Non-Communications Electronic Warfare - ZEIT8229

Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

School: School of Engineering & Information Technology @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Course Outline: ZEIT8229 Course Outilne

Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course introduces the field of non-communications electronic warfare including Radar Electronic Support and Jamming, Infrared Countermeasures, and Missile and Laser Warning. It addresses the fundamentals of each area, and provides an understanding of the support, platform and operational issues affecting Electronic Warfare systems. Students should have, or be willing to gain, an appreciation of radar.


Learning Outcomes


1. Summarise the electronic warfare taxonomy.
2. Explain the key features of selected non-communication
electronic warfare equipment and apply this knowledge to
frame analysis of EW scenarios.
3. Calculate basic performance of selected noncommunication
electronic warfare systems.
4. Appraise the performance of platform protection
systems.

Delivery Mode


Distance and Intensive Distance Mode

Topics


  • Distance:
  • Overview, Radar Readings (if required)
  • ES Receivers
  • ES Direction Finding
  • ES Power Budgets & Novel Technologies
  • Chaff (Easter 29 Mar - 1 April 2013)
  • Range and Doppler EA
  • Angle EA
  • Anti-Radiation Missiles and Stealth
  • Infrared Missiles
  • Flares and IR Jamming
  • Missile and Laser Warning
  • Platform Integration and Support Issues
  • Intensive Distance Mode:
  • Radar and Radar Range Equation
  • Electronic Support - Concepts and Receivers
  • Electronic Support - Direction Finding
  • Electronic Support - Power Budgets
  • Chaff and Radar Electronic Attack (Power and Noise)
  • Radar EA (Range)
  • Doppler Radar
  • Doppler Radar EA
  • Radar Angle EA
  • Anti-Radiation Missiles
  • Low Observability
  • Infrared Missiles
  • Flares and IR Jamming
  • Missile and Laser Warning
  • Platforms and Integration

Assessment


Online Tests 20%
Assignment 30%
Class Test 50%

Course Texts


Prescribed texts:
Tactical Electronic Warfare; Benson, Frater, Ryan; Argos Press
2006.

Recommended texts:
EW101, Adamy; Artech House; 2001. Also other editions in this
series
Electronic Warfare in the Information Age; Schleher; Artech House;
1999.
ELINT: The Interception and Analysis of Radar Signals; Wiley;
Artech House; 2006

Software:
Nil

Resources


N/A