in physics, mathematics,
numerical algorithms, and statistical detection
and estimation theory to develop processing
algorithms and performance simulations for many
of the modern remote sensing applications using
radars, sonars, and lidars.
Dr. Keith Raney has a Ph.D. in Computer,
Information and Control Engineering from the
University of Michigan, an M.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Purdue University, and a B.S.
degree from Harvard University. He works for the
Space Department of the Johns Hopkins
University Applied Physics Laboratory, with
responsibilities for earth observation systems
development, and radar system analysis. He
holds United States and international patents on
the Delay/Doppler Radar Altimeter. He was on
NASA’s Europa Orbiter Radar Sounder
instrument design team, and on the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter instrument definition
team. Dr. Raney has an extensive background in
imaging radar theory, and in interdisciplinary
applications using sensing systems.
Course Outline
1. Radar Basics. Nature of EM waves, Vector
representation of waves, Scattering and Propagation.
2. Tools and Conventions. Radar sensitivity and
accuracy performance.
3. Subsystems and Critical Radar Components.
Transmitter, Antenna, Receiver and Signal Processor,
Control and Interface Apparatus, Comparison to
Commsats.
4. Fundamentals of Aperture Synthesis.
Motivation for SAR, SAR image formation.
5. Fourier Imaging. Bragg resonance condition,
Born approximation.
6. Signal Processing. Pulse compression: range
resolution and signal bandwidth, Overview of Strip-
Map Algorithms including Range-Doppler algorithm,
Range migration algorithm, Chirp scaling algorithm,
Overview of Spotlight Algorithms including Polar format
algorithm, Motion Compensation, Autofocusing using
the Map-Drift and PGA algorithms.
7. Radar Phenomenology and Image
Interpretation. Radar and target interaction including
radar cross-section, attenuation & penetration
(atmosphere, foliage), and frequency dependence,
Imagery examples.
8. Visual Presentation of SAR Imagery. Non-
linear remapping, Apodization, Super resolution,
Speckle reduction (Multi-look).
9. Interferometry. Topographic mapping,
Differential topography (crustal deformation &
subsidence), Change detection.
10. Polarimetry. Terrain classification, Scatterer
characterization.
11. Miscellaneous SAR Applications. Mapping,
Forestry, Oceanographic, etc.
12. Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI).
Theory and Applications.
13. Image Quality Parameters. Peak-to-sidelobe
ratio, Integrated sidelobe ratio, Multiplicative noise ratio
and major contributors.
14. Radar Equation for SAR. Key radar equation
parameters, Signal-to-Noise ratio, Clutter-to-Noise
ratio, Noise equivalent backscatter, Electronic counter
measures and electronic counter counter measures.
15. Ambiguity Constraints for SAR. Range
ambiguities, Azimuth ambiguities, Minimum antenna
area, Maximum area coverage rate, ScanSAR.
16. SAR Specification. System specification
overview, Design drivers.
17. Orbit Selection. LEO, MEO, GEO, Access
area, Formation flying (e.g., cartwheel).
18. Example SAR Systems. History, Airborne,
Space-Based, Future.
What You Will Learn
• Basic concepts and principles of SAR and its
applications.
• What are the key system parameters.
• How is performance calculated.
• Design implementation and tradeoffs.
• How to design and build high performance signal
processors.
• Current state-of-the-art systems.
• SAR image interpretation.

Strapdown & Integrated Navigation Systems
Guidance, Navigation & Control Engineering
What You Will Learn
• What are the key differences between gimballing
and strapdown Intertial Navigation Systems?
• How are transfer alignment operations being
carried out on modern battlefields?
• How sensitive are today’s solid state
accelerometers and how are they currently being
designed?
• What is a covariance matrix and how can it be
used in evaluating the performance capabilities of
Integrated GPS/INS Navigation Systems?
• How do the Paveway IV smart bombs differ from
their predecessors?
• How are MEMS devices manufactured and what
practical functions do they perform?
• What is the deep space network and how does it
handle its demanding missions?
Columbia, Maryland
$1890 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Summary
In this highly structured 4-day short course –
specifically tailored to the needs of busy engineers,
scientists, managers, and aerospace professionals –
Thomas S. Logsdon will provide you with new insights
into the modern guidance, navigation, and control
techniques now being perfected at key research
centers around the globe.
The various topics are illustrated with powerful
analogies, full-color sketches, block diagrams, simple
one-page derivations highlighting their salient features,
and numerical examples that employ inputs from
today’s battlefield rockets, orbiting satellites, and deep-
space missions. These lessons are carefully laid out to
help you design and implement practical performance-
optimal missions and test procedures.
Instructor
Thomas S. Logsdon has accumulated more than
30 years experience with the Naval
Ordinance Laboratory, McDonnell
Douglas, Lockheed Martin, Boeing
Aerospace, and Rockwell International.
His research projects and consulting
assignments have included the Tartar
and Talos shipboard missiles, Project
Skylab, and various deep space interplanetary probes
and missions.
Mr. Logsdon has also worked extensively on the
Navstar GPS, including military applications,
constellation design and coverage studies. He has
taught and lectured in 31 different countries on six
continents and he has written and published 1.7 million
words, including 29 technical books. His textbooks
include Striking It Rich in Space, Understanding the
Navstar, Mobile Communication Satellites, and Orbital
Mechanics: Theory and Applications.
Course Outline
1. Inertial Navigation Systems. Fundamental
Concepts. Schuller pendulum errors. Strapdown
implementations. Ring laser gyros. The Sagnac effect.
Monolithic ring laser gyros. Fiber optic gyros. Advanced
strapdown implementations.
2. Radionavigation’s Precise Position-Fixing
Techniques. Active and passive radionavigation systems.
Pseudoranging solutions. Nanosecond timing accuracies.
The quantum-mechanical principles of cesium and
rubidium atomic clocks. Solving for the user’s position.
3. Integrated Navigation Systems. Intertial
navigation. Gimballing and strapdown navigation. Open-
loop and closed-loop implementations. Transfer alignment
techniques. Kalman filters and their state variable
selections. Test results.
4. Hardware Units for Inertial Navigation. Solid-state
accelerometers. Initializing today’s strapdown inertial
navigation systems. Coordinate rotations and direction
cosine matrices. "MEMS devices." and "The beautiful
marriage between MEMS technology and the GPS."
Spaceborne inertial navigation systems.
5. Military Applications of Integrated Navigation.
Translator implementations at military test ranges. Military
performance specifications. Military test results. Tactical
applications. The Trident Accuracy Improvement Program.
Tomahawk cruise missiles.
6. Navigation Solutions and Kalman Filtering
Techniques. Ultra precise navigation solutions. Solving
for the user’s velocity. Evaluating the geometrical dilution
of precision. Kalman filtering techniques. The covariance
matrices and their physical interpretations. Typical state
variable selections. Monte Carlo simulations.
7. Smart bombs, Guided Missiles, and Artillery
Projectiles. Beam-riders and their destructive potential.
Smart bombs and their demonstrated accuracies. Smart
and rugged artillery projectiles. The Paveway IV smart
bombs.
8. Spaceborne Applications of Integrated
Navigation Systems. On-orbit position-fixing on early
satellites. The Twin Grace satellites. Guiding tomorrow’s
booster rockets. Attitude determinations for the
International Space Station. Cesium fountain clocks in
space. Relativistic corrections for radionavigation
satellites.
9. Today’s Guidance and Control for Deep Space
Missions. Putting ICBM’s through their paces. Guiding
tomorrow’s highly demanding missions from the Earth to
Mars. JPL’s awesome new interplanetary pinball
machines. JPL’s deep space network. Autonomous robots
swarming along the space frontier. Driving along
tomorrow’s unpaved freeways in the sky.

Synthetic Aperture Radar
What You Will Learn
• Basic concepts and principles of SAR.
• What are the key system parameters.
• Design and implementation tradeoffs.
• Current system performance. Emerging
systems.
What You Will Learn
• How to process data from SAR systems for
high resolution, wide area coverage,
interferometric and/or polarimetric applications.
• How to design and build high performance
SAR processors.
• Perform SAR data calibration.
• Ground moving target indication (GMTI) in a
SAR context.
• Current state-of-the-art.
Fundamentals
May 7-8, 2012
June 4-5, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
Instructor:
Dr. Keith Raney
$1090 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Advanced
May 9-10, 2012
Instructor:
Bart Huxtable
$1090 (8:30am - 4:00pm)
Course Outline
1. SAR Imagery: Mechanisms and Effects. Backscatter. SAR,
from backscatter through the radar and processor to imagery. Side-
(and down-) looking geometry. Slant-range to ground-range
conversion. The microwave spectrum. Frequency and wavelength.
Effects of wavelength. Specular (forward and backward), discrete, and
diffuse scattering. Shadowing. Cardinal effect. Bragg scattering.
Speckle; its cause and mitigation. The Washington Monument.
2. Applications Overview. SAR milestones and pivotal
contributions. Typical SAR designs and modes, ranging from
pioneering classic, single channel, strip mapping systems to more
advanced wide-swath, polarimetric, spotlight, and interferometric
designs. A survey of important applications and how they influence the
SAR system. Examples will be drawn from SeaSat, Radarsat-1/2,
ERS-1/2, Magellan (at Venus), and TerraSAR-X, among others.
3. System Design Principles. Part I, Engineering Perspective:
System design of an orbital SAR depends on classical electromagnetic
and related physical principles, which will be concisely reviewed. The
SAR radar equation. Sampling, which leads to the dominant SAR
design constraint (the range-Doppler ambiguity trade-off) impacts
fundamental parameters including resolution, swath width, signal-to-
(additive) noise ratio, signal-to-speckle (a multiplicative noise) ratio,
and ambiguity ratios. Part II, User Perspective: Complex vs real
(power or square-root power) imagery. Noise-equivalent sigma-zero.
The SAR Greed Factor. The six Axioms that describe top-level SAR
properties from the user’s perspective. The SAR Image Quality
parameter (the fundamental resolution-multi-look metric of interest to
the user) will be described, and its influence will be reviewed on
system design and image utility..
4. SAR Polarimetry. Electromagnetic polarimetric basics. A review
of the polarimetric combinations available for SAR architecture,
including single-polarization, dual polarization, compact polarimetry,
and full (or quadrature) polarimetry. Benefits and disadvantages of
polarimetric SARs. Hybrid-polarimetric radars. Examples of typical
applications. “Free” applications and analysis tools. Future outlook.
5. SAR Interferometry. Electromagnetic polarimetric basics. A
review of the polarimetric combinations available for SAR architecture,
including single-polarization, dual polarization, compact polarimetry,
and full (or quadrature) polarimetry. Benefits and disadvantages of
polarimetric SARs. Hybrid-polarimetric radars. Examples of typical
applications. “Free” applications and analysis tools. Future outlook.
6. Current Orbital SARs. These include Europe’s ENVISAT,
Canada’s Radarsat-2, Germany’s TerraSAR-X and Tandem-X. With
requests from students in advance, any (unclassified) orbital SAR may
be presented as a case study.
7. Future Orbital SARs. Important examples include ALOS-2
(Japan), RISAT-1 (India), SAOCOM (Argentina), and the Radarsat
Constellation Mission (Canada). With advance notice from prospective
students, any known forthcoming mission could be presented as a
case study.
8. Open Questions and Discussion. Overview of the best
professional SAR conferences. Topics raised by participants will be
discussed, as interest and curiosity indicate.
Course Outline
1. SAR Review Origins. Theory, Design,
Engineering, Modes, Applications, System.
2. Processing Basics. Traditional strip map
processing steps, theoretical justification,
processing systems designs, typical processing
systems.
3. Advanced SAR Processing. Processing
complexities arising from uncompensated motion
and low frequency (e.g., foliage penetrating) SAR
processing.
4. Interferometric SAR. Description of the state-
of-the-art IFSAR processing techniques: complex
SAR image registration, interferogram and
correlogram generation, phase unwrapping, and
digital terrain elevation data (DTED) extraction.
5. Spotlight Mode SAR. Theory and
implementation of high resolution imaging.
Differences from strip map SAR imaging.
6. Polarimetric SAR. Description of the image
information provided by polarimetry and how this
can be exploited for terrain classification, soil
moisture, ATR, etc.
7. High Performance Computing Hardware.
Parallel implementations, supercomputers, compact
DSP systems, hybrid opto-electronic system.
8. SAR Data Calibration. Internal (e.g., cal-
tones) and external calibrations, Doppler centroid
aliasing, geolocation, polarimetric calibration,
ionospheric effects.
9. Example Systems and Applications. Space-
based: SIR-C, RADARSAT, ENVISAT, TerraSAR,
Cosmo-Skymed, PalSAR. Airborne: AirSAR and
other current systems. Mapping, change detection,
polarimetry, interferometry.

Instructor
Timothy D. Cole is president of a consulting firm. Mr.
Cole has developed sensor & data
exfiltration solutions employing EO/IR
sensors with augmentation using low-cost
wireless sensor nets. He has worked
several sensor system programs that
addressed ISR including military-based
cuing of sensors, intelligence gathering, first
responders, and border protection. Mr. Cole
holds multiple degrees in Electrical Engineering as well as
in Technical Management. He has been awarded the NASA
Achievement Award and was a Technical Fellow at Northrop
Grumman. He has authored over 25 papers associated with
ISR sensors, signal processing, and modeling.
Summary
This three-day course addresses System Engineering
aspects associated with Intelligence, Surveillance &
Reconnaissance (ISR) programs and. Application to
security, target acquisition and tracking, terminal guidance
for weapon systems, and seamless integration of
distributed sensor heterogeneous systems with intuitive
situational display is provided. The course is designed for
the lead engineers; systems engineers, researchers,
program managers, and government directors who desire
a framework to solve the competing objectives relating to
ISR & security missions relating to regional force
protection, asset monitoring, and/or targeting. The course
presents an overview of tactical scale ISR systems (and
missions), requirements definition and tracking, and
provides technical descriptions relating to underlying
sensor technologies, ISR platform integration (e.g., UAV-
based sensor systems), and measures of system
performance with emphasis on system integration & test
issues. Examples are given throughout the conduct of the
course to allow for knowledgeable assessment of sensor
systems, ISR platform integration, data exfiltration and
network connectivity, along with discussion of the
emerging integration of sensors with situational analyses
(including sensor web enablement), application of open
geospatial standards (OGC), and attendant enabling
capabilities (consideration of sensor modalities, adaptive
processing of data, and system “impact” considerations).
Strategic and classified ISR aspects are not presented
within this unclassified course.
Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) System Engineering
Overview of leading-edge, ISR system-of-systems
March 19-21, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$1690 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
Course Outline
1. Overview of ISR Systems. including definitions,
approaches, and review of existing unclassified systems.
2. Requirement Development, Tracking, and
Responsive Design Implementation(s).
3. Real-time Data Processing Functionality.
4. Data Communication Systems for Tactical ISR.
5. ISR Functionality. Target acquisition and tracking,
including ATR. Target classification. Targeting systems
(e.g., laser-guided ordnance).
6. Tactical ISR Asset Platforms. Air-based (includes
UAVs). Ground-based. Vehicle-based.
7. Sensor Technologies, Capabilities, Evaluation
Criteria, and Modeling Approach. Electro-optical
imagers (EO/IR). Radar (including ultrawideband, UWB).
Laser radar. Biochemical sensing. Acoustic monitoring. Ad
hoc wireless sensor nodes (WSN). Application of sensor
modalities to ISR. Tagging, tracking & Locating targets of
interest (TTL). Non-cooperative target identification
(NCID).
8. Concurrent Operation and Cross-correlation of
ISR Sensor Data Products to Form Comprehensive
Evaluation of Current Status.
9. Test & Evaluation Approach.
10. Human Systems Integration and Human Factors
Test & Evaluation.
11. Modeling & Simulation of ISR System
Performance.
12. Service Oriented Architectures and IP
Convergence. Sensor web enablement. Use of metadata.
Sensor harmonization. Re-use and cooperative integration
of ISR assets.
13. Situational Analysis and Display. Standardization.
Heuristic manipulation of ISR system operation and
dataflow/processing.
14. Case Studies: Tactical ISR System
Implementation and Evaluation.
What You Will Learn
• How to analyze and implement ISR & security concerns
and requirements with a comprehensive, state-of-the-
art ISR system response.
• Understanding limitations and major issues associated
with ISR systems.
• ISR & security requirement development and tracking
pertaining to tactical ISR systems, how to audit top-level
requirements to system element implementations.
• Sensor technologies and evaluation techniques for
sensor modalities including: imagers (EO/IR), radar,
laser radar, and other sensor modalities associated with
tactical ISR missions.
• Data communications architecture and networks; how to
manage the distributed ISR assets and exfiltrate the
vital data and data.
• ISR system design objectives and key performance
parameters.
• Situational analyses and associated common operating
display approaches; how best to interact with human
decision makers.
• Integration of multi-modal data to form comprehensive
situational awareness.
• Emerging standards associated with sensor integration
and harmonization afforded via sensor web enablement
technology.
• Examples of effective tactical ISR systems.
• Tools to support evaluation of ISR components,
systems, requirements verification (and validation), and
effective deployment and maintenance.
• Modeling & simulation approaches to ISR requirements
definition and responsive ISR system design(s); how to
evaluate aspects of an ISR system prior to deployment
and even prior to element development – how to find the
ISR “gaps”.
NEW!

Instructor
Mark N. Lewellen has nearly 25 years of experience
with a wide variety of space, satellite and aviation
related projects, including the
Predator/Shadow/Warrior/Global Hawk
UAVs, Orbcomm, Iridium, Sky Station,
and aeronautical mobile telemetry
systems. More recently he has been
working in the exciting field of UAS. He is
currently the Vice Chairman of a UAS
Sub-group under Working Party 5B
which is leading the US preparations to find new radio
spectrum for UAS operations for the next World
Radiocommunication Conference in 2011 under
Agenda Item 1.3. He is also a technical advisor to the
US State Department and a member of the National
Committee which reviews and comments on all US
submissions to international telecommunication
groups, including the International Telecommunication
Union (ITU).
What You Will Learn
• Categories of current UAS and their aeronautical
capabilities.
• Major manufactures of UAS.
• The latest developments and major components of
a UAS.
• What type of sensor data can UAS provide.
• Regulatory and spectrum issues associated with
UAS?
• National Airspace System including the different
classes of airspace.
• How will UAS gain access to the National Airspace
System (NAS).
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Overview
Engineering, Spectrum, and Regulatory Issues Associated with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Summary
This one-day course is designed for engineers,
aviation experts and project managers who wish to
enhance their understanding of UAS. The course
provides the "big picture" for those who work outside of
the discipline. Each topic addresses real systems
(Predator, Shadow, Warrior and others) and real-world
problems and issues concerning the use and
expansion of their applications.
Course Outline
1. Historic Development of UAS Post 1960’s.
2. Components and latest developments of a
UAS. Ground Control Station, Radio Links (LOS
and BLOS), UAV, Payloads.
3. UAS Manufacturers. Domestic, International.
4. Classes, Characteristics and Comparisons
of UAS.
5. Operational Scenarios for UAS. Phases of
Flight, Federal Government Use of UAS, State
and Local government use of UAS. Civil and
commercial use of UAS.
6. ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance) of UAS. Optical, Infrared,
Radar.
7. Comparative Study of the Safety of UAS.
In the Air and On the ground.
8. UAS Access to the National Airspace
System (NAS). Overview of the NAS, Classes of
Airspace, Requirements for Access to the NAS,
Issues Being Addressed, Issues Needing to be
Addressed.
9. Bandwidth and Spectrum Issues. Band-
width of single UAV, Aggregate bandwidth of UAS
population.
10. International UAS Issues. WRC Process,
Agenda Item 1.3 and Resolution 421.
11. UAS Centers of Excellence. North Dakota,
Las Cruses, NM, DoD.
12. Worked Examples of Channeling Plans
and Link/Interference Budgets. Shadow, Preda-
tor/Warrior.
13. UAS Interactive Deployment Scenarios.
March 19, 2012
Columbia, Maryland
$700 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
www.aticourses.com/unmanned_aircraft_systems.html
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