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Fundamentals of Airborne Electronic Combat Test and Evaluation

Program ID: DEF 5004P
Program type: Short Courses (weekday)
CEUs: 2.7

Location/
(Accommodations)		 Program Administrator Start End Status Cost
GTRI Washington Office
(Residence Inn Arlington Rosslyn)		 Mr. Rod Beard April 19, 2010 April 23, 2010 Register here $1,695.00
Section ID: 10298/220410440

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Monday, April 19, 2010 (12:00 PM-4:30 PM)
•Tuesday, April 20, 2010 (8:30 AM-4:30 PM)
•Wednesday, April 21, 2010 (8:30 AM-4:30 PM)
•Thursday, April 22, 2010 (8:30 AM-4:30 PM)
•Friday, April 23, 2010 (8:30 AM-12:30 PM)

Las Vegas Marriott Suites
(Las Vegas Marriott Suites)		 Mr. Rod Beard August 16, 2010 August 20, 2010 Register here $1,695.00
Section ID: 10303/220411113

    NOTES:
  • -- On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before the class start time.
  • -- Discount available for companies that send 3 or more people to this course. Call 404-385-3501 to register your group.
  • -- Georgia Tech employees should call 404-385-3501 to register by phone, and have their PeopleSoft number ready.

Meeting time(s):
•Monday, August 16, 2010 (12:00 PM-4:30 PM)
•Tuesday, August 17, 2010 (8:30 AM-4:30 PM)
•Wednesday, August 18, 2010 (8:30 AM-4:30 PM)
•Thursday, August 19, 2010 (8:30 AM-4:30 PM)
•Friday, August 20, 2010 (8:30 AM-12:30 PM)

Course Description

Discover how to best execute the test & evaluation of airborne electronic combat systems. Explore threats and EC defensive systems, the EC test process, test monitoring equipment and test facilities, the role of modeling and analysis, and the effects of signature technology. Examine case studies for EC test programs.

Who Should Attend

  • Engineers
  • Scientists
  • Program managers
  • Members of the testing community

How You Will Benefit

  • Know Department of Defense requirements for DT/OT
  • Understand the detailed and formal EC test process for DT
  • Learn which facilities in United States contributing to electronic combat testing
  • Develop measures of effectiveness, measures of performance, and critical operational issues for EC testing
  • Develop test objectives that meet the requirements of the MoE, MoP, and COIs
  • Explore issues specific to RF and IR testing

What You Will Cover

  • Test & Evaluation Requirements
  • Test Plan
  • The EW Test Process
  • Defining Test Objectives
  • Case Studies
    • Project Order: Test Methodology and Objectives
    • Test Plan: Test Planning and Measuring Performance
    • Data Reduction and Analysis
  • Test & Evaluation Process
  • Background
    • RF Threats
    • IR/UV Fundamentals
    • Missile Detection
    • EO/IR Threat Systems
    • CM Strategies
    • EW System Test Parameters
    • COI, MOE MOP Examples
  • Statistical Methodologies
  • Data Collection
  • Data Reduction
  • Integrated Test Team (ITT)
  • Testing Digital Systems
  • Modeling and Analysis
  • Planning and Scheduling for Flight Test
  • Digital Analysis Tools
  • IR Testing Issues
  • RF Testing for Signatures
  • Final Test Report
  • Signatures and EW Testing
  • Test Logistics
  • From Test to Fielding

Certificates

This course is an elective for the Test & Evaluation Certificate.

Course Materials

Participants will receive a notebook with all instructional slides.

Instructors

Rod Beard retired director of operations for the Georgia Air National Guard, has more than 30 years of U.S. Air Force and Air National Guard operational and flight test experience, including combat time in three separate theaters and flight time in B-52, T-43, F-4, F-105, and C-130 aircraft. His ongoing sponsored research includes stateside and international RF and IR measurements and EC testing of C-130, F-16, A-10, and other aircraft. He holds a B.S. in math from the University of Mississippi and M.S.E.E. from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Robert Beasley a principal research engineer at GTRI and a retired Air Force colonel, has more than 30 years experience in electronic combat research and development, acquisitions, operational flying, aircrew training, and test & evaluation. He has worked on EC programs at the operational and the secretary of the Air Force levels. He has been involved with EC testing and the EC test process since 1978.

Course Administrator

For more information about this course or an offering at your location, contact Rod Beard via e-mail at rod.beard@gtri.gatech.edu.

Course Locations and Times

Arlington, Va., GTRI Washington Field Office
  • Noon to 4:30 p.m. Monday
  • 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday
  • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday
On the first day, check in at least 30 minutes before class start time.


Related Programs

Directed Infrared Countermeasures: Technology, Modeling, and Testing recommended
Test & Evaluation Using Modeling & Simulation recommended
Design of Experiments recommended
Fixed- and Rotary-Wing Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control recommended
EMC/EMI for Engineers and Engineering Managers recommended
Test & Evaluation of Defense RF Electronic Systems recommended
Basic RF Electronic Warfare Concepts recommended
Principles of Radar Electronic Protection recommended
Advanced RF Electronic Warfare Principles recommended