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Table of ContentsSpace & Satellite Systems

Communications Payload Design - Satellite System ArchitectureMar 4-7, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Earth Station DesignJan 6-9, 2014 • Fayetteville, North Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Jun 9-12, 2014 • Colorado Springs, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Ground Systems Design & Operation May 20-22, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Hyperspectral & Multispectral Imaging Jun 10-12, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7IP Networking Over SatelliteJan 28-29, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Orbital & Launch Mechanics – FundamentalsApr 14-17, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9SATCOM Technology & NetworksMay 20-22, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Satellite Communications - An Essential IntroductionFeb 3-6, 2014 • Virtual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Apr 8-10, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Satellite Communications - Design & EngineeringMar 4-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Satellite Communications Systems - AdvancedJan 21-23, 2014 • Cocoa Beach, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Satellite Laser CommunicationsFeb 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Apr 28-May 1, 2014 • Cleveland, Ohio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft DesignJan 27-28, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Apr 15-16, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Spacecraft Reliability, Quality Assurance, Integrations & TestingMar 13-14, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Space Systems FundamentalsJan 20-23, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Spacecraft Power SystemsApr 8-9, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Spacecraft Thermal ControlFeb 27-28, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Systems Engineering & Project Management

Agile Boot Camp / Agile Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Agile in the Government Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Agile Project Management Certification Workshop (PMI-ACP) . . 21CSEP PreparationFeb 10-11, 2014 • Orlando, Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Cost EstimatingFeb 25-26, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Effective Design ReviewsApr 8-9, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Systems Engineering - RequirementsJan 28-30, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Defense, Missiles, & Radar

AESA Airborne Radar Theory & Operations NEW!May 12-15, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Combat Systems EngineeringFeb 25-27, 2014 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Mar 18-20, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) PrinciplesApr 1-2, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Electronic Warfare - AdvancedApr 7-10, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Electronic Warfare - OverviewFeb 4-5, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30GPS TechnologyJan 13-16, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Mar 10-13, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Missile System DesignFeb 10-13, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Modern Missile AnalysisJan 20-23, 2014 • Huntsville, Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Feb 3-6, 2014 • Albuquerque, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Feb 18-21, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Multi-Target Tracking & Multi-Sensor Data Fusion (MSDF)Jan 28-30, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Passive Emitter Geo-LocationFeb 11-13, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Principles of Modern RadarMay 12-15, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Propagation Effects for Radar & Communication SystemsApr 8-10, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Radar 101 / 201 Apr 15-16, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Radar Systems Design & EngineeringFeb 24-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Jun 23-26, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Rockets & Missiles - FundamentalsMar 4-6, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Rocket Propulsion 101Mar 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Software Defined Radio EngineeringJan 21-23, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Apr 22-24, 2014 • Cleveland, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Solid Rocket Motor Design & ApplicationsApr 15-17, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Synthetic Aperture Radar - FundamentalsFeb 10-11, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44May 5-6, 2014 • Denver, Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Synthetic Aperture Radar - AdvancedFeb 12-13, 2014 • Chantilly, Virginia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44May 7-8, 2014 • Denver, Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance & ReconnaissanceMar 18-20, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Unmanned Air Vehicle DesignFeb 18-20, 2014 • Hampton, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Apr 22-24, 2014 • Dayton, Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46Unmanned Aircraft System FundamentalsFeb 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Cyber Security, Engineering & Communications

Cyber Warfare - Global TrendsFeb 11-13, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Apr 7-10, 2014 • Virtual Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Digital Video Systems, Broadcast & OperationsMar 17-20, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Design for Electromagnetic Compatibility / Signal IntegrityFeb 11-13, 2014 • San Diego, California. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50Feb 18-20, 2014 • Orlando, Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50EMI / EMC in Military SystemsMay 20-22, 2014 • Northern, Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms: FundamentalsMar 11-12, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52Fiber Optic CommunicationsApr 15-17, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Kalman, H-Infinity, & Nonlinear EstimationMay 20-22, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54RF Engineering - FundamentalsMar 18-19, 2014 • Laurel, Maryland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Telecommunications System Reliability EngineeringFeb 24-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Wireless Communications & Spread Spectrum DesignMar 24-26, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Acoustics & Sonar Engineering

Acoustics Fundamentals, Measurements & ApplicationsFeb 25-27, 2014 • San Diego, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Mar 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Design, Operation, & Data Analysis of Side Scan Sonar SystemsFeb 25-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Random Vibration & Shock Testing - FundamentalsFeb 18-20, 2014 • Santa Barbara, California . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Apr 8-10, 2014 • Detroit, Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60May 20-22, 2014 • Santa Clarita, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Sonar Transducer Design - Fundamentals Mar 18-20, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Military Standard 810GJan 13-16, 2014 • Cape Canaveral, Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62Feb 4-7, 2014 • Santa Clarita, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Topics for On-site Courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Popular “On-site” Topics & Ways to Register . . . . . 64


Communications Payload Design and Satellite System Architecture

InstructorBruce R. Elbert (MSEE, MBA) is president of an

independent satellite communicationsconsulting firm. He is a recognized satellitecommunications expert with 40 years ofexperience in satellite communicationspayload and systems engineeringbeginning at COMSAT Laboratories andincluding 25 years with Hughes Electronics(now Boeing Satellite). He has contributedto the design and construction of major

communications satellites, including Intelsat V, Inmarsat 4,Galaxy, Thuraya, DIRECTV, Morelos (Mexico) and PalapaA (Indonesia). Mr. Elbert led R&D in Ka band systems andis a prominent expert in the application of millimeter wavetechnology to commercial use. He has written eight books,including: The Satellite Communication ApplicationsHandbook – Second Edition (Artech House, 2004), TheSatellite Communication Ground Segment and EarthStation Handbook (Artech House, 2004), and Introductionto Satellite Communication - Third Edition (Artech House,2008), is included.

March 4-7, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$2045 (8:30am - 4:00pm)"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 each

Off The Course Tuition."

SummaryThis four-day course provides communications and

satellite systems engineers and system architects with acomprehensive and accurate approach for thespecification and detailed design of the communicationspayload and its integration into a satellite system. Bothstandard bent pipe repeaters and digital processors (onboard and ground-based) are studied in depth, andoptimized from the standpoint of maximizing throughputand coverage (single footprint and multi-beam).Applications in Fixed Satellite Service (C, X, Ku and Kabands) and Mobile Satellite Service (L and S bands) areaddressed as are the requirements of the associatedground segment for satellite control and the provision ofservices to end users. Discussion will address inter-satellite links using millimeter wave RF and opticaltechnologies. The text, Satellite Communication – ThirdEdition (Artech House, 2008) is included.

What You Will Learn• How to transform system and service requirements into

payload specifications and design elements.

• What are the specific characteristics of payloadcomponents, such as antennas, LNAs, microwave filters,channel and power amplifiers, and power combiners.

• What space and ground architecture to employ whenevaluating on-board processing and multiple beamantennas, and how these may be configured for optimumend-to-end performance.

• How to understand the overall system architecture and thecapabilities of ground segment elements - hubs and remoteterminals - to integrate with the payload, constellation andend-to-end system.

• From this course you will obtain the knowledge, skill andability to configure a communications payload based on itsservice requirements and technical features. You willunderstand the engineering processes and devicecharacteristics that determine how the payload is puttogether and operates in a state - of - the - arttelecommunications system to meet user needs.

Course Outline1. Communications Payloads and Service

Requirements. Bandwidth, coverage, services andapplications; RF link characteristics and appropriate use of linkbudgets; bent pipe payloads using passive and activecomponents; specific demands for broadband data, IP oversatellite, mobile communications and service availability;principles for using digital processing in system architecture,and on-board processor examples at L band (non-GEO andGEO) and Ka band.

2. Systems Engineering to Meet ServiceRequirements. Transmission engineering of the satellite linkand payload (modulation and FEC, standards such as DVB-S2and Adaptive Coding and Modulation, ATM and IP routing inspace); optimizing link and payload design throughconsideration of traffic distribution and dynamics, link margin,RF interference and frequency coordination requirements.

3. Bent-pipe Repeater Design. Example of a detailedblock and level diagram, design for low noise amplification,down-conversion design, IMUX and band-pass filtering, groupdelay and gain slope, AGC and linearizaton, poweramplification (SSPA and TWTA, linearization and parallelcombining), OMUX and design for high power/multipactor,redundancy switching and reliability assessment.

4. Spacecraft Antenna Design and Performance. Fixedreflector systems (offset parabola, Gregorian, Cassegrain)feeds and feed systems, movable and reconfigurableantennas; shaped reflectors; linear and circular polarization.

5. Communications Payload Performance Budgeting.Gain to Noise Temperature Ratio (G/T), Saturation FluxDensity (SFD), and Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP);repeater gain/loss budgeting; frequency stability and phasenoise; third-order intercept (3ICP), gain flatness, group delay;non-linear phase shift (AM/PM); out of band rejection andamplitude non-linearity (C3IM and NPR).

6. On-board Digital Processor Technology. A/D and D/Aconversion, digital signal processing for typical channels andformats (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA); demodulation andremodulation, multiplexing and packet switching; static anddynamic beam forming; design requirements and serviceimpacts.

7. Multi-beam Antennas. Fixed multi-beam antennasusing multiple feeds, feed layout and isloation; phased arrayapproaches using reflectors and direct radiating arrays; on-board versus ground-based beamforming.

8. RF Interference and Spectrum ManagementConsiderations. Unraveling the FCC and ITU internationalregulatory and coordination process; choosing frequencybands that address service needs; development of regulatoryand frequency coordination strategy based on successful casestudies.

9. Ground Segment Selection and Optimization.Overall architecture of the ground segment: satellite TT&C andcommunications services; earth station and user terminalcapabilities and specifications (fixed and mobile); modems andbaseband systems; selection of appropriate antenna based onlink requirements and end-user/platform considerations.

10. Earth station and User Terminal Tradeoffs: RFtradeoffs (RF power, EIRP, G/T); network design for provisionof service (star, mesh and hybrid networks); portability andmobility.

11. Performance and Capacity Assessment.Determining capacity requirements in terms of bandwidth,power and network operation; selection of the air interface(multiple access, modulation and coding); interfaces withsatellite and ground segment; relationship to availablestandards in current use and under development .

12. Advanced Concepts for Inter-satellite Links andSystem Verification. Requirements for inter-satellite links incommunications and tracking applications. RF technology atKa and Q bands; optical laser innovations that are applied tosatellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground links. Innovations inverification of payload and ground segment performance andoperation; where and how to review sources of availabletechnology and software to evaluate subsystem and systemperformance; guidelines for overseeing development andevaluating alternate technologies and their sources.

www.aticourses.com/Communications_Payload_Design_etc.html

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Earth Station Design, Implementation, Operation and Maintenancefor Satellite Communications

Course Outline1. Ground Segment and Earth Station Technical

Aspects.Evolution of satellite communication earth stations—

teleports and hubs • Earth station design philosophy forperformance and operational effectiveness • Engineeringprinciples • Propagation considerations • The isotropicsource, line of sight, antenna principles • Atmosphericeffects: troposphere (clear air and rain) and ionosphere(Faraday and scintillation) • Rain effects and rainfallregions • Use of the DAH and Crane rain models •Modulation systems (QPSK, OQPSK, MSK, GMSK,8PSK, 16 QAM, and 32 APSK) • Forward error correctiontechniques (Viterbi, Reed-Solomon, Turbo, and LDPCcodes) • Transmission equation and its relationship to thelink budget • Radio frequency clearance and interferenceconsideration • RFI prediction techniques • Antennasidelobes (ITU-R Rec 732) • Interference criteria andcoordination • Site selection • RFI problem identificationand resolution.

2. Major Earth Station Engineering.RF terminal design and optimization. Antennas for

major earth stations (fixed and tracking, LP and CP) •Upconverter and HPA chain (SSPA, TWTA, and KPA) •LNA/LNB and downconverter chain. Optimization of RFterminal configuration and performance (redundancy,power combining, and safety) • Baseband equipmentconfiguration and integration • Designing and verifying theterrestrial interface • Station monitor and control • Facilitydesign and implementation • Prime power and UPSsystems. Developing environmental requirements (HVAC)• Building design and construction • Grounding andlightening control.

3. Hub Requirements and Supply.Earth station uplink and downlink gain budgets • EIRP

budget • Uplink gain budget and equipment requirements• G/T budget • Downlink gain budget • Ground segmentsupply process • Equipment and system specifications •Format of a Request for Information • Format of a Requestfor Proposal • Proposal evaluations • Technicalcomparison criteria • Operational requirements • Cost-benefit and total cost of ownership.

4. Link Budget Analysis Related to the EarthStation.

Standard ground rules for satellite link budgets •Frequency band selection: L, S, C, X, Ku, and Ka •Satellite footprints (EIRP, G/T, and SFD) and transponderplans • Transponder loading and optimum multi-carrierbackoff • How to assess transponder capacity • Maximizethroughput • Minimize receive dish size • Minimizetransmit power • Examples: DVB-S2 broadcast, digitalVSAT network with multi-carrier operation.

5. Earth Terminal Maintenance Requirements andProcedures.

Outdoor systems • Antennas, mounts and waveguide •Field of view • Shelter, power and safety • Indoor RF andIF systems • Vendor requirements by subsystem • Failuremodes and routine testing.

6. VSAT Basseband Hub MaintenanceRequirements and Procedures.

IF and modem equipment • Performance evaluation •Test procedures • TDMA control equipment and software •Hardware and computers • Network management system• System software

7. Hub Procurement and Operation Case Study.General requirements and life-cycle • Block diagram •

Functional division into elements for design andprocurement • System level specifications • Vendoroptions • Supply specifications and other requirements •RFP definition • Proposal evaluation • O&M planning

SummaryThis intensive four-day course is intended for satellite

communications engineers, earth station designprofessionals, and operations and maintenance managersand technical staff. The course provides a provenapproach to the design of modern earth stations, from thesystem level down to the critical elements that determinethe performance and reliability of the facility. We addressthe essential technical properties in the baseband and RF,and delve deeply into the block diagram, budgets andspecification of earth stations and hubs. Also addressedare practical approaches for the procurement andimplementation of the facility, as well as proper practicesfor O&M and testing throughout the useful life. The overallmethodology assures that the earth station meets itsrequirements in a cost effective and manageable manner.Each student will receive a copy of Bruce R. Elbert’s textThe Satellite Communication Ground Segment and EarthStation Engineering Handbook, Artech House, 2001.

InstructorBruce R. Elbert, (MSEE, MBA) is president of an

independent satellite communicationsconsulting firm. He is a recognizedsatellite communications expert andhas been involved in the satellite andtelecommunications industries for over40 years. He founded ATSI to assistmajor private and public sector

organizations that develop and operate digital videoand broadband networks using satellite technologiesand services. During 25 years with HughesElectronics, he directed the design of several majorsatellite projects, including Palapa A, Indonesia’soriginal satellite system; the Galaxy follow-on system(the largest and most successful satellite TV system inthe world); and the development of the first GEOmobile satellite system capable of serving handhelduser terminals. Mr. Elbert was also ground segmentmanager for the Hughes system, which included eightteleports and 3 VSAT hubs. He served in the US ArmySignal Corps as a radio communications officer andinstructor. By considering the technical, business, andoperational aspects of satellite systems, Mr. Elbert hascontributed to the operational and economic successof leading organizations in the field. He has writtenseven books on telecommunications and IT, includingIntroduction to Satellite Communication, Third Edition(Artech House, 2008). The Satellite CommunicationApplications Handbook, Second Edition (ArtechHouse, 2004); The Satellite Communication GroundSegment and Earth Station Handbook (Artech House,2001), the course text.

January 6-9, 2014Fayetteville, North Carolina

June 9-12, 2014Colorado Springs, Colorado

$2045 (8:30am - 4:00pm)

"Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 eachOff The Course Tuition."

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Ground Systems Design and Operation

SummaryThis three-day course provides a practical

introduction to all aspects of ground system design andoperation. Starting with basic communicationsprinciples, an understanding is developed of groundsystem architectures and system design issues. Thefunction of major ground system elements is explained,leading to a discussion of day-to-day operations. Thecourse concludes with a discussion of current trends inGround System design and operations.

This course is intended for engineers, technicalmanagers, and scientists who are interested inacquiring a working understanding of ground systemsas an introduction to the field or to help broaden theiroverall understanding of space mission systems andmission operations. It is also ideal for technicalprofessionals who need to use, manage, operate, orpurchase a ground system.

InstructorSteve Gemeny is Director of Engineering for

Syntonics. Formerly Senior Member ofthe Professional Staff at The JohnsHopkins University Applied PhysicsLaboratory where he served as GroundStation Lead for the TIMED mission toexplore Earth’s atmosphere and LeadGround System Engineer on the NewHorizons mission to explore Pluto by

2020. Prior to joining the Applied Physics Laboratory,Mr. Gemeny held numerous engineering and technicalsales positions with Orbital Sciences Corporation,Mobile TeleSystems Inc. and COMSAT Corporationbeginning in 1980. Mr. Gemeny is an experiencedprofessional in the field of Ground Station and GroundSystem design in both the commercial world and onNASA Science missions with a wealth of practicalknowledge spanning more than three decades. Mr.Gemeny delivers his experiences and knowledge to hisstudents with an informative and entertainingpresentation style.

What You Will Learn• The fundamentals of ground system design,

architecture and technology.

• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the spacecraft-to-ground communications link.

• Cost and performance tradeoffs in the design andimplementation of a ground system.

• The capabilities and limitations of the variousmodulation types (FM, PSK, QPSK).

• The fundamentals of ranging and orbit determinationfor orbit maintenance.

• Basic day-to-day operations practices andprocedures for typical ground systems.

• Current trends and recent experiences in cost andschedule constrained operations.

May 20-22, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline

1. The Link Budget. An introduction tobasic communications system principles andtheory; system losses, propagation effects,Ground Station performance, and frequencyselection.

2. Ground System Architecture andSystem Design. An overview of groundsystem topology providing an introduction toground system elements and technologies.

3. Ground System Elements. An elementby element review of the major ground stationsubsystems, explaining roles, parameters,limitations, tradeoffs, and current technology.

4. Figure of Merit (G/T). An introduction tothe key parameter used to characterizesatellite ground station performance, bringingall ground station elements together to form acomplete system.

5. Modulation Basics. An introduction tomodulation types, signal sets, analog anddigital modulation schemes, and modulator -demodulator performance characteristics.

6. Ranging and Tracking. A discussion ofranging and tracking for orbit determination.

7. Ground System Networks andStandards. A survey of several ground systemnetworks and standards with a discussion ofapplicability, advantages, disadvantages, andalternatives.

8. Ground System Operations. Adiscussion of day-to-day operations in a typicalground system including planning and staffing,spacecraft commanding, health and statusmonitoring, data recovery, orbit determination,and orbit maintenance.

9. Trends in Ground System Design. Adiscussion of the impact of the current cost andschedule constrained approach on GroundSystem design and operation, including COTShardware and software systems, autonomy,and unattended “lights out” operations.


SummaryThis three-day class is designed for engineers,

scientists and other remote sensing professionalswho wish to become familiar with multispectraland hyperspectral remote sensing technology.Students in this course will learn the basicphysics of spectroscopy, the types of spectralsensors currently used by government andindustry, and the types of data processing usedfor various applications. Lectures will beenhanced by computer demonstrations. Aftertaking this course, students should be able tocommunicate and work productively with otherprofessionals in this field. Each student willreceive a complete set of notes and the textbook,Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2nd edition,by John R. Jensen.

Instructor

Dr. William Roper, P.E. holds PhDEnvironmental Engineering, Mich. StateUniversity and BS and MS in Engineering,University of Wisconsin. He has served as aSenior Executive (SES), US Army, President andFounding Director Rivers of the WorldFoundation,. His research interests includeremote sensing and geospatial applications,sustainable development, environmentalassessment, water resource stewardship, andinfrastructure energy efficiency. Dr. Roper is theauthor of four books, over 150 technical papersand speaker at numerous national andinternational forums.

What You Will Learn• The properties of remote sensing systems.

• How to match sensors to project applications.

• The limitations of passive optical remotesensing systems and the alternative systemsthat address these limitations.

• The types of processing used for classificationof image data.

• Evaluation methods for spatial, spectral,temporal and radiometric resolution analysis.

Taught by an internationallyrecognized leader & expert in spectral remote sensing!

Hyperspectral & Multispectral Imaging

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Multispectral andHyperspectral Remote Sensing.

2. Sensor Types and Characterization.Design tradeoffs. Data formats and systems.

3. Optical Properties For RemoteSensing. Solar radiation. Atmospherictransmittance, absorption and scattering.

4. Sensor Modeling and Evaluation.Spatial, spectral, and radiometric resolution.

5. Multivariate Data Analysis. Scatterplots.Impact of sensor performance on datacharacteristics.

6. Assessment of unique signaturecharacteristics. Differentiation of water,vegetation, soils and urban infrastructure.

7. Hyperspectral Data Analysis. Frequencyband selection and band combination assessment.

8. Matching sensor characteristics tostudy objectives. Sensor matching to specificapplication examples.

9. Classification of Remote Sensing Data.Supervised and unsupervised classification;Parametric and non-parametric classifiers.

10. Application Case Studies. Applicationexamples used to illustrate principles and showin-the-field experience.

June 10-12, 2014Chantilly, Virginia

$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


www.aticourses.com/hyperspectral_imaging.htm

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IP Networking Over SatellitePerformance and Efficiency

SummaryThis two-day in-person or (three-day Live Virtual) course is

designed for satellite engineers and managers in military, governmentand industry who need to increase their understanding of howInternet Protocols (IP) can be used to efficiently transmit mission-critical converged traffic over satellites. IP has become the worldwidestandard for converged data, video, voice communications in militaryand commercial applications. Satellites extend the reach of theInternet and mission-critical Intranets. Satellites deliver multicastcontent anywhere in the world. New generation, high throughputsatellites provide efficient transport for IP. With these benefits comechallenges. Satellite delay and bit errors can impact performance.Satellite links must be integrated with terrestrial networks. IPprotocols create overheads. Encryption creates overheads. Spacesegment is expensive. There are routing and security issues. Thiscourse explains techniques that can mitigate these challenges,including traffic engineering, quality of service, WAN optimizationdevices, voice multiplexers, data compression, TDMA DAMA tocapture statistical multiplexing gains, improved satellite modulationand coding. Quantitative techniques for understanding throughputand response time are presented. System diagrams describe thesatellite/terrestrial interface. Detailed case histories illustrate methodsfor optimizing the design of converged real-world networks to produceresponsive networks while minimizing the use and cost of satelliteresources. The course notes provide an up-to-date reference. Anextensive bibliography is supplied.

Course Outline1. Overview of Data Networking and Internet Protocols.

Packet switching vs. circuit switching. Seven Layer Model (ISO). TheInternet Protocol (IP). Addressing, Routing, Multicasting. Impact of biterrors and propagation delay on TCP-based applications. UserDatagram Protocol (UDP). Introduction to higher level services. NATand tunneling. Use of encryptors such as HAIPE and IPSec. Impactof IP Version 6. Impact of IP overheads.

2. Quality of Service Issues in the Internet. QoS factors forstreams and files. Performance of voice over IP (VOIP). Video issues.Response time for web object retrievals using HTTP. Methods forimproving QoS: ATM, MPLS, DiffServ, RSVP. Priority processing andpacket discard in routers. Caching and performance enhancement.Use of WAN optimizers, header compression, caching to reduceimpact of data redundancies, and IP overheads. Performanceenhancing proxies reduce impact of satellite delay. NetworkManagement and Security issues including impact of encryption in IPnetworks.

3. Satellite Data Networking Architectures. Geosynchronoussatellites. The link budget, modulation and coding techniques.Methods for improving satellite link efficiency (bits per second/Hz)–including adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) and overlappedcarriers. Ground station architectures for data networking: Point toPoint, Point to Multipoint using satellite hubs. Shared outboundcarriers incorporating DVB. Return channels for shared outboundsystems: TDMA, CDMA, Aloha, DVB/RCS. Suppliers of DAMAsystems. Full mesh networks. Military, commercial standards forDAMA systems. The JIPM IP modem and other advanced modems.

4. System Design Issues. Mission critical Intranet issuesincluding asymmetric routing, reliable multicast, impact of usermobility: small antennas and pointing errors, low efficiency and datarates, traffic handoff, hub-assist mitigations. Comm. on the move vs.comm. on the halt. Military and commercial content delivery casehistories.

5. Predicting Performance in Mission Critical Networks.Queuing models to help predict response time based on workload,performance requirements and channel rates. Single server, priorityqueues and multiple server queues.

6. Design Case Histories. Integrating voice and datarequirements in mission-critical networks using TDMA/DAMA. Startwith offered-demand and determine how to wring out dataredundancies. Create statistical multiplexing gains by use of TDMADAMA. Optimize space segment requirements using link budgettradeoffs. Determine savings that can accrue from ACM. Investigatehub assist in mobile networks with small antennas.

7. A View of the Future. Impact of Ka-band and spot beamsatellites. Benefits and issues associated with Onboard Processing.LEO, MEO, GEOs. Descriptions of current and proposed commercialand military satellite systems including MUOS, GBS and the newgeneration of commercial high throughput satellites (e.g. ViaSat 1,Jupiter). Low-cost ground station technology.

January 28-29, 2014

Columbia, Marylandl

$1150 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


InstructorBurt H. Liebowitz is Principal Network Engineer at the

MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia,specializing in the analysis of wirelessservices. He has more than 30 yearsexperience in computer networking, the lastten of which have focused on Internet-over-satellite services in demanding military andcommercial applications. He was Presidentof NetSat Express Inc., a leading provider ofsuch services. Before that he was Chief

Technical Officer for Loral Orion, responsible for Internet-over-satellite access products. Mr. Liebowitz has authoredtwo books on distributed processing and numerous articleson computing and communications systems. He has lecturedextensively on computer networking. He holds three patentsfor a satellite-based data networking system. Mr. Liebowitzhas B.E.E. and M.S. in Mathematics degrees fromRensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and an M.S.E.E. fromPolytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.

What You Will Learn• IP protocols at the network, transport and application layers. Voice

over IP (VOIP).

• The impact of IP overheads and the off the shelf devices available toreduce this impact: WAN optimizers, header compression, voiceand video compression, performance enhancement proxies, voicemultiplexers, caching, satellite-based IP multicasting.

• How to deploy Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms and use trafficengineering to ensure maximum performance (fast response time,low packet loss, low packet delay and jitter) over communicationlinks.

• How to use satellites as essential elements in mission critical datanetworks.

• How to understand and overcome the impact of propagation delayand bit errors on throughput and response time in satellite-based IPnetworks.

• Impact of new coding and modulation techniques on bandwidthefficiency – more bits per second per hertz.

• How adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) can improve bandwidthefficiency.

• How to link satellite and terrestrial circuits to create hybrid IPnetworks.

• How to use statistical multiplexing to reduce the cost and amount ofsatellite resources that support converged voice, video, datanetworks with strict performance requirements.

• Link budget tradeoffs in the design of TDM/TDMA DAMA networks.

• Standards for IP Modems: DVB in the commercial world, JIPM inthe military world.

• How to select the appropriate system architectures for Internetaccess, enterprise and content delivery networks.

• The impact on cost and performance of new technology, such asLEOs, Ka band, on-board processing, inter-satellite links, trafficoptimization devices, high through put satellites such as Jupiter,Viasat-1.

After taking this course you will understand how to implement highlyefficient satellite-based networks that provide Internet access,multicast content delivery services, and mission-critical Intranetservices to users around the world.


InstructorFor more than 30 years, Thomas S. Logsdon, has

conducted broadranging studies onorbital mechanics at McDonnellDouglas, Boeing Aerospace, andRockwell International His key researchprojects have included Project Apollo,the Skylab capsule, the nuclear flightstage and the GPS radionavigation

system.

Mr. Logsdon has taught 300 short course andlectured in 31 different countries on six continents. Hehas written 40 technical papers and journal articles and29 technical books including Striking It Rich in Space,Orbital Mechanics: Theory and Applications,Understanding the Navstar, and MobileCommunication Satellites.

What You Will Learn• How do we launch a satellite into orbit and maneuver it into

a new location?

• How do today’s designers fashion performance-optimalconstellations of satellites swarming the sky?

• How do planetary swingby maneuvers provide suchamazing gains in performance?

• How can we design the best multi-stage rocket for aparticular mission?

• What are libration point orbits? Were they really discoveredin 1772? How do we place satellites into halo orbits circlingaround these empty points in space?

• What are JPL’s superhighways in space? How were theydiscovered? How are they revolutionizing the exploration ofspace?

Course Outline1. The Essence of Astrodynamics. Kepler’s

amazing laws. Newton’s clever generalizations.Launch azimuths and ground-trace geometry. Orbitalperturbations.

2. Satellite Orbits. Isaac Newton’s vis vivaequation. Orbital energy and angular momentum.Gravity wells. The six classical Keplerian orbitalelements.

3. Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals. The rocketequation. Building efficient liquid and solid rockets.Performance calculations. Multi-stage rocket design.

4. Modern Booster Rockets. Russian boosters onparade. The Soyuz rocket and its economies of scale.Russian and American design philosophies. America’spowerful new Falcon 9. Sleek rockets and highlyreliable cars.

5. Powered Flight Maneuvers. The Hohmanntransfer maneuver. Multi-impulse and low-thrustmaneuvers. Plane-change maneuvers. The bi-elliptictransfer. Relative motion plots. Deorbiting spentstages. Planetary swingby maneuvers.

6. Optimal Orbit Selection. Polar and sunsynchronous orbits. Geostationary satellites and theiron-orbit perturbations. ACE-orbit constellations.Libration point orbits. Halo orbits. Interplanetaryspacecraft trajectories. Mars-mission opportunities.Deep-space mission.

7. Constellation Selection Trades. Civilian andmilitary constellations. John Walker’s rosetteconfigurations. John Draim’s constellations. Repeatingground-trace orbits. Earth coverage simulations.

8. Cruising Along JPL’s Superhighways inSpace. Equipotential surfaces and 3-dimensionalmanifolds. Perfecting and executing the Genesismission. Capturing ancient stardust in space.Simulating thick bundles of chaotic trajectories.Driving along tomorrow’s unpaved freeways in the sky.

Orbital & Launch Mechanics-FundamentalsIdeas and Insights

SummaryAward-winning rocket scientist, Thomas S. Logsdon

really enjoys teaching this short course becauseeverything about orbital mechanics is counterintuitive.Fly your spacecraft into a 100-mile circular orbit. Put onthe brakes and your spacecraft speeds up! Mash downthe accelerator and it slows down! Throw a bananapeel out the window and 45 minutes later it will comeback and slap you in the face!

In this comprehensive 4-day short course, Mr.Logsdon uses 400 clever color graphics to clarify theseand a dozen other puzzling mysteries associated withorbital mechanics. He also provides you with a fewsimple one-page derivations using real-world inputs toillustrate all the key concepts being explored

Each Student willreceive a free GPSreceiver with color mapdisplays!

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SATCOM Technology & Networks

SummaryThis three-day short course provides accurate

background in the fundamentals, applications andapproach for cutting-edge satellite networks for use inmilitary and civil government environments. The focusis on commercial SATCOM solutions (GEO and LEO)and government satellite systems (WGS, MUOS andA-EHF), assuring thorough coverage of evolvingcapabilities. It is appropriate for non-technicalprofessionals, managers and engineers new to thefield as well as experienced professionals wishing toupdate and round out their understanding of currentsystems and solutions.

InstructorBruce Elbert is a recognized SATCOM technology and

network expert and has been involved in thesatellite and telecommunications industriesfor over 35 years. He consults to majorsatellite organizations and governmentagencies in the technical and operationsaspects of applying satellite technology. Priorto forming his consulting firm, he was SeniorVice President of Operations in the

international satellite division of Hughes Electronics (nowBoeing Satellite), where he introduced advanced broadbandand mobile satellite technologies. He directed the design ofseveral major satellite projects, including Palapa A,Indonesia's original satellite system; the Hughes Galaxysatellite system; and the development of the first GEO mobilesatellite system capable of serving handheld user terminals.He has written seven books on telecommunications and IT,including Introduction to Satellite Communication, ThirdEdition (Artech House, 2008), The Satellite Communication

Applications Handbook, Second Edition (Artech House,2004); and The Satellite Communication Ground Segment

and Earth Station Handbook (Artech House, 2001). Mr. Elbertholds the MSEE from the University of Maryland, CollegePark, the BEE from the City University of New York, and theMBA from Pepperdine University. He is adjunct professor inthe College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin -Madison, covering various aspects of data communications,and presents satellite communications short courses throughUCLA Extension. He served as a captain in the US ArmySignal Corps, including a tour with the 4th Infantry Division inSouth Vietnam and as an Instructor Team Chief at the SignalSchool, Ft. Gordon, GA.

What You Will Learn• How a satellite functions to provide communications

links to typical earth stations and user terminals.

• The various technologies used to meetrequirements for bandwidth, service quality andreliability.

• Basic characteristics of modulation, coding andInternet Protocol processing.

• How satellite links are used to satisfy requirementsof the military for mobility and broadband networkservices for warfighters.

• The characteristics of the latest US-ownedMILSATCOM systems, including WGS, MUOS, A-EHF, and the approach for using commercialsatellites at L, C, X, Ku and Ka bands.

• Proper application of SATCOM to IP networks.


$1740 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Principles of Modern SATCOM Systems.

Fundamentals of satellites and their use in communicationsnetworks of earth stations: Architecture of the spacesegment - GEO and non-GEO orbits, impact onperformance and coverage. Satellite construction: programrequirements and duration; major suppliers: Boeing, EADSAstrium, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, OrbitalSciences, Space Systems/Loral, Thales Alenia. Basicdesign of the communications satellite - repeater, antennas,spacecraft bus, processor; requirements for launch, lifetime,and retirement from service. Network arrangements for one-way (broadcast) and two-way (star and mesh); relationshipto requirements in government and military. Satelliteoperators and service providers: Intelsat, SES, Inmarsat,Eutelsat, Telenor, et al. The uplink and downlink: Radiowave propagation in various bands: L, C, X, Ku and Ka.Standard and adaptive coding and modulation: DVB-S2,Turbo Codes, Joint IP Modem. Link margin, adjacentchannel interference, error rate. Time Division and CodeDivision Multiple Access on satellite links, carrier in carrieroperation.

2. Ground Segments and Networks of YserTerminals. System architecture: point-to-point, TDMAVSAT, ad-hoc connectivity. Terminal design for fixed,portable and mobile application delivery, and servicemanagement/control. Broadband mobile solutions forCOTM and UAV. Use of satellite communications by themilitary - strategic and tactical: Government programs andMILSATCOM systems (general review): UFO and GBS,WGS, MUOS, A-EHF. Commercial SATCOM systems andsolutions: Mobile Satellite Service (MSS): Inmarsat 4 seriesand B-GAN terminals and applications; Iridium, FixedSatellite Service (FSS): Intelsat General and SES AmericomGovernment Services (AGS) - C band and Ku band; XTAR- X band, Army and Marines use for short term and tacticalrequirements - global, regional and theatre, Providers in themarketplace: TCS, Arrowhead, Datapath, Artel, et al.Integration of SATCOM with other networks, particularly theGlobal Information Grid (GIG).

3. Internet Protocol Operation and Application. DataNetworking - Internet Protocol and IP Services. Review ofcomputer networking, OSI model, network layers,networking protocols. TCP/IP protocol suite: TCP, UDP, IP,IPv6. TCP protocol design: windowing; packet loss andretransmissions; slow start and congestion, TCPextensions. Operation and issues of TCP/IP over satellite:bandwidth-delay product, acknowledgement andretransmissions, congestion control. TCP/IP performanceenhancement over satellite links. TCP acceleration, HTTPacceleration, CIFS acceleration, compression and cachingSurvey of available standards-based and proprietaryoptimization solutions: SCPS, XTP, satellite-specificoptimization products, application-specific optimizationproducts, solution section criteria. Quality of service (QoS)and performance acceleration IP multicast: IP multicastfundamentals, multicast deployment issues, solutions forreliable multicast. User Application Considerations. Voiceover IP, voice quality, compression algorithms Web-basedapplications: HTTP, streaming VPN: resolving conflicts withTCP and HTTP acceleration Video Teleconferencing: H.320and H.323. Network management architectures.


What You Will Learn• How do commercial satellites fit into the telecommunications

industry?• How are satellites planned, built, launched, and operated?• How do earth stations function?• What is a link budget and why is it important?• What is radio frequency interference (RFI) and how does it affect

links? • What legal and regulatory restrictions affect the industry?• What are the issues and trends driving the industry?

InstructorDr. Mark R. Chartrand is a consultant and lecturer in satellite

telecommunications and the space sciences.Since 1984 he has presented professionalseminars on satellite technology and spacesciences to individuals and businesses in theUnited States, Canada, Latin America,Europe, and Asia. Among the manycompanies and organizations to which he haspresented this course are Intelsat, Inmarsat,Asiasat, Boeing, Lockheed Martin,

PanAmSat, ViaSat, SES, Andrew Corporation, Alcatel Espace,the EU telecommunications directorate, the Canadian SpaceAgency, ING Bank, NSA, FBI, and DISA. Dr. Chartrand hasserved as a technical and/or business consultant to NASA,Arianespace, GTE Spacenet, Intelsat, Antares Satellite Corp.,Moffett-Larson-Johnson, Arianespace, Delmarva Power,Hewlett-Packard, and the International CommunicationsSatellite Society of Japan, among others. He has appeared asan invited expert witness before Congressional subcommitteesand was an invited witness before the National Commission OnSpace. He was the founding editor and the Editor-in-Chief of theannual The World Satellite Systems Guide, and later thepublication Strategic Directions in Satellite Communication. Heis author of seven books, including an introductory textbook onsatellite communications, and of hundreds of articles in thespace sciences. He has been chairman of several internationalsatellite conferences, and a speaker at many others.

Course Outline1. Satellite Services, Markets, and Regulation.

Introduction and historical background. The place of satellitesin the global telecommunications market. Major competitorsand satellites strengths and weaknesses. Satellite servicesand markets. Satellite system operators. Satellite economics.Satellite regulatory issues: role of the ITU, FCC, etc.Spectrum issues. Licensing issues and process. Satellitesystem design overview. Satellite service definitions: BSS,FSS, MSS, RDSS, RNSS. The issue of government use ofcommercial satellites. Satellite real-world issues: security,accidental and intentional interference, regulations. State ofthe industry and recent develpments. Useful sources ofinformation on satellite technology and the satellite industry.

2. Communications Fundamentals. Basic definitionsand measurements: channels, circuits, half-circuits, decibels.The spectrum and its uses: properties of waves, frequencybands, space loss, polarization, bandwidth. Analog and digitalsignals. Carrying information on waves: coding, modulation,multiplexing, networks and protocols. Satellite frequencybands. Signal quality, quantity, and noise: measures of signalquality; noise and interference; limits to capacity; advantagesof digital versus analog. The interplay of modulation,bandwidth, datarate, and error correction.

3. The Space Segment. Basic functions of a satellite. Thespace environment: gravity, radiation, meteoroids and spacedebris. Orbits: types of orbits; geostationary orbits; non-geostationary orbits. Orbital slots, frequencies, footprints, andcoverage: slots; satellite spacing; eclipses; sun interference,adjacent satellite interference. Launch vehicles; the launchcampaign; launch bases. Satellite systems and construction:structure and busses; antennas; power; thermal control;stationkeeping and orientation; telemetry and command.What transponders are and what they do. Advantages anddisadvantages of hosted payloads. Satellite operations:housekeeping and communications. High-throughput andprocessing satellites. Satellite security issues.

4. The Ground Segment. Earth stations: types, hardware,mountings, and pointing. Antenna properties: gain;directionality; sidelobes and legal limits on sidelobe gain.Space loss, electronics, EIRP, and G/T: LNA-B-C’s; signalflow through an earth station. The growing problem ofaccidental and intentional interference.

5. The Satellite Earth Link. Atmospheric effects onsignals: rain effects and rain climate models; rain fademargins. The most important calculation: link budgets, C/Nand Eb/No. Link budget examples. Improving link budgets.Sharing satellites: multiple access techniques: SDMA, FDMA,TDMA, PCMA, CDMA; demand assignment; on-boardmultiplexing. Signal security issues. Conclusion: industryissues, trends, and the future.

Satellite CommunicationsAn Essential Introduction

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SummaryThis three-day (or four-day virtual ) course has been taught

to thousands of industry professionals for almost thirty years, inpublic sessions and on-site to almost every major satellitemanufacturer and operator, to rave reviews. The course isintended primarily for non-technical people who mustunderstand the entire field of commercial satellitecommunications (including their increasing use by governmentagencies), and by those who must understand andcommunicate with engineers and other technical personnel. Thesecondary audience is technical personnel moving into theindustry who need a quick and thorough overview of what isgoing on in the industry, and who need an example of how tocommunicate with less technical individuals. The course is aprimer to the concepts, jargon, buzzwords, and acronyms of theindustry, plus an overview of commercial satellitecommunications hardware, operations, business and regulatoryenvironment. Concepts are explained at a basic level,minimizing the use of math, and providing real-world examples.Several calculations of important concepts such as link budgetsare presented for illustrative purposes, but the details need notbe understood in depth to gain an understanding of theconcepts illustrated. The first section provides non-technicalpeople with an overview of the business issues, including majoroperators, regulation and legal issues, security issues andissues and trends affecting the industry. The second sectionprovides the technical background in a way understandable tonon-technical audiences. The third and fourth sections coverthe space and terrestrial parts of the industry. The last sectiondeals with the space-to-Earth link, culminating with theimportance of the link budget and multiple-access techniques.Attendees use a workbook of all the illustrations used in thecourse, as well as a copy of the instructor's textbook, SatelliteCommunications for the Non-Specialist. Plenty of time isallotted for questions

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Course Outline1. Mission Analysis. Kepler’s laws. Circular and

elliptical satellite orbits. Altitude regimes. Period ofrevolution. Geostationary Orbit. Orbital elements. Groundtrace.

2. Earth-Satellite Geometry. Azimuth and elevation.Slant range. Coverage area.

3. Signals and Spectra. Properties of a sinusoidalwave. Synthesis and analysis of an arbitrary waveform.Fourier Principle. Harmonics. Fourier series and Fouriertransform. Frequency spectrum.

4. Methods of Modulation. Overview of modulation.Carrier. Sidebands. Analog and digital modulation. Need forRF frequencies.

5. Analog Modulation. Amplitude Modulation (AM).Frequency Modulation (FM).

6. Digital Modulation. Analog to digital conversion.BPSK, QPSK, 8PSK FSK, QAM. Coherent detection andcarrier recovery. NRZ and RZ pulse shapes. Power spectraldensity. ISI. Nyquist pulse shaping. Raised cosine filtering.

7. Bit Error Rate. Performance objectives. Eb/No.Relationship between BER and Eb/No. Constellationdiagrams. Why do BPSK and QPSK require the samepower?

8. Coding. Shannon’s theorem. Code rate. Coding gain.Methods of FEC coding. Hamming, BCH, and Reed-Solomon block codes. Convolutional codes. Viterbi andsequential decoding. Hard and soft decisions.Concatenated coding. Turbo coding. Trellis coding.

9. Bandwidth. Equivalent (noise) bandwidth. Occupiedbandwidth. Allocated bandwidth. Relationship betweenbandwidth and data rate. Dependence of bandwidth onmethods of modulation and coding. Tradeoff betweenbandwidth and power. Emerging trends for bandwidthefficient modulation.

10. The Electromagnetic Spectrum. Frequency bandsused for satellite communication. ITU regulations. FixedSatellite Service. Direct Broadcast Service. Digital AudioRadio Service. Mobile Satellite Service.

11. Earth Stations. Facility layout. RF components.Network Operations Center. Data displays.

12. Antennas. Antenna patterns. Gain. Half powerbeamwidth. Efficiency. Sidelobes.

13. System Temperature. Antenna temperature. LNA.Noise figure. Total system noise temperature.

14. Satellite Transponders. Satellite communicationspayload architecture. Frequency plan. Transponder gain.TWTA and SSPA. Amplifier characteristics. Nonlinearity.Intermodulation products. SFD. Backoff.

15. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency divisionmultiple access (FDMA). Time division multiple access(TDMA). Code division multiple access (CDMA) or spreadspectrum. Capacity estimates.

16. Polarization. Linear and circular polarization.Misalignment angle.

17. Rain Loss. Rain attenuation. Crane rain model.Effect on G/T.

18. The RF Link. Decibel (dB) notation. Equivalentisotropic radiated power (EIRP). Figure of Merit (G/T). Freespace loss. Power flux density. Carrier to noise ratio. TheRF link equation.

19. Link Budgets. Communications link calculations.Uplink, downlink, and composite performance. Linkbudgets for single carrier and multiple carrier operation.Detailed worked examples.

20. Performance Measurements. Satellite modem.Use of a spectrum analyzer to measure bandwidth, C/N,and Eb/No. Comparison of actual measurements withtheory using a mobile antenna and a geostationary satellite.

InstructorChris DeBoy- leads the RF Engineering Group in the

Space Department at the JohnsHopkins University Applied PhysicsLaboratory, and is a member of APL’sPrincipal Professional Staff. He hasover 20 years of experience in satellitecommunications, from systemsengineering (he is the lead RF

communications engineer for the New HorizonsMission to Pluto) to flight hardware design for both low-Earth orbit and deep-space missions. He holds aBSEE from Virginia Tech, a Master’s degree inElectrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins, andteaches the satellite communications course for theJohns Hopkins University

Satellite Communications Design & EngineeringA comprehensive, quantitative tutorial designed for satellite professionals




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SummaryThis three-day (or four-day virtual) course is

designed for satellite communications engineers,spacecraft engineers, and managers who want toobtain an understanding of the "big picture" of satellitecommunications. Each topic is illustrated by detailedworked numerical examples, using published data foractual satellite communications systems. The course istechnically oriented and includes mathematicalderivations of the fundamental equations. It will enablethe participants to perform their own satellite linkbudget calculations. The course will especially appealto those whose objective is to develop quantitativecomputational skills in addition to obtaining aqualitative familiarity with the basic concepts.

What You Will Learn• A comprehensive understanding of satellite

communication.

• An understanding of basic vocabulary.

• A quantitative knowledge of basic relationships.

• Ability to perform and verify link budget calculations.

• Ability to interact meaningfully with colleagues andindependently evaluate system designs.

• A background to read the literature.

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January 21-23, 2014Cocoa Beach, Florida

$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis three-day course covers all the technology

of advanced satellite communications as well as theprinciples behind current state-of-the-art satellitecommunications equipment. New and promisingtechnologies will be covered to develop anunderstanding of the major approaches. Networktopologies, VSAT, and IP networking over satellite.Material will be complemented with a continuouslyevolving example of the application of systemsengineering practice to a specific satellitecommunications system. The example will addressissues from the highest system architecture down tocomponent details, budgets, writing specifications,etc.

InstructorDr. John Roach is a leading authority in satellitecommunications with 35+ years in the SATCOMindustry. He has worked on many developmentprojects both as employee and consultant /contractor. His experience has focused on thesystems engineering of state-of-the-art systemdevelopments, military and commercial, from theworldwide architectural level to detailed terminaltradeoffs and designs. He has been an adjunctfaculty member at Florida Institute of Technologywhere he taught a range of graduate comm-unications courses. He has also taught SATCOMshort courses all over the US and in London andToronto, both publicly and in-house for bothgovernment and commercial organizations. Inaddition, he has been an expert witness in patent,trade secret, and government contracting cases. Dr.Roach has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering fromGeorgia Tech. Advanced Satellite CommunicationsSystems: Survey of Current and Emerging DigitalSystems.

Course Outline1. Introduction to SATCOM. History and overview.

Examples of current military and commercial systems.

2. Satellite orbits and transponder characteristics.

3. Traffic Connectivities: Mesh, Hub-Spoke,Point-to-Point, Broadcast.

4. Multiple Access Techniques: FDMA, TDMA,CDMA, Random Access. DAMA and Bandwidth-on-Demand.

5. Communications Link Calculations. Definitionof EIRP, G/T, Eb/No. Noise Temperature and Figure.Transponder gain and SFD. Link Budget Calculations.

6. Digital Modulation Techniques. BPSK, QPSK.Standard pulse formats and bandwidth. Nyquist signalshaping. Ideal BER performance.

7. PSK Receiver Design Techniques. Carrierrecovery, phase slips, ambiguity resolution, differentialcoding. Optimum data detection, clock recovery, bitcount integrity.

8. Overview of Error Correction Coding,Encryption, and Frame Synchronization. StandardFEC types. Coding Gain.

9. RF Components. HPA, SSPA, LNA, Up/downconverters. Intermodulation, band limiting, oscillatorphase noise. Examples of BER Degradation.

10. TDMA Networks. Time Slots. Preambles.Suitability for DAMA and BoD.

11. Characteristics of IP and TCP/UDP oversatellite. Unicast and Multicast. Need for PerformanceEnhancing Proxy (PEP) techniques.

12. VSAT Networks and their systemcharacteristics; DVB standards and MF-TDMA.

13. Earth Station Antenna types. Pointing /Tracking. Small antennas at Ku band. FCC - Intelsat -ITU antenna requirements and EIRP densitylimitations.

14. Spread Spectrum Techniques. Military useand commercial PSD spreading with DS PN systems.Acquisition and tracking. Frequency Hop systems.

15. Overview of Bandwidth Efficient Modulation(BEM) Techniques. M-ary PSK, Trellis Coded 8PSK,QAM.

16. Convolutional coding and Viterbi decoding.Concatenated coding. Turbo & LDPC coding.

17. Emerging Technology Developments andFuture Trends.

What You Will Learn• Major Characteristics of satellites.

• Characteristics of satellite networks.

• The tradeoffs between major alternatives inSATCOM system design.

• SATCOM system tradeoffs and link budgetanalysis.

• DAMA/BoD for FDMA, TDMA, and CDMAsystems.

• Critical RF parameters in terminal equipment andtheir effects on performance.

• Technical details of digital receivers.

• Tradeoffs among different FEC coding choices.

• Use of spread spectrum for Comm-on-the-Move.

• Characteristics of IP traffic over satellite.

• Overview of bandwidth efficient modulation types.

Satellite Communications Systems-AdvancedSurvey of Current and Emerging Digital Systems


Course Outline1. Introduction. Brief historical background,

RF/Optical comparison; basic Block diagrams; andapplications overview.

2. Link Analysis. Parameters influencing the link;frequency dependence of noise; link performancecomparison to RF; and beam profiles.

3. Laser Transmitter. Laser sources; semiconductorlasers; fiber amplifiers; amplitude modulation; phasemodulation; noise figure; nonlinear effects; and coherenttransmitters.

4. Modulation & Error Correction Encoding. PPM;OOK and binary codes; and forward error correction.

5. Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing.Requirements; acquisition scenarios; acquisition; point-ahead angles, pointing error budget; host platform vibrationenvironment; inertial stabilization: trackers; passive/activeisolation; gimbaled transceiver; and fast steering mirrors.

6. Opto-Mechanical Assembly. Transmit telescope;receive telescope; shared transmit/receive telescope;thermo-Optical-Mechanical stability.

7. Atmospheric Effects. Attenuation, beam wander;turbulence/scintillation; signal fades; beam spread; turbid;and mitigation techniques.

8. Detectors and Detections. Discussion of availablephoto-detectors noise figure; amplification; backgroundradiation/ filtering; and mitigation techniques. Poissonphoton counting; channel capacity; modulation schemes;detection statistics; and SNR / Bit error probability.Advantages / complexities of coherent detection; opticalmixing; SNR, heterodyne and homodyne; laser linewidth.

9. Crosslinks and Networking. LEO-GEO & GEO-GEO; orbital clusters; and future/advanced.

10. Flight Qualification. Radiation environment;environmental testing; and test procedure.

11. Eye Safety. Regulations; classifications; wavelengthdependence, and CDRH notices.

12. Cost Estimation. Methodology, models; andexamples.

13. Terrestrial Optical Comm. Communicationssystems developed for terrestrial links.

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SummaryThis three-day course will provideThis course will provide

an introduction and overview of laser communicationprinciples and technologies for unguided, free-space beampropagation. Special emphasis is placed on highlighting thedifferences, as well as similarities to RF communications andother laser systems, and design issues and options relevantto future laser communication terminals.

Who should attendEngineers, scientists, managers, or professionals who

desire greater technical depth, or RF communicationengineers who need to assess this competing technology.

What You Will Learn• This course will provide you the knowledge and ability

to perform basic satellite laser communication analysis,identify tradeoffs, interact meaningfully with colleagues,evaluate systems, and understand the literature.

• How is a laser-communication system superior toconventional technology?

• How link performance is analyzed.• What are the options for acquisition, tracking and beam

pointing?• What are the options for laser transmitters, receivers

and optical systems.• What are the atmospheric effects on the beam and how

to counter them. • What are the typical characteristics of laser-

communication system hardware? • How to calculate mass, power and cost of flight

systems.

InstructorHamid Hemmati, Ph.D. , is with the Jet propulsion laboratory

(JPL), California Institute of Technologywhere he is a Principal member of staff andthe Supervisor of the OpticalCommunications Group. Prior to joining JPLin 1986, he worked at NASA’s GoddardSpace Flight Center and at the NIST(Boulder, CO) as a researcher. Dr. Hemmati

has published over 40 journal and over 100 conferencepapers, holds seven patents, received 3 NASA Space ActBoard Awards, and 36 NASA certificates of appreciation. Heis a Fellow of SPIE and teaches optical communicationscourses at CSULA and the UCLA Extension. He is the editorand author of two books: “Deep Space OpticalCommunications” and “near-Earth Laser Communications”.Dr. Hemmati’s current research interests are in developinglaser-communications technologies and systems forplanetary and satellite communications, including: systemsengineering for electro-optical systems, solid-state laser,particularly pulsed fiber lasers, flight qualification of opticaland electro-optical systems and components; low-cost multi-meter diameter optical ground receiver telescope; active andadaptive optics; and laser beam acquisition, tracking andpointing.

NEW!

Satellite Laser Communications


Course Outline1. Introduction. Spacecraft Subsystem Design,

Orbital Mechanics, The Solar-Planetary Relationship,Space Weather.

2. The Vacuum Environment. Basic Description –Pressure vs. Altitude, Solar UV Radiation.

3. Vacuum Environment Effects. PressureDifferentials, Solar UV Degradation, MolecularContamination, Particulate Contamination.

4. The Neutral Environment. Basic AtmosphericPhysics, Elementary Kinetic Theory, HydrostaticEquilibrium, Neutral Atmospheric Models.

5. Neutral Environment Effects. Aerodynamic Drag,Sputtering, Atomic Oxygen Attack, Spacecraft Glow.

6. The Plasma Environment. Basic Plasma Physics -Single Particle Motion, Debye Shielding, PlasmaOscillations.

7. Plasma Environment Effects. SpacecraftCharging, Arc Discharging, Effects on Instrumentation.

8. The Radiation Environment. Basic RadiationPhysics, Stopping Charged Particles, Stopping EnergeticPhotons, Stopping Neutrons.

9. Radiation in Space. Trapped Radiation Belts, SolarProton Events, Galactic Cosmic Rays, HostileEnvironments.

10. Radiation Environment Effects. Total DoseEffects - Solar Cell Degradation, Electronics Degradation;Single Event Effects - Upset, Latchup, Burnout; Dose RateEffects.

11. The Micrometeoroid and Orbital DebrisEnvironment. Hypervelocity Impact Physics,Micrometeoroids, Orbital Debris.

12. Additional Topics. Effects on Humans; Modelsand Tools; Available Internet Resources.

InstructorDr. Alan C. Tribble has provided space environments effects

analysis to more than one dozen NASA,DoD, and commercial programs, includingthe International Space Station, the GlobalPositioning System (GPS) satellites, andseveral surveillance spacecraft. He holds aPh.D. in Physics from the University of Iowaand has been twice a Principal Investigatorfor the NASA Space Environments and

Effects Program. He is the author of four books, including thecourse text: The Space Environment - Implications for SpaceDesign, and over 20 additional technical publications. He is anAssociate Fellow of the AIAA, a Senior Member of the IEEE,and was previously an Associate Editor of the Journal ofSpacecraft and Rockets. Dr. Tribble recently won the 2008AIAA James A. Van Allen Space Environments Award. He hastaught a variety of classes at the University of SouthernCalifornia, California State University Long Beach, theUniversity of Iowa, and has been teaching courses on spaceenvironments and effects since 1992.

Who Should Attend:Engineers who need to know how to design systems with

adequate performance margins, program managers whooversee spacecraft survivability tasks, and scientists whoneed to understand how environmental interactions can affectinstrument performance.

Review of the Course Text:“There is, to my knowledge, no other book that provides its

intended readership with an comprehensive and authoritative,yet compact and accessible, coverage of the subject ofspacecraft environmental engineering.” – James A. Van Allen,Regent Distinguished Professor, University of Iowa.

January 27-28, 2014Columbia, Maryland


$1245 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryAdverse interactions between the space environment

and an orbiting spacecraft may lead to a degradation ofspacecraft subsystem performance and possibly evenloss of the spacecraft itself. This two-day course presentsan introduction to the space environment and its effect onspacecraft. Emphasis is placed on problem solvingtechniques and design guidelines that will provide thestudent with an understanding of how space environmenteffects may be minimized through proactive spacecraftdesign.

Each student will receive a copy of the course text, acomplete set of course notes, including copies of allviewgraphs used in the presentation, and acomprehensive bibliography.

“I got exactly what I wanted from thiscourse – an overview of the spacecraft en-vironment. The charts outlining the inter-actions and synergism were excellent. Thelist of references is extensive and will beconsulted often.”

“Broad experience over many designteams allowed for excellent examples ofapplications of this information.”

Space Environment – Implications for Spacecraft Design


Spacecraft Reliability, Quality Assurance, Integration & Testing

SummaryQuality assurance, reliability, and testing are critical

elements in low-cost space missions. The selection oflower cost parts and the most effective use ofredundancy require careful tradeoff analysis whendesigning new space missions. Designing for low costand allowing prudent risk are new ways of doingbusiness in today's cost-conscious environment. Thiscourse uses case studies and examples from recentspace missions to pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffsin design, reviews, quality assurance, and testing ofspacecraft. Lessons learned from past successes andfailures are discussed and trends for future missionsare highlighted.

What You Will Learn• Why reliable design is so important and techniques for

achieving it.

• Dealing with today's issues of parts availability,radiation hardness, software reliability, process control,and human error.

• Best practices for design reviews and configurationmanagement.

• Modern, efficient integration and test practices.

InstructorEric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience,

including 19 years as the ChiefEngineer of the Johns Hopkins AppliedPhysics Laboratory Space Department,which has designed and built 66spacecraft and more than 200instruments. His experience includessystems engineering, design integrity,

performance assurance, and test standards. He hasled many of APL's system and spacecraft conceptualdesigns and coauthored APL's quality assuranceplans. He is an Associate Fellow of the AIAA andcoauthor of Fundamentals of Space Systems.

Recent attendee comments ...

“Instructor demonstrated excellent knowledge of topics.”

“Material was presented clearly and thoroughly. An incredible depth of expertise forour questions.”

Course Outline1. Spacecraft Systems Reliability and

Assessment. Quality, reliability, and confidence levels.Reliability block diagrams and proper use of reliabilitypredictions. Redundancy pro's and con's.Environmental stresses and derating.

2. Quality Assurance and Component Selection.Screening and qualification testing. Acceleratedtesting. Using plastic parts (PEMs) reliably.

3. Radiation and Survivability. The spaceradiation environment. Total dose. Stopping power.MOS response. Annealing and super-recovery.Displacement damage.

4. Single Event Effects. Transient upset, latch-up,and burn-out. Critical charge. Testing for single eventeffects. Upset rates. Shielding and other mitigationtechniques.

5. ISO 9000. Process control through ISO 9001 andAS9100.

6. Software Quality Assurance and Testing. Themagnitude of the software QA problem. Characteristicsof good software process. Software testing and whenis it finished?

7. Design Reviews and Configuration Management.Best practices for space hardware and softwarerenumber accordingly.

8. Integrating I&T into electrical, thermal, andmechanical designs. Coupling I&T to missionoperations.

9. Ground Support Systems. Electrical andmechanical ground support equipment (GSE). I&Tfacilities. Clean rooms. Environmental test facilities.

10. Test Planning and Test Flow. Which tests areworthwhile? Which ones aren't? What is the right orderto perform tests? Test Plans and other importantdocuments.

11. Spacecraft Level Testing. Ground stationcompatibility testing and other special tests.

12. Launch Site Operations. Launch vehicleoperations. Safety. Dress rehearsals. The LaunchReadiness Review.

13. Human Error. What we can learn from theairline industry.

14. Case Studies. NEAR, Ariane 5, Mid-courseSpace Experiment (MSX).


$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)



Space Systems Fundamentals

SummaryThis four-day course provides an overview of the

fundamentals of concepts and technologies of modernspacecraft systems design. Satellite system andmission design is an essentially interdisciplinary sportthat combines engineering, science, and externalphenomena. We will concentrate on scientific andengineering foundations of spacecraft systems andinteractions among various subsystems. Examplesshow how to quantitatively estimate various missionelements (such as velocity increments) and conditions(equilibrium temperature) and how to size majorspacecraft subsystems (propellant, antennas,transmitters, solar arrays, batteries). Real examplesare used to permit an understanding of the systemsselection and trade-off issues in the design process.The fundamentals of subsystem technologies providean indispensable basis for system engineering. Thebasic nomenclature, vocabulary, and concepts willmake it possible to converse with understanding withsubsystem specialists.

The course is designed for engineers and managerswho are involved in planning, designing, building,launching, and operating space systems andspacecraft subsystems and components. Theextensive set of course notes provide a concisereference for understanding, designing, and operatingmodern spacecraft. The course will appeal toengineers and managers of diverse background andvarying levels of experience.

InstructorDr. Mike Gruntman is Professor of Astronautics at

the University of Southern California.He is a specialist in astronautics, spacetechnology, sensors, and spacephysics. Gruntman participates inseveral theoretical and experimentalprograms in space science and spacetechnology, including space missions.

He authored and co-authored more 200 publications invarious areas of astronautics, space physics, andinstrumentation.

What You Will Learn• Common space mission and spacecraft bus

configurations, requirements, and constraints.

• Common orbits.

• Fundamentals of spacecraft subsystems and theirinteractions.

• How to calculate velocity increments for typicalorbital maneuvers.

• How to calculate required amount of propellant.

• How to design communications link.

• How to size solar arrays and batteries.

• How to determine spacecraft temperature.

January 20-23, 2014Albuquerque, New Mexico

$1940 (9:00am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Space Missions And Applications. Science,

exploration, commercial, national security. Customers.

2. Space Environment And SpacecraftInteraction. Universe, galaxy, solar system.Coordinate systems. Time. Solar cycle. Plasma.Geomagnetic field. Atmosphere, ionosphere,magnetosphere. Atmospheric drag. Atomic oxygen.Radiation belts and shielding.

3. Orbital Mechanics And Mission Design.Motion in gravitational field. Elliptic orbit. Classical orbitelements. Two-line element format. Hohmann transfer.Delta-V requirements. Launch sites. Launch togeostationary orbit. Orbit perturbations. Key orbits:geostationary, sun-synchronous, Molniya.

4. Space Mission Geometry. Satellite horizon,ground track, swath. Repeating orbits.

5. Spacecraft And Mission Design Overview.Mission design basics. Life cycle of the mission.Reviews. Requirements. Technology readiness levels.Systems engineering.

6. Mission Support. Ground stations. DeepSpace Network (DSN). STDN. SGLS. Space LaserRanging (SLR). TDRSS.

7. Attitude Determination And Control.Spacecraft attitude. Angular momentum.Environmental disturbance torques. Attitude sensors.Attitude control techniques (configurations). Spin axisprecession. Reaction wheel analysis.

8. Spacecraft Propulsion. Propulsionrequirements. Fundamentals of propulsion: thrust,specific impulse, total impulse. Rocket dynamics:rocket equation. Staging. Nozzles. Liquid propulsionsystems. Solid propulsion systems. Thrust vectorcontrol. Electric propulsion.

9. Launch Systems. Launch issues. Atlas andDelta launch families. Acoustic environment. Launchsystem example: Delta II.

10. Space Communications. Communicationsbasics. Electromagnetic waves. Decibel language.Antennas. Antenna gain. TWTA and SSA. Noise. Bitrate. Communication link design. Modulationtechniques. Bit error rate.

11. Spacecraft Power Systems. Spacecraft powersystem elements. Orbital effects. Photovoltaic systems(solar cells and arrays). Radioisotope thermalgenerators (RTG). Batteries. Sizing power systems.

12. Thermal Control. Environmental loads.Blackbody concept. Planck and Stefan-Boltzmannlaws. Passive thermal control. Coatings. Active thermalcontrol. Heat pipes.


SummaryThis two-day course covers the requirements-driven

design principles of the spacecraft power subsystemand its major components. Power source sectionevaluates available and future technologies in powergeneration, with a focus on photovoltaic technologies.Energy storage section evaluates available and futurestorage technologies with a focus on batterytechnologies. Course cites multiple real-life examplesto illustrate the relevancy of the presented material.

InstructorRobert Detwiler has over 40 years of experience in

all aspects of Aerospace Power Systems design anddevelopment. As a member of the technical staff at theCalifornia Institute of Technology, Jet PropulsionLaboratory (JPL) he served in a wide range of spacepower systems positions. While at JPL he was a keycontributor to a number of successful power systemefforts including Voyager, Galileo, Mars GlobalSurveyor, Cassini and the Mars Exploration Rovers.His experience base includes power system hardwaredevelopment, power technology development, andmanagement responsibilities for JPL, NASA and non-NASA programs. He is retired from California Instituteof Technology, JPL. Mr. Detwiler has recentlyperformed consulting efforts on space power systemsfor a number of classified space vehicles at theNorthrop Grumman Corporation in Redondo Beach,CA.


$1140 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline

1. Introduction to Space Power SystemsDesign. Power System overview with focus on theorigin of design-driving requirements, technicaldisciplines, and sub-system interactions.

2. Environmental Effects. Definition of theenvironmental considerations in the design of powersystems including radiation, temperature, UVexposure, and insolation.

3. Orbital Considerations. Basic orbitgeometries and calculations for common orbits.Consideration of illumination profiles including effectsof spacecraft geometries.

4. Power Sources. Solar cell technologies andbasic physics of operation including electricalcharacteristics and environmental susceptibility. Solarpanel design, fabrication, and test considerations.

5. Energy Storage. Battery technologies, andflight-readiness of each. Battery selection and sizingcharacteristics. Battery voltage profiles,charge/discharge characteristics, and chargingmethods. Special battery handling considerations.Alternative storage technologies include fuel celltechnologies, and fly-wheels.

6. Power System Architectures. Systemarchitecture and regulation options including directenergy transfer, peak-power tracking, and hybridarchitectures. System level interactions and trade-offs.

7. Design Example. Sample power systemconcept design of a LEO mission including selectionand sizing of batteries, solar arrays. Focus on real-lifetrade-offs impacting cost, schedule, and otherspacecraft activities and designs.

Spacecraft Power Systems


InstructorDouglas Mehoke is the Assistant Group Supervisor

and Technology Manager for the Mechanical SystemGroup in the Space Department at The Johns HopkinsUniversity Applied Physics Laboratory. He has workedin the field of spacecraft and instrument thermal designfor 30 years, and has a wide background in the fieldsof heat transfer and fluid mechanics. He has been thelead thermal engineer on a variety spacecraft andscientific instruments, including MSX, CONTOUR, andNew Horizons. He is presently the Technical Lead forthe development of the Solar Probe Plus ThermalProtection System.

What You Will Learn• How requirements are defined.

• Why thermal design cannot be purchased off theshelf.

• How to test thermal systems.

• Basic conduction and radiation analysis.

• Overall thermal analysis methods.

• Computer calculations for thermal design.

• How to choose thermal control surfaces.

• When to use active devices.

• How the thermal system interacts with othersystems.

• How to apply thermal devices.

February 27-28, 2014Columbia, Maryland

$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis is a fast paced two-day course for system

engineers and managers with an interest in improvingtheir understanding of spacecraft thermal design. Allphases of thermal design analysis are covered inenough depth to give a deeper understanding of thedesign process and of the materials used in thermaldesign. Program managers and systems engineers willalso benefit from the bigger picture information andtradeoff issues.

The goal is to have the student come away from thiscourse with an understanding of how analysis, design,thermal devices, thermal testing and the interactions ofthermal design with the overall system design fit intothe overall picture of satellite design. Case studies andlessons learned illustrate the importance of thermaldesign and the current state of the art.

Spacecraft Thermal Control

Course Outline1. The Role of Thermal Control. Requirements,

Constraints, Regimes of thermal control.

2. The basics of Thermal Analysis, conduction,radiation, Energy balance, Numerical analysis, Thesolar spectrum.

3. Overall Thermal Analysis. Orbital mechanicsfor thermal engineers, Basic orbital energy balance.

4. Model Building. How to choose the nodalstructure, how to calculate the conductors capacitorsand Radfacs, Use of the computer.

5. System Interactions. Power, Attitude andThermal system interactions, other systemconsiderations.

6. Thermal Control Surfaces. Availability, Factorsin choosing, Stability, Environmental factors.

7. Thermal control Devices. Heatpipes, MLI,Louvers, Heaters, Phase change devices, Radiators,Cryogenic devices.

8. Thermal Design Procedure. Basic designprocedure, Choosing radiator locations, When to useheat pipes, When to use louvers, Where to use MLI,When to use Phase change, When to use heaters.

9. Thermal Testing. Thermal requirements, basicanalysis techniques, the thermal design process,thermal control materials and devices, and thermalvacuum testing.

10. Case Studies. The key topics and tradeoffs areillustrated by case studies for actual spacecraft andsatellite thermal designs. Systems engineeringimplications.






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SummaryBy using a step-by-step approach this 2-day program will

introduce you to high speed methods and technologies that canbe relied upon to deliver speed and optimum flexibility. Learningthe goals of Agile will help you transition, implement and monitortesting in the High Speed Agile Testing environment so that youcan immediately step from the classroom into the office with newfound confidence.

SummaryWhile not a silver bullet, Agile Methodologies are quickly

becoming the most practical way to create outstandingsoftware. Scrum, Extreme Programming, Lean, DynamicSystems Development Method, Feature Driven Developmentand other methods each have their strengths. While there aresignificant similarities that have brought them together underthe Agile umbrella, each method brings unique strengths thatcan be utilized for your team success.

This 3-day classroom is set up in pods/teams. Each teamlooks like a real-world development unit in Agile with ProjectManager/Scrum Master, Business Analyst, Tester andDevelopment. The teams will work through the Agile processincluding Iteration planning, Product road mapping andbacklogging, estimating, user story development iterationexecution, and retrospectives by working off of real workscenarios. Specifically, you will:

• Practice how to be and develop a self-organized team.

• Create and communicate a Product Vision.

• Understand your customer and develop customer roles andpersonas.

• Initiate the requirements process by developing user storiesand your product backlog.

• Put together product themes from your user stories andestablish a desired product roadmap.

• Conduct story point estimating to determine effort needed foruser stories to ultimately determine iteration(s) length.

• Take into consideration assumed team velocity with storypoint estimates and user story priorities to come up with yourelease plan.

• Engage the planning and execution of your iteration(s).

• Conduct retrospectives after each iteration.

• Run a course retrospective to enable an individual plan ofexecution on how to conduct Agile in your environment.

Agile TestingAgile Boot Camp:

An Immersive Introduction

Course Outline1. Agile Testing. We will discuss the testing and it's role in software

quality.

2. Testing Practices. The benefits that various types of testingprovide to the team will be reviewed. Additional discussion will focus onthe how and what to automate to shorten feedback cycles.

3. Quality Practices. Understanding that getting feedback is asimportant as testing. We will discuss techniques that provide feedbackon the quality of software and the effectiveness of the process.

4. Unit Testing & Test Driven Development (TDD). We willintroduce Unit Testing and Test Driven Development. The benefits andprocess of TDD and how it can lead to better overall design andsimplicity and engage the Developer in the test processing will bediscussed.

5. Continuous Integration. The concept of Continuous Integrationand the CI Attitude will be discussed. Continuous Integration provides anessential role in maintaining a continuous process for providingfeedback to the team.

6. Acceptance Testing. The discipline of Acceptance Testing canlead to better collaboration with both the customer and the team.Automating Acceptance Tests can provide an invaluable tool to supportthe creation higher quality software and continue to support the teamfrom story to story and sprint to sprint.

7. Functional Testing Web Applications & Web Services. As wedevelop a functioning application we can perform higher-level andcoarser grained functional tests. Functional testing software, webapplications and web services will be explored.

8. Hands-on Critiquing the Product. Everything can't beautomated, nor should it. We will discuss manual technique that will helpus critique the product and provide valuable feedback. We will discusswhen and how these testing techniques should be used effectively.

9. Using Tools to Test. Complexity and Critique the Product Toolscan be used to testing complex, critical attributes of the software. We willdiscuss when and tools should be used to test the complex, criticalqualities of software.

10. High-Speed Testing Techniques. We'll introduce sometechniques that can speed the testing process and provide fasterfeedback to the team and customer.

11. Iterating to Testing Agility. How do we ever get there? We willdiscuss pragmatic techniques to iterate your team and organization toTesting Agility. We will discuss and craft a roadmap for your team andorganization based off the practices and techniques discussed.

What You Will LearnBecause this is an immersion course and the intent is to

engage in the practices every Agile team will employ, thiscourse is recommended for all team members responsible fordelivering outstanding software. That includes, but is notlimited to, the following roles:

• Business Analyst

• Analyst

• Project Manager

• Software Engineer/Programmer

• Development Manager

• Product Manager

• Product Analyst

• Tester

• QA Engineer

• Documentation Specialist

The Agile Boot Camp is a perfect place for cross functional"teams" to become familiar with Agile methods and learn thebasics together. It's also a wonderful springboard for teambuilding & learning. Bring your project detail to work on inclass.

What You Will Learn• Understand the key differences between traditional and Agile

testing practices.• Learn about the different quadrants of Agile testing and how they

are used to support the team and critique the product.• Get exposed to the different levels of test automation and

understand what the right mix is to accelerate testing.• Operate in a time constrained development cycle without losing

testable value.• Capitalize on test development through use & reuse

management.• Integrate team testing into Agile projects.• Engage stakeholders in quality trade-off decision-making.• Coach story card contributors in test case construction.• Gain exposure to automation support opportunities.


$1395 (Live 8:00am - 6:00pm)(Virtual, noon – 6:00 pm)


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SummaryA common misconception is that Agility means lack of

order or discipline, but that’s incorrect. It requires strongdiscipline. You must have a solid foundation of practices andprocedures in order to successfully adapt Agile in theGovernment Environment , and you must also learn to followthose practices correctly while tying them to pre-defined, rigidquality goals.

This two-days public (three-days online) workshop givesyou the foundation of knowledge and experience you need inorder to be successful on your next federal project. Defineprinciples and highlight advantages and disadvantages ofAgile development and how to map them to federal guidelinesfor IT procurement, development and delivery. Get firsthandexperience organizing and participating in an Agile team. Putthe concepts you learn to practice instantly in the classroomproject. Understand and learn how to take advantage of theopportunities for Agile, while applying them within currentgovernment project process requirements. Specifically, youwill:

• Consistently deliver better products that will enable yourcustomer’s success.

• Reduce the risk of project failure, missed deadlines, scopeoverrun or exceeded budgets.

• Establish, develop, empower, nurture and protect high-performing teams.

• Identify and eliminate waste from processes.

• Map government project language to Agile language simplyand effectively.

• Foster collaboration, even with teams that are distributedgeographically and organizationally.

• Clearly understand how EVM and Agile can be integrated.

• Understand the structure of Agile processes that breedsuccess in the federal environment.

• Embrace ever-changing requirements.

SummaryPrepare for your Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification

while learning to lead Agile software projects that adapt to change,drive innovation and deliver on-time business value in this 3-day live or4-day VirtualAgile PM training course Agile has made its way into themainstream — it's no longer a grassroots movement to changesoftware development. Today, more organizations and companies areadopting this approach over a more traditional waterfall methodology,and more are working every day to make the transition. To stayrelevant in the competitive, changing world of project management, it'sincreasingly important that project management professionals candemonstrate true leadership ability on today's software projects. TheProject Management Institute's Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)certification clearly illustrates to colleagues, organizations or evenpotential employers that you're ready and able to lead in this new ageof product development, management and delivery. This class not onlyprepares you to lead your next Agile project effort, but ensures thatyou're prepared to pass the PMI-ACP certification exam. Acquiring thiscertification now will make you one of the first software professionalsto achieve this valuable industry designation from PMI.

Agile in the Government Environment

Agile Project ManagementCertification Workshop (PMI-ACP)

Course Outline1. Self-organized teams, even in a highly matrixed agency

or organization.

2. Simulate a project introduction, create a vision and setof light requirements.

3. How to plan your product’s release within the mandated6 month timeframe.

4. How to communicate project status utilizing both Agileand EVM indicators for progress.

5. How to satisfy the Office of Management and Budget(OMB) requirements (Circular A-11) while applying an Agileexecution approach.

6. Understanding customers and how to collaborate withthem to create User Stories.

7. Relative estimating – focus on becoming more accuraterather than precise.

8. Defining the distinction between capabilities andrequirements and when to document each.

9. Identify Agile best practices as they relate to challengeswithin the federal environment.

Course Outline1. Understanding Agile Project Management. Agile Project

Management methods focus on the customer, embraces the everchanging nature of business environments and encourages humaninteraction in delivering outstanding software.

2. The Project Schedule. Agile project managers must be able tocontinually manage an ever changing scope against a well definedproject timeline.

3. The Project Scope. Utilizing an Agile Project Managementapproach means a new technique for managing a dynamic scope withthe intended outcome being the best-delivered product possible.

4. The Project Budget. Our financial management obligationsmust be expanded to also consider the ultimate return on investment(ROI) our software will generate.

5. The Product Quality. Agile project teams recognize thatquality is not a universal, objective measure, but a subjective definitionprovided by the customer and continually re-evaluated through thecourse of the project.

6. The Project Team. Today's project managers must do morethan simply manage a project's details, they must coach the individualson their team. Studies have proven that when a team is happy, theyproduce better products more efficiently.

7. Project Metrics. Agile project managers utilize metrics toassist the team to improve their performance by providing a reflectionof results against the team's action.

8. Continuous Improvement. Agile's non-prescriptive approachrequires regular examination to ensure that every opportunity toimprove efficiency in its execution is recognized and implemented.Without clear plans for continuous improvement, most Agile teams willnot make the transition to this approach a lasting one.

9. Project Leadership. The project manager's ability toeffectively lead their team is based on several sound principles thatprovide the support that the team needs while also encouraging theteam to grow more self-sufficient in their improvement efforts overtime.

10. Successfully Transitioning to Agile Project Management.How the course participants can successfully transition from theircurrent approach to an Agile approach with ease.

11. A Full Day of Preparation for the Agile CertifiedPractitioner (PMI-ACP) Certification Exam. The final day of the classwill specifically address what each of the participants will need to doand need to know in order to pass their exam and receive their PMI-ACP certification. You will spend a full day in class dedicated toapplication tips, tricks and test preparation.

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SummaryThis two-day course walks through the CSEP

requirements and the INCOSE Handbook Version 3.2.2 tocover all topics on the CSEP exam. Interactive work, studyplans, and sample examination questions help you to prepareeffectively for the exam. Participants leave the course withsolid knowledge, a hard copy of the INCOSE Handbook,study plans, and three sample examinations.

Attend the CSEP course to learn what you need. Followthe study plan to seal in the knowledge. Use the sample examto test yourself and check your readiness. Contact ourinstructor for questions if needed. Then take the exam. If youdo not pass, you can retake the course at no cost.

What You Will Learn• How to pass the CSEP examination!• Details of the INCOSE Handbook, the source for the

exam.• Your own strengths and weaknesses, to target your

study.• The key processes and definitions in the INCOSE

language of the exam. • How to tailor the INCOSE processes.• Five rules for test-taking.

Course Outline1. Introduction. What is the CSEP and what are the

requirements to obtain it? Terms and definitions. Basis ofthe examination. Study plans and sample examinationquestions and how to use them. Plan for the course.Introduction to the INCOSE Handbook. Self-assessmentquiz. Filling out the CSEP application.

2. Systems Engineering and Life Cycles. Definitionsand origins of systems engineering, including the latestconcepts of “systems of systems.” Hierarchy of systemterms. Value of systems engineering. Life cyclecharacteristics and stages, and the relationship ofsystems engineering to life cycles. Developmentapproaches. The INCOSE Handbook systemdevelopment examples.

3. Technical Processes. The processes that take asystem from concept in the eye to operation, maintenanceand disposal. Stakeholder requirements and technicalrequirements, including concept of operations,requirements analysis, requirements definition,requirements management. Architectural design, includingfunctional analysis and allocation, system architecturesynthesis. Implementation, integration, verification,transition, validation, operation, maintenance and disposalof a system.

4. Project Processes. Technical management andthe role of systems engineering in guiding a project.Project planning, including the Systems Engineering Plan(SEP), Integrated Product and Process Development(IPPD), Integrated Product Teams (IPT), and tailoringmethods. Project assessment, including TechnicalPerformance Measurement (TPM). Project control.Decision-making and trade-offs. Risk and opportunitymanagement, configuration management, informationmanagement.

5. Enterprise & Agreement Processes. How todefine the need for a system, from the viewpoint ofstakeholders and the enterprise. Acquisition and supplyprocesses, including defining the need. Managing theenvironment, investment, and resources. Enterpriseenvironment management. Investment managementincluding life cycle cost analysis. Life cycle processesmanagement standard processes, and processimprovement. Resource management and qualitymanagement.

6. Specialty Engineering Activities. Uniquetechnical disciplines used in the systems engineeringprocesses: integrated logistics support, electromagneticand environmental analysis, human systems integration,mass properties, modeling & simulation including thesystem modeling language (SysML), safety & hazardsanalysis, sustainment and training needs.

7. After-Class Plan. Study plans and methods.Using the self-assessment to personalize your study plan.Five rules for test-taking. How to use the sampleexaminations. How to reach us after class, and what to dowhen you succeed.

The INCOSE Certified Systems EngineeringProfessional (CSEP) rating is a coveted milestone inthe career of a systems engineer, demonstratingknowledge, education and experience that are of highvalue to systems organizations. This two-day courseprovides you with the detailed knowledge andpractice that you need to pass the CSEP examination.

February 10-11, 2014Orlando, Florida

$1290 (8:30am - 4:30pm)

Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 EachOff The Course Tuition.

InstructorsEric Honour, CSEP, international consultant and

lecturer, has a 40-year career ofcomplex systems development &operation. Founder and formerPresident of INCOSE. Author of the“Value of SE” material in the INCOSEHandbook. He has led the developmentof 18 major systems, including the AirCombat Maneuvering Instrumentationsystems and the Battle Group Passive

Horizon Extension System. BSSE (SystemsEngineering), US Naval Academy, MSEE, NavalPostgraduate School, and PhD candidate, University ofSouth Australia.

Mr. William "Bill" Fournier is Senior SoftwareSystems Engineering with 30 yearsexperience the last 11 for a DefenseContractor. Mr. Fournier taught DoDSystems Engineering full time for overthree years at DSMC/DAU as aProfessor of Engineering Management.Mr. Fournier has taught SystemsEngineering at least part time for morethan the last 20 years. Mr. Fournier holds

a MBA and BS Industrial Engineering / OperationsResearch and is DOORS trained. He is a certifiedCSEP, CSEP DoD Acquisition, and PMP. He is acontributor to DAU / DSMC, Major Defense Contractorinternal Systems Engineering Courses and Process,and INCOSE publications.

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Cost Estimating

SummaryThis two-day course covers the primary methods for

cost estimation needed in systems development, includingparametric estimation, activity-based costing, life cycleestimation, and probabilistic modeling. The estimationmethods are placed in context of a Work BreakdownStructure and program schedules, while explaining theentire estimation process.

Emphasis is also placed on using cost models toperform trade studies and calibrating cost models toimprove their accuracy. Participants will learn how to usecost models through real-life case studies. Commonpitfalls in cost estimation will be discussed includingbehavioral influences that can impact the quality of costestimates. We conclude with a review of the state-of-the-art in cost estimation.

February 25-26, 2014Albuquerque, New Mexico

$1150 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction. Cost estimation in context of

system life cycles. Importance of cost estimation inproject planning. How estimation fits into theproposal cycle. The link between cost estimationand scope control. History of parametric modeling.

2. Scope Definition. Creation of a technical workscope. Definition and format of the Work BreakdownStructure (WBS) as a basis for accurate costestimation. Pitfalls in WBS creation and how toavoid them. Task-level work definition. Classexercise in creating a WBS.

3. Cost Estimation Methods. Different ways toestablish a cost basis, with explanation of each:parametric estimation, activity-based costing,analogy, case based reasoning, expert judgment,etc. Benefits and detriments of each. Industry-validated applications. Schedule estimation coupledwith cost estimation. Comprehensive review of costestimation tools.

4. Economic Principles. Concepts such aseconomies/diseconomies of scale, productivity,reuse, earned value, learning curves and predictionmarkets are used to illustrate additional methodsthat can improve cost estimates.

5. System Cost Estimation. Estimation insoftware, electronics, and mechanical engineering.Systems engineering estimation, including designtasks, test & evaluation, and technical management.Percentage-loaded level-of-effort tasks: projectmanagement, quality assurance, configurationmanagement. Class exercise in creating costestimates using a simple spreadsheet model andcomparing against the WBS.

6. Risk Estimation. Handling uncertainties in thecost estimation process. Cost estimation and riskmanagement. Probabilistic cost estimation andeffective portrayal of the results. Cost estimation,risk levels, and pricing. Class exercise inprobabilistic estimation.

7. Decision Making. Organizational adoption ofcost models. Understanding the purpose of theestimate (proposal vs. rebaselining; ballpark vs.detailed breakdown). Human side of cost estimation(optimism, anchoring, customer expectations, etc.).Class exercise on calibrating decision makers.

8. Course Summary. Course summary andrefresher on key points. Additional cost estimationresources. Principles for effective cost estimation.

InstructorRicardo Valerdi, is an Associate Professor of Systems

& Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona and aResearch Affiliate at MIT. He developed the COSYSMO

model for estimating systems engineeringeffort which has been used by BAESystems, Boeing, General Dynamics, L-3Communications, Lockheed Martin,Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and SAIC.Dr. Valerdi is a Visiting Associate of theCenter for Systems and SoftwareEngineering at the University of Southern

California where he earned his Ph.D. in Industrial &Systems Engineering. Previously, he worked at TheAerospace Corporation, Motorola and GeneralInstrument. He served on the Board of Directors ofINCOSE, is an Editorial Advisor of the Journal of CostAnalysis and Parametrics, and is the author of the bookThe Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model(COSYSMO): Quantifying the Costs of SystemsEngineering Effort in Complex Systems (VDM Verlag,2008).

What You Will Learn• What are the most important cost estimation methods?

• How is a WBS used to define project scope?

• What are the appropriate cost estimation methods formy situation?

• How are cost models used to support decisions?

• How accurate are cost models? How accurate do theyneed to be?

• How are cost models calibrated?

• How can cost models be integrated to developestimates of the total system?

• How can cost models be used for risk assessment?

• What are the principles for effective cost estimation?

From this course you will obtain the knowledge andability to perform basic cost estimates, identify tradeoffs,use cost model results to support decisions, evaluate thegoodness of an estimate, evaluate the goodness of acost model, and understand the latest trends in costestimation.


Effective Design Reviews for DOD and Aerospace Programs:Techniques, Tips, and Best Practices

Course Outline1. High Reliability. Lessons from NASA and the Air

Force. The critical importance of good design and whyproper design reviews are essential. Design reviewobjectives. Design review “additional benefits” formanagement. The difference between design reviewsand project status reviews. The “seven essentials” forany design review.

2. Determining What Must Be Reviewed. Thedangerous area of “heritage” designs. Establishing adesign review hierarchy. Can you overdo a good thing?

3. Types of Design Reviews. CoDR, PDR, andCDR. EDRs and lower level reviews. Fabricationfeasibility reviews. Test-related and other specializedreviews. “Delta” reviews.

4. Dealing With Purchased Items. Subcontractordesign reviews. Dealing with proprietary and classifiedinformation. Buyoffs of subcontracted items.

5. The Pre-review Data Package. Why it is soimportant. Tips for producing it efficiently and making ita more useful document.

6. The Design Review “Players” and Their Roles.Role of the sponsor or customer. The programmanager’s responsibilities. How to be a more effectivepresenter. How to be a value-added reviewer. Thechairman’s job. Role of the design review “processowner.” Design reviews and the line supervisor.

7. Design Reviewing Software, Firmware, andFPGAs. Special techniques for software-intensivedesigns.

8. Supplements to the Design Review. Usingsplinter meetings, poster sessions, and single-topicworkshops to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

9. Selecting Reviewers and the Chairman.Assembling a truly effective review team. Utilizing ad-hoc reviewers effectively. The pro’s and con’s of designreviewer checklists. Pre-review briefings.

10. The Art and Science of Agenda Design. Smart(and not so smart) ways to “design” the agenda.Getting the most out of dry runs.

11. Documenting the Review. What to include,what to leave out. How to improve documentationefficiency. Post-review debriefs .

12. Action Items. Criteria for accepting/rejectingproposed Action Items. Efficient techniques fordocumenting, tracking, and closing the most importantproduct of a design review. “Show stoppers” and “liens”against a design.

13. Design Review Psychology 101. The gentle artof effective critiquing. Combating negativism. Dealingwith diverse personalities.

14. Physical facilities. What would the ideal designreview room look like?

15. What Does the Future Hold. Using the Internetto help the review process. Virtual and video reviews?Automated review of designs?


$1190 (8:30am - 5:00pm)


SummaryStudies have shown that design error is the single biggest

cause of failure in aerospace deliverables. While there aremany aspects to getting the design right, a rigorous, effectivedesign review process is key. But good design review practiceis not just for aerospace engineers. It is an essential elementfor every important deliverable or mission. Even the toyindustry benefits from effective design review practices. This2-day course presents valuable techniques, best practices,and tips gleaned from several different organizations andmany years of design integrity experience dealing with criticaldeliverables. Case studies and lessons learned from pastsuccesses and failures are used to illustrate important points.

InstructorEric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience,

including 19 years as Chief Engineer ofthe Johns Hopkins Applied PhysicsLaboratory Space Department, whichhas designed, built, and launched 66spacecraft and more than 200instruments. He has chaired, served asa reviewer at, presented at, or attended

hundreds of design reviews. For this course he hascaptured the best practices of not only APL, but alsoNASA/Goddard, JPL, the Air Force, and industry. As“process owner” for design reviews, he authored APL’swritten standards. His work on APL’s EngineeringBoard, Quality Council, and Engineering DesignFacility Advisory Board, as well as on several AIAATechnical Committees, broadened his knowledge ofgood design review practice. He is a Fellow of theBritish Interplanetary Society, Associate Fellow of theAIAA, author of 66 articles on these subjects, andcoauthor of the textbook Fundamentals of SpaceSystems.

“Many strong, very importantpoints to improving reviews in general.A good investment for two days.”R.T., Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab

What You Will Learn• How to set up effective, efficient technical reviews for your

project.

• How to select review boards for maximum effectiveness.

• How to maximize your contribution as a technical reviewer.

• The chairman’s important roles.

• How to review purchased items and proprietary or classifieddesigns.

• The (often neglected) art and science of agenda design.

• Techniques for assuring that Action Items are properlyclosed and that nothing is lost.

NEW!


InstructorJeffrey O. Grady (MSSM, ESEP) is the president of

a System Engineering company. He has30 years of industry experience inaerospace companies as a systemengineer, engineering manager, fieldengineer, and project engineer plus 20years as a consultant and educator. Jeffhas authored nine published books in

the system engineering field and holds a Master ofScience in System Management from USC. Heteaches system engineering courses nation-wide. Jeffis an INCOSE Founder and Fellow.

What You Will Learn• How to model a problem space using proven

methods where the product will be implemented inhardware or software.

• How to link requirements with traceability and reducerisk through proven techniques.

• How to identify all requirements using modeling thatencourages completeness and avoidance ofunnecessary requirements.

• How to structure specifications and manage theirdevelopment.

This course will show you how to build goodspecifications based on effective models. It is notdifficult to write requirements; the hard job is toknow what to write them about and determineappropriate values. Modeling tells us what to writethem about and good domain engineeringencourages identification of good values in them.


$1845 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Call for information about our six-course systems engineeringcertificate program or for “on-site” training to prepare for theINCOSE systems engineering exam.

Course Outline1. Introduction

2. Introduction (Continued)

3. Requirements Fundamentals – Defines what arequirement is and identifies 4 kinds.

4. Requirements Relationships – How arerequirements related to each other? We will look atseveral kinds of traceability.

5. Initial System Analysis – The whole processbegins with a clear understanding of the user’s needs.

6. Functional Analysis – Several kinds of functionalanalysis are covered including simple functional flowdiagrams, EFFBD, IDEF-0, and Behavioral Diagramming.

7. Functional Analysis (Continued) –

8. Performance Requirements Analysis –Performance requirements are derived from functions andtell what the item or system must do and how well.

9. Product Entity Synthesis – The courseencourages Sullivan’s idea of form follows function so theproduct structure is derived from its functionality.

10. Interface Analysis and Synthesis – Interfacedefinition is the weak link in traditional structured analysisbut n-square analysis helps recognize all of the waysfunction allocation has predefined all of the interfaceneeds.

11. Interface Analysis and Synthesis – (Continued)

12. Specialty Engineering Requirements – Aspecialty engineering scoping matrix allows systemengineers to define product entity-specialty domainrelationships that the indicated domains then apply theirmodels to.

13. Environmental Requirements – A three-layermodel involving tailored standards mapped to systemspaces, a three-dimensional service use profile for enditems, and end item zoning for component requirements.

14. Structured Analysis Documentation – How canwe capture and configuration manage our modeling basisfor requirements?

15. Software Modeling Using MSA/PSARE –Modern structured analysis is extended to PSARE asHatley and Pirbhai did to improve real-time control systemdevelopment but PSARE did something else not clearlyunderstood.

16. Software Modeling Using Early OOA and UML –The latest models are covered.

17. Software Modeling Using Early OOA and UML –(Continued).

18. Software Modeling Using DoDAF – DoD hasevolved a very complex model to define systems oftremendous complexity involving global reach.

19. Universal Architecture Description FrameworkA method that any enterprise can apply to develop anysystem using a single comprehensive model no matterhow the system is to be implemented.

20. Universal Architecture Description Framework(Continued)

21. Specification Management – Specificationformats and management methods are discussed.

22. Requirements Risk Abatement - Specialrequirements-related risk methods are covered includingvalidation, TPM, margins and budgets.

23. Tools Discussion

24. Requirements Verification Overview – Youshould be basing verification of three kinds on therequirements that were intended to drive design. Theselinks are emphasized.

Systems Engineering - Requirements

SummaryThis three-day course provides system engineers,

team leaders, and managers with a clearunderstanding about how to develop goodspecifications affordably using modeling methods thatencourage identification of the essential characteristicsthat must be respected in the subsequent designprocess. Both the analysis and management aspectsare covered. Each student will receive a full set ofcourse notes and textbook, “System RequirementsAnalysis,” by the instructor Jeff Grady.

Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805 Vol. 114 – 2626 – Vol. 116 Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805

SummaryThe revolutionary active electronically scanned

array (AESA) Radar provides huge gains inperformance and all the front line fighters in theworld from the Americans (F35, F22, F18, F15, F16)to the Europeans, Russians and Chinese alreadyhave one or soon will. This four day seminar, whichtook 10,000 man hours to produce, is acomprehensive treatment on the latest systemsengineering technology required to design themodes for an AESA to capitalize on the systemsinherent multi role, wide bandwidth, fast beamswitching, and high power capabilities. Steve Jobsonce said “You must provide the tools to let peoplebecome their best”, and this seminar will include twoindispensable tools for the AESA engineer. 1) Anewly written 400+ page electronic book withinteractive calculations and simulations on the morecomplicated seminar subjects like STAP andAutomatic Target Recognition. 2) A professionallydesigned spread sheet (with software) fordesigning, capturing and predicting the detectionperformance of the AESA modes including thechallenging Alert-Confirm waveform.

We recommend - but do not require- that youbring a laptop to the class to maximize thelearning materials.

Instructor

Bob Phillips has 45 years’ experience as aleader in the emerging technologiesof airborne Radar systems andsoftware. He was a key engineer inthe development of the F16 radarincluding the APG-80 AESA, theupgraded B1B ESA, the APG-

68(V)9, and the venerable APG-66 MLU. As aconsulting engineer Bob had responsibility forreviewing plans and proposals for software in theJSF AESA and other systems involving FLIR andEW. He was involved in teaching and marketingRadar to pilots and engineers around the world.Bob holds a BS in engineering physics and aMasters in numerical science from JohnsHopkins where he matriculated in post graduatestudies in EE. He holds 4 patents and numerousdisclosures. After 38 years at Northrop Bobretired and spends his time sailing and workingas a Radar instructor.

What You Will Learn• How to design a mode to track 50 targets with low

probability of intercept.

• How to design an Automatic target Detection andRecognition algorithm to quickly sort military targetsfrom an AESA SAR image.

• How to compute the probability of detection for anyAESA radar mode and integrate the requiredsoftware into your own simulations.

• How STAP and adaptive beam formers work tocancel jamming and optimize performance.

• How to detect slow moving ground targets with astate-of-the-art main beam clutter canceler.

• How to calculate the detection range for any radarusing an Excel spreadsheet.


$2045 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction to AESA Radar. The evolution of

Radar, signal processing fundamentals and an overviewof the AESA antenna and modes.

2. Air-Air Operations. Use of a weapons systemsimulator to explore mode interleaving concepts, passivesensor integration, Low Probability of Intercept, Med andHI-Med PRF search, and multi target track in a variety ofair-air intercepts and configurations.

3. Receiver Exciter: Super Heterodyne receiverblock diagrams, frequency multipliers, analog andadvanced digital IF sampling synchronous detectors, andA/D converters. Phase and frequency coding withmatched filters for pulse compression.

4. Array Antennas. Gain and beamwidthcalculations. Two dimensional antenna patterns,weighting functions, grating lobes, array steering,monopulse vector processing. Adaptive beam forming,and spatial notch filters. Space-Time-Adaptive-Processingand advanced main beam clutter cancellers.

5. Radar Equation. The air-air and air-ground Radarequations with IF Filters, A/D integrators, coherent andnon-coherent integration with pulse compression. Targetcross section modeling and detection theory.

6. Radar Clutter. Airborne Radar clutter sources,computation of the Doppler frequency, clutter maps,constant clutter gamma model, clutter radar equation.Radome design, image lobes, clutter simulations anddistribution functionss.

7. CFAR. Probability theory and the computation ofthe detection threshold. Cell averaging, High PRF,Greatest Of, and ordered statistic CFAR designs.

8. Air-Air Search Modes. Block diagrams,processing and performance for the Low PRF, all aspectMedium PRF, and High PRF Alert Confirm waveforms.Track mode waveforms for tracking in main beam clutterwith LPI considerations.

9. Air-Ground Modes. Block diagrams andprocessing for real beam map, and synthetic apertureRadar. Stretch pulse compression, azimuth compression,auto focus algorithms, and automatic target detection andrecognition techniques.

10. Kalman Filters and Tracking. 50 target trackmode with LPI and stealth considerations.

AESA Airborne Radar Theory and OperationsThe system level requirements, design and performance of an Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar


Combat Systems Engineering

February 25-27, 2014Huntsville, Alabama


$1740 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


SummaryThe increasing level of combat system integration

and communications requirements, coupled withshrinking defense budgets and shorter product lifecycles, offers many challenges and opportunities in thedesign and acquisition of new combat systems. Thisthree-day course teaches the systems engineeringdiscipline that has built some of the modern military’sgreatest combat and communications systems, usingstate-of-the-art systems engineering techniques. Itdetails the decomposition and mapping of war-fightingrequirements into combat system functional designs. Astep-by-step description of the combat system designprocess is presented emphasizing the trades madenecessary because of growing performance,operational, cost, constraints and ever increasingsystem complexities.

Topics include the fire control loop and its closure bythe combat system, human-system interfaces,command and communication systems architectures,autonomous and net-centric operation, inducedinformation exchange requirements, role ofcommunications systems, and multi-missioncapabilities.

Engineers, scientists, program managers, andgraduate students will find the lessons learned in thiscourse valuable for architecting, integration, andmodeling of combat system. Emphasis is given tosound system engineering principles realized throughthe application of strict processes and controls, therebyavoiding common mistakes. Each attendee will receivea complete set of detailed notes for the class.

InstructorRobert Fry works at The Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory where he isa member of the Principal ProfessionalStaff. Throughout his career he hasbeen involved in the development ofnew combat weapon system concepts,development of system requirements,and balancing allocations within the fire

control loop between sensing and weapon kinematiccapabilities. He has worked on many aspects of theAEGIS 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 combatsystem design.

• Understanding requirements for joint warfare, net-centric warfare, and open architectures.

• Lessons learned from AEGIS development.

Course Outline

1. Combat System Overview. Combatsystem characteristics. Functional description forthe combat system in terms of the sensor andweapons control, communications, andcommand and control. Anti-air Warfare. Anti-surface Warfare. Anti-submarine Warfare.

2. Combat System FunctionalOrganization. Combat system layers andoperation.

3. Sensors. Review of the variety of multi-warfare sensor systems, their capability,operation, management, and limitations.

4. Weaponry. Weapon system suitesemployed by the AEGIS combat system and theircapability, operation, management, andlimitations. Basics of missile design andoperation.

5. Fire Control Loops. What the fire controlloop 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 coordinatedplanning and response.

8. Communications. Current and futurecommunications systems employed with combatsystems and their relationship to combat systemfunctions and interoperability.

9. Combat System Development. Overviewof the combat system engineering and acquisitionprocesses.

10. Current AEGIS Missions and Directions.Performance in low-intensity conflicts. ChangingNavy missions, threat trends, shifts in thedefense budget, and technology growth.

11. Network-Centric Operation and Warfare.Net-centric gain in warfare, network layers andcoordination, and future directions.

Updated!


SummaryThis two-day course includes the history of DIRCM

development and an industry survey of modern DIRCMsystems to include missile warning receivers andmissile defeat mechanisms. System integration, test,and evaluation concepts are discussed. An extensivelibrary of video clips illustrates DIRCM design,integration, and test, as well as operational real worldperformance concepts. All participants receive a set ofcourse notes and a DVD of all course materials.

InstructorMr. John L. Minor has over 35 years of professional

experience with advanced militarysensor systems and advancedaerospace vehicles. His career spansthe military, industry, and Department ofDefense (civilian) sectors. He is aninternationally recognized expert insystems design, development,

integration, test and evaluation of advanced airborneEO/IR sensors and weapon systems and hassignificant experience with UAVs. As a formeremployee of Lockheed Martin (LM), the LM SkunkWorks, and as a former Air Force officer, Mr. Minordeveloped, operated, and tested numerous classifiedand unclassified EO/IR weapons systems. He was thelead EO/IR engineer for the Low Altitude Navigationand Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) systemfrom 1984-1987. From 1998-1999, he was theProgram Manager for the EO-IR sensors on the Tier 3Minus Darkstar program?a high altitude, longendurance, stealthy unmanned aerial vehicle. As aMaster Instructor, Mr. Minor completely redesigned theUSAF Test Pilot School curriculum for test andevaluation of advanced weapon systems from. He wasalso instrumental in the design of the first-everUAV/UAS flight test course for the Air Force Flight TestCenter. Mr. Minor holds BSEE and MSEE degreesfrom the University of New Mexico/Air Force Institute ofTechnology and is a graduate of the USAF Test PilotSchool. He is currently the Chief of the SystemsEngineering Division for the Ogden Air Logistics CenterEngineering Directorate. Previously, he wascompetitively selected as the first civilian TechnicalDirector in the 60+ year history of the USAF Test PilotSchool, serving in that position from 2004-2008 beforereassignment to Hill AFB. In his capacity as USAF TPSTechnical Director, Mr. Minor was instrumental inassisting the USAF Test Pilot School to achieve USCTitle 10 authority to grant fully accredited Masters ofScience Degrees in Flight Test Engineering under AirUniversity.

Who Should AttendEngineers, technicians, project and program

managers who are concerned with the design,integration, operation and performance of DIRCMsystems will find this course meets many of theirneeds. The depth and breadth of real worldexperience the instructor brings to this classroom is aninvaluable resource for the students.

Course Outline1. Fundamentals of a Directed Infrared

Countermeasure (DIRCM) System.

2. History of DIRCM Development.

• The Infrared Threat & Increasing J/S Requirements

• Missile Warning Receivers

• Legacy Broadband Systems

• Flash Lamp DIRCM

• Laser DIRCM

3. Modern DIRCM Design Features.

• UV Missile Warning

• Two-Color Missile Warning

• Closed Loop DIRCM

• Systems Integration, Test, and Evaluation

• Jam Lab Integration and Test

• Open Air Integration and Test

• Live Fire Test & Evaluation

• Data Correlation and Data Analysis


$1190 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) Principles


SummaryThis four-day course builds on the information in

Fundamentals of EW (or equivalent) courses. Theprinciples learned in the fundamentals course will beapplied to more complex practical problems, and thetheoretical underpinnings of fundamental EW conceptsand techniques will be developed. Special interest willbe given to advanced types of radar andcommunication threats and resources available to EWprofessionals: the range of textbooks and authors,periodicals, journals, organizations, etc.

This course is intended for those who havecompleted a basic Electronic Warfare course or haveequivalent knowledge from previous education or workexperience in the field. This course, unlike thefundamentals course, uses a moderate amount ofengineering mathematics. Each student will receiveinstructor's texts Electronic Warfare 101 and ElectronicWarfare 102 and a full set of course notes.

InstructorDavid Adamy holds BSEE and MSEE degrees, both

with communication theory majors. Hehas over 40 years experience as anengineer and manager in thedevelopment of electronic warfare andrelated systems. He has published over140 articles on electronic warfare andcommunications theory related subjects,

including a popular monthly tutorial section in theJournal of Electronic Defense. He has ten books inprint. He consults to various military organizations andteaches electronic warfare and communication theoryshort courses all over the world.

What You Will Learn• Theoretical basis for important EW concepts and

techniques.

• Relationship between electronic and informationwarfare and top level strategies for the applicationof EW (vs. just tactical approaches).

• How to perform Communication intercept andjamming performance prediction using line of sight,two-ray, and knife edge diffraction propagationmodels.

• How to perform EW and reconnaissance receiversystem design trade-off analyses. They willunderstand how LPI signals are generated and thegeneral approaches to the application of EWtechniques to these types of signals and othermodern signal types.

• Directed energy weapons and stealth.

Course Outline1. Electronic warfare and information warfare:

Operational interrelationships between the varioussubfields; basic strategies for EA, ES and EP inmodern warfare.

2. Radio propagation models.

3. Receiver system design: Advantages /disadvantages of various receiver types, dynamicrange/sensitivity trade-offs, Digital receiver systemdesign tradeoffs.

4. Advanced radar threat: Phased array radars,SAR & ISAR, ES challenges, EP challenges.

5. Low probability of intercept signals.

6. ES: Modern signal processing challenges; ESagainst LPI signals.

7. Modern EA architectures.

8. EA against modern radar systems.

9. EA against LPI signals.

10. Expendables and Decoy Systems.

11. Directed Energy Weapons.

12. Stealth: Stealth technology; EW vs. stealth.


$2045 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Electronic Warfare - Advanced


Course Outline1. Introduction to Electronic Combat. Radar-

ESM-ECM-ECCM-LPI-Stealth (EC-ES-EA-EP).Overview of the Threat. Radar Technology Evolution.EW Technology Evolution. Radar Range Equation.RCS Reduction. Counter-Low Observable (CLO).

2. Vulnerability of Radar Modes. Air SearchRadar. Fire Control Radar. Ground Search Radar.Pulse Doppler, MTI, DPCA. Pulse Compression.Range Track. Angle Track. SAR, TF/TA.

3. Vulnerability/Susceptibility of WeaponSystems. Semi Active Missiles. Command GuidedMissiles. Active Missiles. TVM. Surface-to-air, air-to-air,air-to-surface.

4. ESM (ES). ESM/ELINT/RWR. Typical ESMSystems. Probability of Intercept. ESM RangeEquation. ESM Sensitivity. ESM Receivers. DOA/AOAMeasurement. MUSIC / ESPRIT. Passive Ranging.

5. ECM Techniques (EA). Principals of ElectronicAttack (EA). Noise Jamming vs. Deception. Repeatervs. Transponder. Sidelobe Jamming vs. MainlobeJamming. Synthetic Clutter. VGPO and RGPO. TB andCross Pol. Chaff and Active Expendables. Decoys.Bistatic Jamming. Power Management, DRFM, highERP.

6. ECCM (EP). EP Techniques Overview. Offensivevs Defensive ECCM. Leading Edge Tracker. HOJ/AOJ.Adaptive Sidelobe Canceling. STAP. Example Radar-ES-EA-EP Engagement.

7. EW Systems. Airborne Self Protect Jammer.Airborne Tactical Jamming System. Shipboard Self-Defense System.

8. EW Technology. EW Technology Evolution.Transmitters. Antennas. Receiver / Processing.Advanced EW.

February 4-5, 2014 Columbia, Maryland

$1190 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis two-day course presents the depth and breadth

of modern Electronic Warfare, covering Ground, Sea,Air and Space applications, with simple, easy-to-graspintuitive principles. Complex mathematics will beeliminated, while the tradeoffs and complexities ofcurrent and advanced EW and ELINT systems will beexplored. The fundamental principles will beestablished first and then the many varied applicationswill be discussed. The attendee will leave this coursewith an understanding of both the principles and thepractical applications of current and evolving electronicwarfare technology. This course is designed as anintroduction for managers and engineers who need anunderstanding of the basics. It will provide you with theability to understand and communicate with othersworking in the field. A detailed set of notes used in theclass will be provided.

InstructorDavid Adamy holds BSEE and MSEE degrees, both

with communication theory majors. Hehas over 40 years experience as anengineer and manager in thedevelopment of electronic warfare andrelated systems. He has published over140 articles on electronic warfare andcommunications theory related subjects,

including a popular monthly tutorial section in theJournal of Electronic Defense. He has ten books inprint. He consults to various military organizations andteaches electronic warfare and communication theoryshort courses all over the world.

Electronic Warfare Overview


GPS TechnologyInternational Navigation Solutions for Military, Civilian, and Aerospace Applications

"The presenter was very energetic and trulypassionate about the material"

" Tom Logsdon is the best teacher I have everhad. His knowledge is excellent. He is a 10!"

"Mr. Logsdon did a bang-up job explainingand deriving the theories of special/generalrelativity–and how they are associated withthe GPS navigation solutions."

"I loved his one-page mathematical deriva-tions and the important points they illus-trate."

SummaryIf present plans materialize, 128 radionavigation

satellites will soon be installed along the space frontier.They will be owned and operated by six differentcountries hoping to capitalize on the financial successof the GPS constellation.

In this popular four-day short course Tom Logsdondescribes in detail how these various radionavigationsystems work and reviews the many practical benefitsthey are slated to provide to military and civilian usersaround the globe. Logsdon will explain how eachradionavigation system works and how to use it invarious practical situations.



$2045 (8:30am - 4:30pm)

Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 Each Off The Course Tuition.

Course Outline1. Radionavigation Concepts. Active and passive

radionavigation systems. Position and velocity solutions.Nanosecond timing accuracies. Today’s spaceborneatomic clocks. Websites and other sources of information.Building a flourishing $200 billion radionavigation empirein space.

2. The Three Major Segments of the GPS. Signalstructure and pseudorandom codes. Modulationtechniques. Practical performance-enhancements.Relativistic time dilations. Inverted navigation solutions.

3. Navigation Solutions and Kalman FilteringTechniques. Taylor series expansions. Numericaliteration. Doppler shift solutions. Kalman filteringalgorithms.

4. Designing Effective GPS Receivers. Thefunctions of a modern receiver. Antenna designtechniques. Code tracking and carrier tracking loops.Commercial chipsets. Military receivers. Navigationsolutions for orbiting satellites.

5. Military Applications. Military test ranges. Tacticaland strategic applications. Autonomy and survivabilityenhancements. Smart bombs and artillery projectiles.

6. Integrated Navigation Systems. Mechanical andstrapdown implementations. Ring lasers and fiber-opticgyros. Integrated navigation systems. Militaryapplications.

7. Differential Navigation and Pseudosatellites.Special committee 104’s data exchange protocols. Globaldata distribution. Wide-area differential navigation.Pseudosatellites. International geosynchronous overlaysatellites. The American WAAS, the European EGNOS,and the Japanese QZSS..

8. Carrier-Aided Solution Techniques. Attitude-determination receivers. Spaceborne navigation forNASA’s Twin Grace satellites. Dynamic and kinematicorbit determination. Motorola’s spaceborne monarchreceiver. Relativistic time-dilation derivations. Relativisticeffects due to orbital eccentricity.

9. The Navstar Satellites. Subsystem descriptions.On-orbit test results. Orbital perturbations and computermodeling techniques. Station-keeping maneuvers. Earth-shadowing characteristics. The European Galileo, theChinese Biedou/Compass, the Indian IRNSS, and theJapanese QZSS.

10. Russia’s Glonass Constellation. Performancecomparisons. Orbital mechanics considerations. TheGlonass subsystems. Russia’s SL-12 Proton booster.Building dual-capability GPS/Glonass receivers. Glonassin the evening news.

InstructorTom Logsdon has worked on the GPS

radionavigation satellites and theirconstellation for more than 20 years. Hehelped design the Transit NavigationSystem and the GPS and he acted as aconsultant to the European GalileoSpaceborne Navigation System. His keyassignment have included constellation

selection trades, military and civilian applications, forcemultiplier effects, survivability enhancements andspacecraft autonomy studies.

Over the past 30 years Logsdon has taught morethan 300 short courses. He has also made two dozentelevision appearances, helped design an exhibit forthe Smithsonian Institution, and written and published1.7 million words, including 29 non fiction books.These include Understanding the Navstar, OrbitalMechanics, and The Navstar Global PositioningSystem.

Each Student willreceive a free GPSreceiver with color mapdisplays!

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Who Should AttendThe course is oriented toward the needs of missile

engineers, systems engineers, analysts, marketingpersonnel, program managers, university professors, andothers working in the area of missile systems and technologydevelopment. Attendees will gain an understanding of missiledesign, missile technologies, launch platform integration,missile system measures of merit, and the missile systemdevelopment 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, safty, reliability, andcost considerations.

• Missile sizing examples.

• Development process for missile systems and missiletechnologies.

• Design, build, and fly competition.

InstructorEugene L. Fleeman has 49 years of government,

industry, academia, and consultingexperience in Missile Design and SystemEngineering. Formerly a manager ofmissile programs at Air Force ResearchLaboratory, Rockwell International, Boeing,and Georgia Tech, he is an internationallecturer on missiles and the author of over

100 publications, including the AIAA textbook, MissileDesign and System Engineering.

SummaryThis four-day short course covers the fundamentals of

missile design, development, and system engineering. Thecourse provides a system-level, integrated method for missileaerodynamic configuration/propulsion design and analysis. Itaddresses the broad range of alternatives in meeting cost,performance, and risk requirements. The methods presentedare generally simple closed-form analytical expressions thatare physics-based, to provide insight into the primary drivingparameters. Configuration sizing examples are presented forrocket-powered, ramjet-powered, and turbo-jet poweredbaseline missiles. Typical values of missile parameters and thecharacteristics of current operational missiles are discussed aswell as the enabling subsystems and technologies for missilesand the current/projected state-of-the-art. Daily roundtablediscussion. Design, build, and fly competition. Over seventyvideos illustrate missile development activities and missileperformance. Attendees will vote on the relative emphasis ofthe material to be presented. Attendees receive course notesas well as the textbook, Missile Design and SystemEngineering.

Course Outline1. Introduction/Key Drivers in the Missile System Design

Process: Overview of missile design process. Examples of system-of-systems integration. Unique characteristics of missiles. Keyaerodynamic configuration sizing parameters. Missile conceptualdesign synthesis process. Examples of processes to establishmission requirements. Projected capability in command, control,communication, computers, intelligence, surveillance,reconnaissance (C4ISR). Example of Pareto analysis. Attendeesvote on course emphasis.

2. Aerodynamic Considerations in Missile System Design:Optimizing missile aerodynamics. Shapes for low observables.Missile configuration layout (body, wing, tail) options. Selecting flightcontrol alternatives. Wing and tail sizing. Predicting normal force,drag, pitching moment, stability, control effectiveness, lift-to-dragratio, and hinge moment. Maneuver law alternatives.

3. Propulsion Considerations in Missile System Design:Turbojet, ramjet, scramjet, ducted rocket, and rocket propulsioncomparisons. Turbojet engine design considerations, prediction andsizing. Selecting ramjet engine, booster, and inlet alternatives.Ramjet performance prediction and sizing. High density fuels. Solidpropellant alternatives. Propellant grain cross section trade-offs.Effective thrust magnitude control. Reducing propellant observables.Rocket motor performance prediction and sizing. Solid propellantrocket motor combustion instability. Motor case and nozzlematerials.

4. Weight Considerations in Missile System Design: How tosize subsystems to meet flight performance requirements. Structuraldesign criteria factor of safety. Structure concepts andmanufacturing processes. Selecting airframe materials. Loadsprediction. Weight prediction. Airframe and motor case design.Aerodynamic heating prediction and insulation trades. Domematerial alternatives and sizing. Power supply and actuatoralternatives and sizing.

5. Flight Performance Considerations in Missile SystemDesign: Flight envelope limitations. Aerodynamic sizing-equationsof motion. Accuracy of simplified equations of motion. Maximizingflight performance. Benefits of flight trajectory shaping. Flightperformance prediction of boost, climb, cruise, coast, steadydescent, ballistic, maneuvering, divert, and homing flight.

6. Measures of Merit and Launch Platform Integration:Achieving robustness in adverse weather. Seeker, navigation, datalink, and sensor alternatives. Seeker range prediction. Counter-countermeasures. Warhead alternatives and lethality prediction.Approaches to minimize collateral damage. Fuzing alternatives andrequirements for fuze angle and time delay. Alternative guidancelaws. Proportional guidance accuracy prediction. Time constantcontributors and prediction. Maneuverability design criteria. Radarcross section and infrared signature prediction. Survivabilityconsiderations. Insensitive munitions. Enhanced reliability. Costdrivers of schedule, weight, learning curve, and parts count. EMDand production cost prediction. Logistics considerations. Designingwithin launch platform constraints. Standard launchers. Internal vs.external carriage. Shipping, storage, carriage, launch, andseparation environment considerations. Launch platform interfaces.Cold and solar environment temperature prediction.

7. Sizing Examples and Sizing Tools: Trade-offs for extendedrange rocket. Sizing for enhanced maneuverability. Developing aharmonized missile. Lofted range prediction. Ramjet missile sizingfor range robustness. Ramjet fuel alternatives. Ramjet velocitycontrol. Correction of turbojet thrust and specific impulse. Turbojetmissile sizing for maximum range. Turbojet engine rotational speed.Computer aided sizing tools for conceptual design. Design, build,and fly competition. Pareto, house of quality, and design ofexperiment analysis.

8. Missile Development Process: Design validation/technologydevelopment process. Developing a technology roadmap. History oftransformational technologies. Funding emphasis. Cost, risk, andperformance tradeoffs. New missile follow-on projections. Examplesof development tests and facilities. Example of technologydemonstration flight envelope. Examples of technologydevelopment. New technologies for missiles.


$2045 (8:30am - 4:00pm)Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 Each

Off The Course Tuition.

Missile System Design

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January 20-23, 2014Huntsville, Alabama

February 3-6, 2014Albuquerque, New Mexico


$1940 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


InstructorDr. 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 ofindustry, government and academicexperience in the analysis and design oftactical and strategic missiles. His experienceincludes Standard Missile, Stinger, AMRAAM,HARM, MX, Small ICBM, and ballistic missiledefense. He is currently a Senior StaffMember at the Johns Hopkins University

Applied Physics Laboratory and was formerly the ChiefTechnologist at the Missile Defense Agency in Washington,DC. He has authored numerous industry and governmentreports and published prominent papers on missiletechnology. He has also taught university courses inengineering at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

What You Will LearnYou will gain an understanding of the design and analysis

of homing missiles and the integrated performance of theirsubsystems.

• Missile propulsion and control in the atmosphere and inspace.

• Clear explanation of homing guidance.

• Types of missile seekers and how they work.

• Missile testing and simulation.

• Latest developments and future trends.

SummaryThis four-day course presents a broad introduction to

major missile subsystems and their integrated performance,explained in practical terms, but including relevant analyticalmethods. While emphasis is on today’s homing missiles andfuture trends, the course includes a historical perspective ofrelevant older missiles. Both endoatmospheric andexoatmospheric missiles (missiles that operate in theatmosphere and in space) are addressed. Missile propulsion,guidance, control, and seekers are covered, and their rolesand interactions in integrated missile operation are explained.The types and applications of missile simulation and testingare presented. Comparisons of autopilot designs, guidanceapproaches, seeker alternatives, and instrumentation forvarious purposes are presented. The course is recommendedfor analysts, engineers, and technical managers who want tobroaden their understanding of modern missiles and missilesystems. The analytical descriptions require some technicalbackground, but practical explanations can be appreciated byall students.

Course Outline1. 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 andliquid propulsion. Single stage and multistage boosters.Ramjets and scramjets. Axial propulsion. Divert andattitude control systems. Effects of gravity andatmospheric drag.

3. Missile Airframes, Autopilots And Control.Phases of missile flight. Purpose and functions ofautopilots. Missile control configurations. Autopilot design.Open-loop autopilots. Inertial instruments and feedback.Autopilot response, stability, and agility. Body modes andrate saturation. Roll control and induced roll in highperformance missiles. Radomes and their effects onmissile control. Adaptive autopilots. Rolling airframemissiles.

4. Exoatmospheric Missiles For Ballistic MissileDefense. Exoatmospheric missile autopilots, propulsionand attitude control. Pulse width modulation. Exo-atmospheric missile autopilots. Limit cycles.

5. Missile Guidance. Seeker types and operation forendo- and exo-atmospheric missiles. Passive, active andsemi active missile guidance. Radar basics and radarseekers. Passive sensing basics and passive seekers.Scanning seekers and focal plane arrays. Seekercomparisons and tradeoffs for different missions. Signalprocessing and noise reduction

6. Missile Seekers. Boost and midcourse guidance.Zero effort miss. Proportional navigation and augmentedproportional navigation. Biased proportional navigation.Predictive guidance. Optimum homing guidance.Guidance filters. Homing guidance examples andsimulation results. Miss distance comparisons withdifferent homing guidance laws. Sources of miss and missreduction. Beam rider, pure pursuit, and deviated pursuitguidance.

7. Simulation And Its Applications. Currentsimulation capabilities and future trends. Hardware in theloop. Types of missile testing and their uses, advantagesand disadvantages of testing alternatives.

Modern Missile AnalysisPropulsion, Guidance, Control, Seekers, and Technology

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Instructor

Stan Silberman is a member of the SeniorTechnical Staff at the Johns Hopkins UniveristyApplied Physics Laboratory. He has over 30years of experience in tracking, sensor fusion,and radar systems analysis and design for theNavy,Marine Corps, Air Force, and FAA.Recent work has included the integration of anew radar into an existing multisensor systemand in the integration, using a multiplehypothesis approach, of shipboard radar andESM sensors. Previous experience hasincluded analysis and design of multiradarfusion systems, integration of shipboardsensors including radar, IR and ESM,integration of radar, IFF, and time-difference-of-arrival sensors with GPS data sources.

SummaryThe objective of this course is to introduce

engineers, scientists, managers and militaryoperations personnel to the fields of targettracking and data fusion, and to the keytechnologies which are available today forapplication to this field. The course is designedto be rigorous where appropriate, whileremaining accessible to students without aspecific scientific background in this field. Thecourse will start from the fundamentals andmove to more advanced concepts. This coursewill identify and characterize the principlecomponents of typical tracking systems. Avariety of techniques for addressing differentaspects of the data fusion problem will bedescribed. Real world examples will be used toemphasize the applicability of some of thealgorithms. Specific illustrative examples willbe used to show the tradeoffs and systemsissues between the application of differenttechniques.

What You Will Learn• State Estimation Techniques – Kalman Filter,

constant-gain filters.

• Non-linear filtering – When is it needed? ExtendedKalman Filter.

• Techniques for angle-only tracking.

• Tracking algorithms, their advantages andlimitations, 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 dowe do it?

• Attribute Fusion, including Bayesian methods,Dempster-Shafer, Fuzzy Logic.

Multi-Target Tracking and Multi-Sensor Data Fusion


$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. 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.

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SummaryThis three-day course covers the algorithms used to

locate a stationary RF signal source, such as a radar,radio, or cell phone. The topics covered include: areview of vectors, matrices, and probability; linearestimation and Kalman filters; nonlinear estimation andextended Kalman filters; robust estimation; dataassociation; measurement models for direction ofarrival, time difference of arrival, and frequencydifference of arrival; geo-location algorithms;performance analysis. Most of the course material isdeveloped in planar Cartesian coordinates forsimplicity; however, the extension to WGS84coordinates is provided to equip the students forpractical applications.

InstructorMichael T. Grabbe is a Senior Staff Member in the

Weapon and Targeting Systems Groupat the Johns Hopkins University AppliedPhysics Laboratory. He has 20 years ofexperience working in the areas ofground emitter geo-location, targettracking, signal processing, and missilenavigation. Prior to joining APL, he

worked in these areas at L-3 Communications,Raytheon Missile Systems, and Texas Instruments. Hereceived a B.S. degree in Engineering from the U.S.Naval Academy, an M.S. degree in ElectricalEngineering from Southern Methodist University, anM.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from theUniversity of Arkansas, and a Ph.D. in MathematicalSciences from Clemson University. He holds threegeo-location and tracking algorithm patents and is aSenior Member of the Institute of Electrical andElectronics Engineers.

What You Will Learn• Solve estimation problems using both batch

processing and recursive algorithms.

• Develop mathematical models of quantities typicallyused for geo-location, such as Direction of Arrival(DOA), Time Difference of Arrival (TDOA), andFrequency Difference of Arrival (FDOA).

• Predict geo-location performance for a givensensor-signal source geometry.

Course Outline

1. Overview of geo-location systems.

2. Vectors and matrices.

3. Probability and statistics.

4. Linear estimation.

5. Optimal estimation.

6. Robust estimation.

7. Recursive estimation and Kalman filters.

8. Nonlinear estimation and extendedKalman filters.

9. Data association.

10. Measurement models for DOA, TDOA,FDOA.

11. Geo-location algorithms.

12. Geo-location performance analysis.

13. Geo-location in WGS84 coordinates.


$1890 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Passive Emitter Geo-Location



$1940 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


SummaryThis 4-day course provides basic radar principles, radar

phenomenology, subsystems, functions, and modes ofoperations, including ground and airborne search, track, andground mapping. We cover transmitters, antennas receiversand signal processing, including adaptive techniques, clutterfiltering, thresholding and detection, and data processingincluding radar tracking. We focus on modern challenges,evolving requirements, and supporting technologicaldevelopment, including radar stability and dynamic range,solid state active arrays, active array auto-calibration,synthetic wideband for high range resolution, and modernwaveform technologies. We also cover radar modeling andsimulation and their roles in various stages of the radarlifecycle.

InstructorDr. Menachem Levitas received his BS, maxima cum

laude, from the University of Portlandand his Ph.D. from the University ofVirginia in 1975, both in physics. He hasforty one years experience in scienceand engineering, thirty three of which inradar 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 beentechnical lead on many radar efforts includingGovernment source selection teams. He is the authorof multiple radar based innovations and is a recipient ofthe Aegis Excellence Award for his contribution towardthe AN/SPY-1 high range resolution (HRR)development. For many years, prior to his retirement in2011, he had been the chief scientist of TechnologyService Corporation / Washington. He continues toprovide radar technical support under consultingagreements.

Modern Radar - Principles

Course Outline1. Radar Fundamentals. Electromagnetic radiations, frequency,

transmission and reception, waveforms, PRF, minimum range, rangeresolution and bandwidth, scattering, target cross-section, reflectivities,scattering statistics, polarimetric scattering, measurement accuracies,basic radar operating modes.

2. The Radar Range Equation. Development of the simple two-ways range equation, signal-to-noise, losses, the search equation,inclusion of clutter and broad noise jamming.

3. Radar Propagation in the Earth troposphere. Classicalpropagation regions in the vicinity of the Earth’s surface (interference,diffraction, and intermediate), multipath phase and amplitude effects, thePattern Propagation Factor (PPF), detection contours, frequency height,polarization, and antenna pattern effects, atmospheric refraction,atmospheric attenuation, anomalous propagation, modeling tools.

4. Workshop. Solid angle, antenna beamwidths, directive gain,illumination function, pattern, and examples, the radar range equationdevelopment, system losses, atmospheric absorption, the PatternPropagation Factor, the Blake chart, and examples.

5. Noise in Receiving Systems. Thermal noise and temperature,bandwidth and matched filter, the receiver chain, the detection point,active and passive transducers, noise figure and losses, the referralprinciple and its relation to gains and losses, effective noisetemperature, the system’s noise temperature.

6. Radar Detection Principles. Thermal noise statistics, relationsamong voltage, amplitude, and power statistics, false alarm time, falsealarm number, probability of false alarm (PFA) and the detectionthreshold, the detection probability, detection of non-fluctuating targets,the Swerling models of target fluctuation statistics, detection offluctuating targets, pulse integration options, the significance offrequency diversity.

7. The Radar Subsystems. Transmitter, antenna, receiver andsignal processor ( Pulse Compression and Doppler filtering principles,automatic detection with adaptive detection threshold, the CFARmechanism, sidelobe blanking angle estimation), the radar controlprogram and data processor.

8. Modern Signal Processing and Clutter Filtering Principles.Functional block diagram, Adaptive cancellation and STAP, pulseediting, pulse compression, clutter and Doppler filtering, moving targetindicator (MTI), pulse Doppler (PD) filtering, dependence on signalstability.

9. Modern Advances in Waveforms. Pulse Compression(fundamentals, figures of merit, codes description, optimal codes andTSC’s state of the art capabilities), Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO)radar.

10. Electronically Scanned Antenna. Fundamental concepts,directivity and gain, elements and arrays, near and far field radiation,element factor and array factor, illumination function and Fouriertransform relations, beamwidth approximations, array tapers and

sidelobes, electrical dimension and errors, array bandwidth, steeringmechanisms, grating lobes, phase monopulse, beam broadening,examples.

11. Solid State Active Phased Arrays. What are solid state activearrays (SSAA), what advantages do they provide, emergingrequirements that call for SSAA (or AESA), SSAA issues at T/R module,array, and system levels.

12. Auto-calibration of Active Phased Arrays. Driving issues,types of calibration, auto-calibration via elements mutual coupling,principal issues with calibration via mutual-coupling, some properties ofthe different calibration techniques.

13. Radar Tracking. Functional block diagram, what is radartracking, firm track initiation and range, track update, track maintenance,algorithmic alternatives (association via single or multiple hypotheses,tracking filters options), role of electronically steered arrays in radartracking.

14. Airborne Radar. Radar bands and their implications, pulserepetition frequency (PRF) categories and their properties, clutterspectrum, dynamic range, iso-ranges and iso-Dops, altitude line,sidelobe blanking, mainbeam clutter blindness and ambiguities, clutterfiltering using TACCAR and DPCA, ambiguity resolution, post detectionSTC.

15. Synthetic Aperture Radar. Principles of high resolution, radarvs. optical imaging, real vs. synthetic aperture, real beam limitations,simultaneous vs. sequential operation, derivations of focused arrayresolution, unfocused arrays, motion compensation, range-gate drifting,synthetic aperture modes: real-beam mapping, strip mapping, andspotlighting, waveform restrictions, processing throughputs, syntheticaperture ‘monopulse’ concepts.

16. High Range Resolution via Synthetic Wideband. Principle ofhigh range resolution – instantaneous and synthetic, synthetic widebandgeneration, grating lobes and instantaneous band overlap, cross-banddispersion, cross-band calibration, examples.

17. Adaptive Cancellation and STAP. Adaptive cancellationoverview, broad vs. directive auxiliary patterns, sidelobe vs. mainbeamcancellation, bandwidth and arrival angle dependence, tap delay lines,space sampling, and digital arrays, range Doppler response example,space-time adaptive processing (STAP), system and arrayrequirements, STAP processing alternatives, degrees of freedom,transmit null-casting techniques.

18. Radar Modeling and Simulation Fundamentals. Radardevelopment and testing issues that drive the need for M&S, purpose,types of simulations – power domain, signal domain, H/W in the loop,modern simulation framework tools, examples: power domain (TCE),signal domain (SGP), antenna array (MAARSIM), fire finding (FFPEM).

19. Key Radar Challenges and Advances. Key radar challenges,key advances (transmitter, antenna, signal stability, digitization anddigital processing, waveforms, algorithms).



$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis three-day course examines the atmospheric

effects that influence the propagation characteristics ofradar and communication signals at microwave andmillimeter frequencies for both earth and earth-satellitescenarios. These include propagation in standard,ducting, and subrefractive atmospheres, attenuationdue to the gaseous atmosphere, precipitation, andionospheric effects. Propagation estimation techniquesare given such as the Tropospheric ElectromagneticParabolic Equation Routine (TEMPER) and RadioPhysical Optics (RPO). Formulations for calculatingattenuation due to the gaseous atmosphere andprecipitation for terrestrial and earth-satellite scenariosemploying International Tele-communication Union(ITU) models are reviewed. Case studies arepresented from experimental line-of-sight, over-the-horizon, and earth-satellite communication systems.Example problems, calculation methods, andformulations are presented throughout the course forpurpose of providing practical estimation tools.

InstructorG. Daniel Dockery received the B.S. degree in

physics and the M.S. degree in electricalengineering from Virginia PolytechnicInstitute and State University. Sincejoining The Johns Hopkins UniversityApplied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)in 1983, he has been active in the areasof modeling EM propagation in thetroposphere as well as predicting the

impact of the environment on radar andcommunications systems. Mr. Dockery is a principal-author of the propagation and surface clutter modelscurrently used by the Navy for high-fidelity systemperformance analyses at frequencies from HF to Ka-Band.

Course Outline1. Fundamental Propagation Phenomena.

Introduction to basic propagation concepts includingreflection, refraction, diffraction and absorption.

2. Propagation in a Standard Atmosphere.Introduction to the troposphere and its constituents.Discussion of ray propagation in simple atmosphericconditions and explanation of effective-earth radiusconcept.

3. Non-Standard (Anomalous) Propagation.Definition of subrefraction, supperrefraction andvarious types of ducting conditions. Discussion ofmeteorological processes giving rise to these differentrefractive conditions.

4. Atmospheric Measurement / SensingTechniques. Discussion of methods used to determineatmospheric refractivity with descriptions of differenttypes of sensors such as balloonsondes,rocketsondes, instrumented aircraft and remotesensors.

5. Quantitative Prediction of Propagation Factoror Propagation Loss. Various methods, current andhistorical for calculating propagation are described.Several models such as EREPS, RPO, TPEM,TEMPER and APM are examined and contrasted.

6. Propagation Impacts on SystemPerformance. General discussions of enhancementsand degradations for communications, radar andweapon systems are presented. Effects coveredinclude radar detection, track continuity, monopulsetracking accuracy, radar clutter, and communicationinterference and connectivity.

7. Degradation of Propagation in theTroposphere. An overview of the contributors toattenuation in the troposphere for terrestrial and earth-satellite communication scenarios.

8. Attenuation Due to the Gaseous Atmosphere.Methods for determining attenuation coefficient andpath attenuation using ITU-R models.

9. Attenuation Due to Precipitation. Attenuationcoefficients and path attenuation and their dependenceon rain rate. Earth-satellite rain attenuation statisticsfrom which system fade-margins may be designed.ITU-R estimation methods for determining rainattenuation statistics at variable frequencies.

10. Ionospheric Effects at MicrowaveFrequencies. Description and formulation for Faradayrotation, time delay, range error effects, absorption,dispersion and scintillation.

11. Scattering from Distributed Targets.Received power and propagation factor for bistatic andmonostatic scenarios from atmosphere containing rainor turbulent refractivity.

12. Line-of-Sight Propagation Effects. Signalcharacteristics caused by ducting and extremesubrefraction. Concurrent meteorological and radarmeasurements and multi-year fading statistics.

13. Over-Horizon Propagation Effects. Signalcharacteristics caused by tropsocatter and ducting andrelation to concurrent meteorology. Propagation factorstatistics.

14. Errors in Propagation Assessment.Assessment of errors obtained by assuming lateralhomogeneity of the refractivity environment.

Propagation Effects of Radar & Communication Systems


RAdAR 201Advances in Modern Radar

April 16, 2014 Laurel, Maryland

$700 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


RAdAR 101Fundamentals of Radar

April 15, 2014Laurel, Maryland

$700 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis concise one-day course is intended for those with

only modest or no radar experience. It provides anoverview with understanding of the physics behind radar,tools used in describing radar, the technology of radar atthe subsystem level and concludes with a brief survey ofrecent accomplish-ments in various applications.

ATTENd EIThEr Or bOTh rAdAr COurSES!Summary

This one-day course is a supplement to the basiccourse Radar 101, and probes deliberately deeper intoselected topics, notably in signal processing to achieve(generally) finer and finer resolution (in severaldimensions, imaging included) and in antennas whereinthe versatility of the phased array has made such animpact. Finally, advances in radar's own data processing- auto-detection, more refined association processes,and improved auto-tracking - and system wide fusionprocesses are briefly discussed.

Radar 101 / 201

Course Outline1. Introduction. The general nature of radar:

composition, block diagrams, photos, types and functionsof radar, typical characteristics.

2. The Physics of Radar. Electromagnetic waves andtheir vector representation. The spectrum bands used inradar. Radar waveforms. Scattering. Target and clutterbehavior representations. Propagation: refractivity,attenuation, and the effects of the Earth surface.

3. The Radar Range Equation. Development frombasic principles. The concepts of peak and averagepower, signal and noise bandwidth and the matched filterconcept, antenna aperture and gain, system noisetemperature, and signal detectability.

4. Thermal Noise and Detection in Thermal Noise.Formation of thermal noise in a receiver. System noisetemperature (Ts) and noise figure (NF). The role of a low-noise amplifier (LNA). Signal and noise statistics. Falsealarm probability. Detection thresholds. Detectionprobability. Coherent and non-coherent multi-pulseintegration.

5. The sub-systems of Radar. Transmitter (pulseoscillator vs. MOPA, tube vs. solid state, bottled vs.distributed architecture), antenna (pattern, gain,sidelobes, bandwidth), receiver (homodyne vs. superheterodyne), signal processor (functions, front and back-end), and system controller/tracker. Types, issues,architectures, tradeoff considerations.

5. Current Accomplishments and ConcludingDiscussion.

Course Outline1. Introduction. Radar’s development, the

metamorphosis of the last few decades: analog and digitaltechnology evolution, theory and algorithms, increaseddigitization: multi-functionality, adaptivity to the environment,higher detection sensitivity, higher resolution, increasedperformance in clutter.

2. Modern Signal Processing. Clutter and the Dopplerprinciple. MTI and Pulse Doppler filtering. Adaptivecancellation and STAP. Pulse editing. Pulse Compressionprocessing. Adaptive thresholding and detection. Ambiguityresolution. Measurement and reporting.

3. Electronic Steering Arrays (ESA): Principles ofOperation. Advantages and cost elements. Behavior withscan angle. Phase shifters, true time delays (TTL) and arraybandwidth. Other issues.

4. Solid State Active Array (SSAA) Antennas (AESA).Architecture. Technology. Motivation. Advantages. Increasedarray digitization and compatibility with adaptive patternapplications. Need for in-place auto-calibration andcompensation.

5. Modern Advances in Waveforms. Pulse compressionprinciples. Performance measures. Some legacy codes.State-of-the-art optimal codes. Spectral compliance. Temporalcontrols. Orthogonal codes. Multiple-input Multiple-output(MIMO) radar.

6. Data Processing Functions. The conventionalfunctions of report to track correlation, track initiation, update,and maintenance. The new added responsibilities ofmanaging a multi-function array: prioritization, timing,resource management. The Multiple Hypothesis tracker.

7. Concluding Discussion. Today’s concern ofmission and theatre uncertainties. Increasingrequirements at constrained size, weight, and cost. Needsfor growth potential. System of systems with data fusionand multiple communication links.

Dr. Menachem Levitas received his BS, maxima cum laude,from the University of Portland and his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Virginia in 1975, both in physics. He has forty oneyears experience in science and engineering, thirty three ofwhich in radar systems analysis, design, development, andtesting for the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and FAA. Hisexperience encompasses many ground based, shipboard, andairborne radar systems. He has been technical lead on many

radar efforts including Government source selection teams. Heis the author of multiple radar based innovations and is arecipient of the Aegis Excellence Award for his contributiontoward 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 ServiceCorporation / Washington. He continues to provide radartechnical support under consulting agreements.


Radar Systems Design & EngineeringRadar Performance Calculations

What You Will Learn• What are radar subsystems.

• How to calculate radar performance.

• Key functions, issues, and requirements.

• HHow different requirements make radars different.

• Operating in different modes & environments.

• ESA and AESA radars: what are these technologies, how they work,what drives them, and what new issues they bring.

• Issues unique to multifunction, phased array, radars.

• State-of-the-art waveforms and waveform processing.

• How airborne radars differ from surface radars.

• Today's requirements, technologies & designs.

InstructorsDr. Menachem Levitas received his BS, maxima cum laude, from

the University of Portland and his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Virginia in 1975, both in physics. Hehas forty three years experience in science andengineering, thirty five of which in radar systemsanalysis, design, development, and testing for theNavy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and FAA. Hisexperience encompasses many ground based,shipboard, and airborne radar systems. He hasbeen technical lead on many radar efforts includingGovernment source selection teams. He is the

author of multiple radar based innovations and is a recipient of theAegis Excellence Award for his contribution toward the AN/SPY-1 highrange resolution (HRR) development. For many years, prior to hisretirement in 2011, he had been the chief scientist of TechnologyService Corporation / Washington. He continues to provide radartechnical support under consulting agreements.

Stan Silberman is a member of the Senior Technical Staff of theApplied Physics Laboratory. He has over 30 years of experience intracking, sensor fusion, and radar systems analysis and design for theNavy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and FAA. Recent work has included theintegration of a new radar into an existing multisensor system and inthe integration, using a multiple hypothesis approach, of shipboardradar and ESM sensors. Previous experience has included analysisand design of multiradar fusion systems, integration of shipboardsensors including radar, IR and ESM, integration of radar, IFF, andtime-difference-of-arrival sensors with GPS data sources, andintegration of multiple sonar systems on underwater platforms.

SummaryThis four-day course covers radar functionality, architecture, and

performance. Fundamental radar 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 unifyingcontext of the radar range equation, and examined within the contextsof surface and airborne radar platforms and their respectiveapplications. Advanced topics such as pulse compression,electronically steered arrays, and active phased arrays are covered,together with the related issues of failure compensation and auto-calibration. The fundamentals of multi-target tracking principles arecovered, and detailed examples of surface and airborne radars arepresented. This course is designed for engineers and engineeringmanagers who wish to understand how surface and airborne radarsystems work, and to familiarize themselves with pertinent designissues and the current technological frontiers.

February 24-27, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland

June 23-26, 2014 • Columbia, Maryland

$1940 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course OutlineDay 1 - Part I: Radar and Phenomenology Fundamentals

1. Introduction. Radar systems examples. Radar ranging principles,frequencies, architecture, measurements, displays, and parameters. Radarrange equation; radar waveforms; antenna patterns, types, andparameters.

2. Noise in Receiving Systems and Detection Principles. Noisesources; statistical properties. Radar range equation; false alarm anddetection probability; and pulse integration schemes. Radar cross section;stealth; fluctuating targets; stochastic models; detection of fluctuatingtargets.

3. CW Radar, Doppler, and Receiver Architecture. Basicproperties; CW and high PRF relationships; dynamic range, stability;isolation requirements, techniques, and devices; superheterodynereceivers; in-phase and quadrature receivers; signal spectrum; spectralbroadening; matched filtering; Doppler filtering; Spectral modulation; CWranging; and measurement accuracy.

4. Radio Waves Propagation. The pattern propagation factor;interference (multipath,) and diffraction; refraction; standard refractivity; the4/3 Earth approximation; sub-refractivity; super refractivity; trapping;propagation ducts; littoral propagation; propagation modeling; attenuation.

5. Radar Clutter and Detection in Clutter. Volume, surface, anddiscrete clutter, deleterious clutter effects on radar performance, cluttercharacteristics, effects of platform velocity, distributed sea clutter and seaspikes, terrain clutter, grazing angle vs. depression angle characterization,volume clutter, birds, Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) thresholding,editing CFAR, and Clutter Maps.

Day 2 - Part II: Clutter Processing, Waveform, and Waveform Processing

6. Clutter Filtering Principles. Signal-to-clutter ratio; signal andclutter separation techniques; range and Doppler techniques; principles offiltering; transmitter stability and filtering; pulse Doppler and MTI; MTD;blind speeds and blind ranges; staggered MTI; analog and digital filtering;notch shaping; gains and losses. Performance measures: clutterattenuation, improvement factor, subclutter visibility, and cancellation ratio.Improvement factor limitation sources; stability noise sources; compositeerrors; types of MTI.

7. Radar Waveforms. The time-bandwidth concept. Pulsecompression; Performance measures; Code families; Matched andmismatched filters. Optimal codes and code families: multiple constraints.Performance in the time and frequency domains; Mismatched filters andtheir applications; Orthogonal and quasi-orthogonal codes; Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar; MIMO waveforms and MIMO antennapatterns.

Part 3: ESA, AESA, and Related Topics

8. Electronically Scanned Radar Systems. Fundamental concepts,directivity and gain, elements and arrays, near and far field radiation,element factor and array factor, illumination function and Fourier transformrelations, beamwidth approximations, array tapers and sidelobes, electrical

dimension and errors, array bandwidth, steering mechanisms, gratinglobes, phase monopulse, beam broadening, examples.

9. Active Phased Array Radar Systems. What are solid state activearrays (SSAA), what advantages do they provide, emerging requirementsthat call for SSAA (or AESA), SSAA issues at T/R module, array, andsystem levels, digital arrays, future direction.

10. Multiple Simultaneous Beams. Why multiple beams,independently steered beams vs. clustered beams, alternative organizationof clustered beams and their implications, quantization lobes in clusteredbeams arrangements and design options to mitigate them.

Day 3

11. Auto-Calibration Techniques in Active Phased Array Radars:Motivation; the mutual coupling in a phased array radar; externalcalibration reference approach; the mutual coupling approach;architectural.

12. Module Failure and Array Auto-compensation: The ‘bathtub’profile of module failure rates and its three regions, burn-in and acceleratedstress tests, module packaging and periodic replacements, coolingalternatives, effects of module failure on array pattern, array auto-compensation techniques to extend time between replacements, need forrecalibration after module replacement.

Part 4: Applications

13. Surface Radar. Principal functions and characteristics, nearnessand extent of clutter, effects of anomalous propagation, the stressingfactors of dynamic range, signal stability, time, and coverage requirements,transportation requirements and their implications, sensitivity time controlin classical radar, the increasing role of bird/angel clutter and its effects onradar design, firm track initiation and the scan-back mechanism, antennapattern techniques used to obtain partial relief.

14. Airborne Radar. Frequency selection; Platform motion effects;iso-ranges and iso-Dopplers; antenna pattern effects; clutter; reflectionpoint; altitude line. The role of medium and high PRF's in lookdown modes;the three PRF regimes; range and Doppler ambiguities; velocity searchmodes, TACCAR and DPCA.)

15. Synthetic Aperture Radar. Principles of high resolution, radar vs.optical imaging, real vs. synthetic aperture, real beam limitations,simultaneous vs. sequential operation, derivations of focused arrayresolution, unfocused arrays, motion compensation, range-gate drifting,synthetic aperture modes: real-beam mapping, strip mapping, andspotlighting, waveform restrictions, processing throughputs, syntheticaperture 'monopulse' concepts.

Day 4

16. Multiple Target Tracking. Definition of Basic terms. TrackInitiation: Methodology for initiating new tracks; Recursive and batchalgorithms; Sizing of gates for track initiation. M out of N processing. StateEstimation & Filtering: Basic filtering theory. Least-squares filter andKalman filter. Adaptive filtering and multiple model methods. Use ofsuboptimal filters such as table look-up and constant gain. Correlation &Association: Correlation tests and gates; Association algorithms;Probabilistic data association and multiple hypothesis algorithms.


Who Should Attend• Aerospace Industry Managers.

• Government Regulators, Administrators and sponsors of rocket ormissile projects.

• Engineers of all disciplines supporting rocket and missile projects.

• Contractors or investors involved in missile development.

What You Will Learn• Fundamentals of rocket and missile systems, functions and

disciplines.

• The full spectrum of rocket systems, uses and technologies.

• Differences in technology between foreign and domestic rocketsystems.

• Fundamentals and uses of solid, liquid and hybrid rocket systems.

• Differences between systems built as weapons and those built forcommerce.

InstructorEdward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch Vehicle System

Engineer, specializing in integration of launchvehicle technology, design, modeling and businessstrategies. He is currently an independentconsultant, writer and teacher of rocket systemtechnology. He is experienced in launch vehicleoperations, design, testing, business analysis, riskreduction, modeling, safety and reliability. Mr.Keith’s experience extends to both reusable and

expendable launch vehicles, as well as to solid, liquid and hybridrocket systems. Mr. Keith has designed complete rocket engines,rocket vehicles, small propulsion systems, and composite propellanttank systems, especially designed for low cost. Mr. Keith has workedthe Space Launch Initiative and the Liquid Fly-Back Booster programsfor Boeing, originated the Scorpius Program for Microcosm, worked onthe Brilliant Eyes and the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor Programs forRockwell and worked on the Aerojet Launch Detection Satelliteprogram. He also has 13-years of government experience includingfive years working launch operations at Vandenberg AFB. Mr. Keithhas written 22 technical papers and two textbooks on various aspectsof space transportation over the last two decades.

SummaryThis 3-day course provides an overview of

rockets and missiles for government and industryofficials, even those with limited technicalexperience in rockets and missiles. It provides apractical knowledge in rocket and missile issuesand technologies. The seminar provides afoundation for understanding the issues that mustbe decided in the use, regulation and developmentof rocket systems of the future. You will learn a wide spectrum ofproblems, solutions and choices in the technology of rockets and missileused for both military and civil purposes.

The seminar is taught to the point-of-view of a decision makerneeding the technical knowledge to make better informed choices in themulti-discipline world of rockets and missiles. You will learn what youneed to know about how rockets and missiles work, why they are buildthe way they are, what they are used for and how they differ from use touse; how rockets and missiles differ when used as weapons, as launchvehicles, and in spacecraft or satellites. The objective is to give thedecision maker all the tools needed to understand the available choices,and to manage or work with other technical experts of differentspecialized disciplines.

Attendees will receive a 210-page text book written by Mr. Keith,covering all the course material in detail, and a complete set of printedclass notes used during the class.

Course Outline1. Fundamentals of Rockets and Missiles: The historic and

practical uses of rocket systems.

2. Classifications of Rockets and Missiles: The classificationsand terminology of all types of rocket and missile systems are defined.

3. Rocket Propulsion made Simple: The chemistry and physicsdefining how all rockets and rocket nozzles operate to achieve thrustis explained. Rocket performance modeling and efficiencies areintroduced.

4. Rocket Flight Environments: The flight environments ofrockets, acceleration, propellant consumption, heating, shock,vibration, ascent profile and plume phenomenology are explored.

5. Aerodynamics and Winds: The effect of winds, atmosphericdensity, pressure and rocket velocity on lift, drag, and dynamicpressure is explained. Rocket shape, stability and ventingrequirements are discussed.

6. Performance Analysis and Staging: The use of low and highfidelity performance modeling, including performance loss factors, aredefined. Staging theory, performance and practices for multi-stagerockets are explained.

7. Mass Properties and Propellant Selection: No aspect ismore important, or more often mismanaged, that optimum propellantselection. The relative importance of specific impulse, bulk density,bulk temperature, storability, ignition properties, stability, toxicity,operability, compatibility with materials, ullege requirements, andspecial mixtures are defined. Monopropellant and cold gas propellantsare introduced.

8. Introduction to Solid Rocket Motors: The historical andtechnological aspects of Solid Rocket Motors is explored to understandthe applications, advantages, disadvantages and tradeoffs over otherforms of rockets. Solid rocket materials, propellants, thrust-profiles,construction, cost advantages and special applications are explained.

9. Fundamentals of Hybrid Rockets: The operation, safety,technology and Problems associated with hybrid rockets is discussed.

10. Liquid Rocket Engines: Issues of pressure and pump-fedliquid rocket engines are explained, including injectors, cooling,chamber construction, pump cycles, ignition and thrust vector control.

11. Introducing the Liquid Rocket Stage: The elements of liquidrocket stages are introduced, including propellant tank systems,pressurization, cryogenics, and other structures.

12. Thrust Vector Control (TVC): TVC hardware and alternativesare explained.

13. Basic Rocket Avionics: Flight electronics elements ofGuidance, Navigation, Control, Communications, Telemetry, RangeSafety and Payloads are defined.

14. Modern Expendable Launch Vehicles: The essence of goodlaunch vehicle design is explored and defined, with examples of theAmerican Delta-II and Russian strategy as an alternative.

15. Rockets in Spacecraft Propulsion: The differences insystems found on spacecraft, operating in microgravity, are examined.

16. Launch Sites and Operations: Understanding of the role andpurpose of launch sites, and the choices available for a launchoperations infrastructure.

17. Useful Orbits & Trajectories Made Simple: A simplifiedpresentation of orbital mechanics, appropriate for the understanding ofthe role of rocket propulsion in orbital trajectories and maneuvers, isprovided to the student.

18. Safety of Rocket Systems: The hazards and mitigations ofinherently hazardous rocket operations are examined.

19. Reliability of Rocket Systems: Reliability issues for rocketsystems, with strategies to improve reliability are explored andexplained.

20. Reusable Launch Vehicle Theory: The student is providedwith an appreciation of why Reusable Launch Vehicles have failedeconomically.

21. Rocket Cost Principals and Cases: The student is introducedto cost estimation methods and cost model systems as a science. Anunderstanding of why costs are so high is provided, with alternativestrategies from the Soyuz Case to illustrate alternatives to costreduction.

22. Chemical Rocket Propulsion Alternatives: Alternatives tochemical rockets like jets, nuclear or thermal engines, cannons, tethersand laser weapons.

23. Proliferation of Missile Technology: International Traffickingin Arms issues.

24. The Future of Rockets and Missiles: A final open discussionregarding the direction of rocket technology, science, usage andregulations of rockets. missiles is conducted to close out the class.




Rockets & Missiles - Fundamentals


SummaryThis three-day course is based on the popular text

Rocket Propulsion Elements by Sutton and Biblarz.The course provides practical knowledge in rocketpropulsion engineering and design technology issues.It is designed for those needing a more completeunderstanding of the complex issues.

The objective is to give the engineer or manager thetools needed to understand the available choices inrocket propulsion and/or to manage technical expertswith greater in-depth knowledge of rocket systems.Attendees will receive a copy of the book RocketPropulsion Elements, a disk with practical rocketequations in Excel, and a set of printed notes coveringadvanced additional material.

Course Outline1. Classification of Rocket Propulsion. Introduction to

the types and classification of rocket propulsion, includingchemical, solid, liquid, hybrid, electric, nuclear and solar-thermal systems.

2. Fundaments and Definitions. Introduction to massratios, momentum thrust, pressure balances in rocketengines, specific impulse, energy efficiencies andperformance values.

3. Nozzle Theory. Understanding the acceleration ofgasses in a nozzle to exchange chemical thermal energy intokinetic energy, pressure and momentum thrust,thermodynamic relationships, area ratios, and the ratio ofspecific heats. Issues of subsonic, sonic and supersonicnozzles. Equations for coefficient of thrust, and the effects ofunder and over expanded nozzles. Examination of cone&bellnozzles, and evaluation of nozzle losses.

4. Performance. Evaluation of performance of rocketstages & vehicles. Introduction to coefficient of drag,aerodynamic losses, steering losses and gravity losses.Examination of spaceflight and orbital velocity, elliptical orbits,transfer orbits, staging theory. Discussion of launch vehiclesand flight stability.

5. Propellant Performance and Density Implications.Introduction to thermal chemical analysis, exhaust speciesshift with mixture ratio, and the concepts of frozen and shiftingequilibrium. The effects of propellant density on massproperties & performance of rocket systems for advanceddesign decisions.

6. Liquid Rocket Engines. Liquid rocket enginefundamentals, introduction to practical propellants, propellantfeed systems, gas pressure feed systems, propellant tanks,turbo-pump feed systems, flow and pressure balance, RCSand OMS, valves, pipe lines, and engine supporting structure.

7. Liquid Propellants. A survey of the spectrum ofpractical liquid and gaseous rocket propellants is conducted,including properties, performance, advantages anddisadvantages.

8. Thrust Chambers. The examination of injectors,combustion chamber and nozzle and other major engineelements is conducted in-depth. The issues of heat transfer,cooling, film cooling, ablative cooling and radiation cooling areexplored. Ignition and engine start problems and solutions areexamined.

9. Combustion. Examination of combustion zones,combustion instability and control of instabilities in the designand analysis of rocket engines.

10. Turbopumps. Close examination of the issues ofturbo-pumps, the gas generation, turbines, and pumps.Parameters and properties of a good turbo-pump design.

11. Solid Rocket Motors. Introduction to propellant graindesign, alternative motor configurations and burning rateissues. Burning rates, and the effects of hot or cold motors.Propellant grain configuration with regressive, neutral andprogressive burn motors. Issues of motor case, nozzle, andthrust termination design. Solid propellant formulations,binders, fuels and oxidizers.

12. Hybrid Rockets. Applications and propellants used inhybrid rocket systems. The advantages and disadvantages ofhybrid rocket motors. Hybrid rocket grain configurations /combustion instability.

13. Thrust Vector Control. Thrust Vector Controlmechanisms and strategies. Issues of hydraulic actuation,gimbals and steering mechanisms. Solid rocket motor flex-bearings. Liquid and gas injection thrust vector control. Theuse of vanes and rings for steering..

14. Rocket System Design. Integration of rocket systemdesign and selection processes with the lessons of rocketpropulsion. How to design rocket systems.

15. Applications and Conclusions. Now that you havean education in rocket propulsion, what else is needed todesign rocket systems? A discussion regarding the future ofrocket engine and system design.

Who Should Attend• Engineers of all disciplines supporting rocket design

projects.

• Aerospace Industry Managers.

• Government Regulators, Administrators and sponsors ofrocket or missile projects.

• Contractors or investors involved in rocket propulsiondevelopment projects.

Instructor

Edward L. Keith is a multi-discipline Launch VehicleSystem Engineer, specializing inintegration of launch vehicle technology,design, modeling and businessstrategies. He is an independentconsultant, writer and teacher of rocketsystem technology, experienced inlaunch vehicle operations, design,

testing, business analysis, risk reduction, modeling,safety and reliability. Mr. Keith’s experience includesreusable & expendable launch vehicles as well as solid& liquid rocket systems.


$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Rocket Propulsion 101Rocket Fundamentals & Up-to-Date Information


What You Will Learn• New digital communications requirements that drive the SDR

approach.

• SDR standardization attempts, both military and civilian.

• SDR complexity vs. granularity tradeoffs.

• Current digital radio hardware limitations on SDR.

• Many aspects of physical layer digital communicationsdesign and how they relate to SDR.

• The latest software development tools for SDR.

• Practical DSP design techniques for SDR transceivers.

• Possible SDR future directions.

From this course you will understand the SDR approachto digital radio design and become familiar with currentstandards and trends. You will gain extensive insight intothe differences between traditional digital radio design andthe SDR approach. You will be able to evaluate designapproaches for SDR suitability and lead SDR discussionswith colleagues.

InstructorsDr. John M Reyland has 20 years of experience in

digital communications design for bothcommercial and military applications.Dr. Reyland holds the degree of Ph.D.in electrical engineering from theUniversity of Iowa. He has presentednumerous seminars on digitalcommunications in both academic and

industrial settings.

SummaryThis 3-day course is designed for digital signal

processing engineers, RF system engineers, andmanagers who wish to enhance their understanding ofthis rapidly emerging technology. On day one wepresent an extensive overview of SDR definitions,applications, development tools and example products.On day two we cover basic digital radio concepts, withemphasis on SDR applications. On day three we tacklea complete SDR design, from antenna to decoded bits.Throughout the course, mostly intuitive explanationstake the place of detailed mathematical developments.The emphasis is on practical “take-away” high levelknowledge. Most topics include carefully describeddesign examples, alternative approaches,performance analysis, and references to publishedresearch results. Extensive guidance is provided tohelp you get started on practical design and simulationefforts.. An extensive bibliography is included.

Course Outline

1. SDR Introduction. SDR definitions, motivation,history and evolution. SDR cost vs. benefits and othertradeoffs. SDR impact on various communicationsystem components.

2. Software Communications Architecture(SCA). Motivation, operational overview and details.Hardware abstraction concepts used in SCA. SCAstructural components such as domain manager, coreframework, application factory, etc. An example ispresented of how SCA is used to configure a simpleradio system.

3. GNU Radio. SDR application of this blockdiagram oriented develop environment. An example ispresented of how GNU Radio is useful for SDR.

4. SDR Examples. SDR application to governmentradio systems, amateur radio, personalcommunications systems, etc.

5. Digital Modulation. Linear and non-linearmultilevel modulations. Analysis of advancedtechniques such as OFDM and its application to LTE,DSL and 802.11a. System design implications ofbandwidth and power efficiency, peak to averagepower, error vector magnitude, error probability, etc.

6. RF Channels. Doppler, thermal noise,interference, slow and fast fading, time and frequencydispersion, RF spectrum usage, bandwidthmeasurement and link budget examples. Multipleinput, multiple output (MIMO) channels.

7. Receiver Channel Equalization. Inter-symbolinterference, group delay, linear and nonlinearequalization, time and frequency domain equalizers,Viterbi equalizers.

8. Multiple Access Techniques. Frequency, timeand code division techniques. Carrier sensing, wirelesssensor networks, throughput calculations.

9. Source and Channel Coding. Shannon’stheorem, sampling, entropy, data compression, voicecoding, block and convolution coding, turbo coding.

10. Receiver Analog Signal Processing. RFconversion structures for SDR, frequency planning,automatic gain control, high speed analog to digitalconversion techniques and bandpass sampling. Anexample is presented of an SDR radio front end thatsupports rapid reconfiguration for multiple signalformats.

11. Receiver Digital Signal Processing.Quadrature downconversion, processing gain, packetsynchronization, Doppler estimation, automatic gaincontrol, carrier and symbol estimation and tracking,coherent vs. noncoherent demodulation. An example ispresented of SDR digital control over an FPGAimplementation.


April 22-24, 2014Cleveland, Ohio

$1790 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Software Defined Radio EngineeringComprehensive Study of State of the Art Techniques

REVISED!


Solid Rocket Motor Design and Applications

What You Will Learn• Solid rocket motor principles and key requirements.

• Motor design drivers and sensitivity on the design,reliability, and cost.

• Detailed propellant and component design featuresand characteristics.

• Propellant and component manufacturing processes.

• SRM/Vehicle interfaces, transportation, and handlingconsiderations.

• Development approach for qualifying new SRMs.

InstructorRichard Lee Lee has more than 45 years in the

space and missile industry. He was a Senior ProgramMgr. at Thiokol, instrumental in the development of theCastor 120 SRM. His experience includes managingthe development and qualification of DoD SRMsubsystems and components for the Small ICBM,Peacekeeper and other R&D programs. Mr. Lee hasextensive experience in SRM performance andinterface requirements at all levels in the space andmissile industry. He has been very active incoordinating functional and physical interfaces with thecommercial spaceports in Florida, California, andAlaska. He has participated in developing safetycriteria with academia, private industry andgovernment agencies (USAF SMC, 45th Space Wingand Research Laboratory; FAA/AST; NASAHeadquarters and NASA centers; and the Army Spaceand Strategic Defense Command. He has alsoconsulted with launch vehicle contractors in the design,material selection, and testing of SRM propellants andcomponents. Mr. Lee has a MS in EngineeringAdministration and a BS in EE from the University ofUtah.

SummaryThis three-day course provides an overall look - with

increasing levels of details-at solid rocket motors (SRMs)including a general understanding of solid propellant motorand component technologies, design drivers; motor internalballistic parameters and combustion phenomena; sensitivityof system performance requirements on SRM design,reliability, and cost; insight into the physical limitations;comparisons to liquid and hybrid propulsion systems; adetailed review of component design and analysis; criticalmanufacturing process parameters; transportation andhandling, and integration of motors into launch vehicles andmissiles. General approaches used in the development ofnew motors. Also discussed is the importance of employingformal systems engineering practices, for the definition ofrequirements, design and cost trade studies, developmentof technologies and associated analyses and codes used tobalance customer and manufacturer requirements,

All types of SRMs are included, with emphasis on currentmotos for commercial and DoD/NASA launch vehicles suchas LM Athena series, OSC GMD, Pegasus and Taurusseries, MDA SM-3 series,strap-on motors for the Deltaseries, Titan V, and Ares / Constellation vehicle. The use ofsurplus military motors (Minuteman, Peacekeeper, etc.) fortarget and sensor development and university research isdiscussed. The course also introduces nano technologies(nano carbon fiber) and their potential use for NASA’s deepspace missions.

For onsite presentations, course can be tailored

to specific SrM applications and technologies.

Course Outline1. Introduction to Solid Rocket Motors (SRMs). SRM

terminology and nomenclature, survey of types andapplications of SRMs, and SRM component description andcharacteristics.

2. SRM Design and Applications. Fundamental principlesof SRMs, key performance and configuration parameterssuch as total impulse, specific impulse, thrust vs. motoroperating time, size constraints; basic performanceequations, internal ballistic principles, preliminary approachfor designing SRMs; propellant combustion characteristics(instability, burning rate), limitations of SRMs based on thelaws of physics, and comparison of solid to liquid propellantand hybrid rocket motors.

3. Definition of SRM Requirements. Impact ofcustomer/system imposed requirements on design, reliability,and cost; SRM manufacturer imposed requirements andconstraints based on computer optimization codes andgeneral engineering practices and management philosophy.

4. SRM Design Drivers and Technology Trade-Offs.Identification and sensitivity of design requirements that affectmotor design, reliability, and cost. Understanding of ,interrelationship of performance parameters, componentdesign trades versus cost and maturity of technology;exchange ratios and Rules of Thumb used in back-of-theenvelope preliminary design evaluations.

5. Key SRM Component Design Characteristics andMaterials. Detailed description and comparison ofperformance parameters and properties of solid propellantsincluding composite (i.e., HTPB, PBAN, and CTPB), nitro-plasticized composites, and double based or cross-linkedpropellants and why they are used for different motor and/orvehicle objectives and applications; motor cases, nozzles,thrust vector control & actuation systems; motor igniters, andother initiation and flight termination electrical and ordnancesystems..

6. SRM Manufacturing/Processing Parameters.Description of critical manufacturing operations for propellantmixing, propellant loading into the SRM, propellant inspectionand acceptance testing, and propellant facilities and tooling,and SRM components fabrication.

7. SRM Transportation and Handling Considerations.General understanding of requirements and solutions fortransporting, handling, and processing different motor sizesand DOT propellant explosive classifications and licensingand regulations.

8. Launch Vehicle Interfaces, Processing andIntegration. Key mechanical, functional, and electricalinterfaces between the SRM and launch vehicle and launchfacility. Comparison of interfaces for both strap-on and straightstack applications.

9. SRM Development Requirements and Processes.Approaches and timelines for developing new SRMs.Description of a demonstration and qualification program forboth commercial and government programs. Impact ofdecisions regarding design philosophy (state-of-the-art versusadvanced technology) and design safety factors. Motor sizingmethodology and studies (using computer aided designmodels). Customer oversight and quality program. Motor costreduction approaches through design, manufacturing, andacceptance. Castor 120 motor development example.


$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)



Synthetic Aperture Radar

What You Will Learn• Basic radar concepts and principles.

• SAR imaging and approaches to SAR processing.

• Basic SAR system engineering and design tradeoffs.

• Survey of existing SAR systems.

• Coherent and Non-Coherent SAR Exploitation includingbasic interferometry,

InstructorMr. Richard Carande is the President, CEO and co-founder of a consulting firm located in Boulder Colorado that specializes

in SAR and SAR exploitation technologies. Prevously, Mr. Carande was the Vice President and Director of Advanced RadarTechnologies at Vexcel Corporation. From 1986 to 1995 Mr. Carande was a group leader for a SAR processor development groupat the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Pasadena California). There he was involved in developing an operational SAR processor forthe JPL/NASA’s three-frequency, fully polarimetric AIRSAR system. Mr. Carande also worked as a System Engineer for the AlaskaSAR Processor while at JPL, and performed research in the area of SAR Along-Track Interferometry. Before starting at JPL, Mr.Carande was employed by a technology company in California where he developed optical and digital SAR processors for internalresearch applications. Mr. Carande has a BS & MS in Physics from Case Western Reserve University.

What You Will Learn• SAR system design and performance estimation.

• Interactive SAR design session illustrating design tradeoffs.

• SAR Polarimetry.

• Advanced SAR Interferometry including PS InSAR.

• Survey of future applications and system.

FundamentalsFebruary 10-11, 2014

Chantilly, Virginia May 5-6, 2014Denver, Colorado

$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)

AdvancedFebruary 12-13, 2014

Chantilly, VirginiaMay 7-8 , 2014Denver, Colorado

$1140 (8:30am - 4:00pm)

Course Outline1. Fundamentals of Radar. This portion of the course will provide

a background in radar fundamentals that are necessary for theunderstanding and appreciation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) andproducts derived from it. We will first review the history of radartechnology and applications, and introduce some fundamentalelements common to all radar systems. The student will learn howbasic ranging radar systems operate, why a chirp pulse is commonlyused, the Radar Range Equation and radar backscattering. We willalso discuss common (and uncommon) radar frequencies(wavelengths) and their unique characteristics, and why one frequencymight be preferred over another. A high-level description of radarpolarization will also be presented.

2. SAR Imaging. An overview of how SAR systems operate will beintroduced. We will discuss airborne systems and spaceborne systemsand describe unique considerations for each. Stripmap, spotlight andscanSAR operating modes will be presented. The advantages of eachmode will be described. A description of SAR image characteristicsincluding fore-shortening, layover and shadow will be shown. Rangeand azimuth ambiguities will be presented and techniques formitigating them explained. Noise sources will be presented. Equationsthat control system performance will be presented including resolution,ambiguity levels, and sensitivity. Approaches to SAR image formationwill be described including optical image formation and digital imageformation. Algorithms such as polar formatting, seismic migration,range-Doppler and time-domain algorithms will be discussed.

3. Existing and future SAR systems. We will describe the suiteof SAR systems currently operating. These will include all of thecommercial spaceborne SAR systems as well as common airbornesystems. Key features and advantages of each system will bedescribed. A description of upcoming SAR missions will be provided.

4. SAR Image Exploitation. In this section of the class a numberof SAR exploitation algorithms will be presented. The techniquesdescribed in this session rely on interpretation of detected images andare applied to both defense and scientific applications. A high-leveldescription of polarimetric SAR will be presented and the uniquecapabilities it brings for new applications. (More polarimetry detail canbe found in the ATI Advanced SAR course.)

5. Coherent SAR Exploitation. The coherent nature of SARimagery will be described and several ways to exploit this uniquecharacteristic will be presented. We will discuss the “importance ofphase,” and show how this leads to incredible sensitivities. Coherentchange detection will be described as well as basic interferometricapplications for measuring elevation or centimeter-level groundmotion. (More detail on interferometry can be found in the ATIAdvanced SAR course.)

Course Outline1. SAR Review. A brief review of SAR technology, capabilities and

terminology will set the stage for this Advanced SAR Class.

2. SAR System Engineering and Performance Prediction. Thefactors that control the quality of SAR imagery produced from a givensystem will be developed and presented. This includes noise-equivalent sigma zero (sensitivity) calculations, trade-offs in terms ofresolution verses coverage, and the impact of hardware selectionincluding radar echo quantization (ADCs), antenna area and gain.Parameters that affect PRF selection will be described and anomogrammatic approach for PRF selection will be presented.Specialized techniques to improve SAR performance will be described.

3. Design-A-SAR. Using an ideal implementation of the radarequation, we will design a simplified SAR system and predict itsperformance. During this interactive session, the students will selectradar “requirements” including radar frequency, coverage, resolution,data rate, sensitivity, aperture size and power; and the systemperformance will be determined. This interactive presentation of designtrade-offs will clearly illustrate the challenges involved in building arealistic SAR system.

4. SAR Polarimetry. We will first review polarimetric SAR principlesand described single-pol, dual-pol and quad-pol SAR systems and howthey operate. Hybrid and compact polarimetry will also be described.Polarization basis will be presented and we will discuss why one basismay be more useful than another for a particular application.Examples of using polarimetric data for performing SAR imagesegmentation and classification will be presented includingdecomposition approaches such as Cloud, Freeman-Durden andYamaguchi. Polarimetric Change detection will be introduced.

5. Advance SAR Interferometry. Techniques that exploit mutuallycoherent acquisitions of SAR data will be presented. We will firstreview two-pass interferometric SAR for elevation mapping and landmovement measurements. This will be expanded to using multipleobservations for obtaining time series results. Model-based methodsthat exploit redundant information for extracting unknown troposphericphase errors and other unknown noise sources will be presented (e.g.Permanent Scatterer Interferometry). Examples of these data productswill be provided, and a description of new exploitation products thatcan be derived will be presented.

6. Future and potential applications and systems. A survey ofcurrent work going on in the SAR community will be presented, andindications as to where this may lead in the future. This will include anoverview of recent breakthroughs in system design and operations,image/signal processing, processing hardware, exploitation, datacollection and fusion.


InstructorTimothy D. Cole is president of a consulting firm. Mr.

Cole has developed sensor & dataexfiltration solutions employing EO/IRsensors with augmentation using low-costwireless sensor nets. He has worked severalsensor system programs that addressed ISRincluding military-based cuing of sensors,intelligence gathering, first responders, andborder protection. Mr. Cole holds multiple

degrees in Electrical Engineering as well as inTechnical Management. He has been awarded the NASAAchievement Award and was a Technical Fellow at NorthropGrumman. He has authored over 25 papers associated withISR sensors, signal processing, and modeling.

SummaryThis three-day course addresses System Engineering

aspects associated with Intelligence, Surveillance &Reconnaissance (ISR) programs and. Application tosecurity, target acquisition and tracking, terminal guidancefor weapon systems, and seamless integration ofdistributed sensor heterogeneous systems with intuitivesituational display is provided. The course is designed forthe lead engineers; systems engineers, researchers,program managers, and government directors who desirea framework to solve the competing objectives relating toISR & security missions relating to regional forceprotection, asset monitoring, and/or targeting. The coursepresents an overview of tactical scale ISR systems (andmissions), requirements definition and tracking, andprovides technical descriptions relating to underlyingsensor technologies, ISR platform integration (e.g., UAV-based sensor systems), and measures of systemperformance with emphasis on system integration & testissues. Examples are given throughout the conduct of thecourse to allow for knowledgeable assessment of sensorsystems, ISR platform integration, data exfiltration andnetwork connectivity, along with discussion of theemerging integration of sensors with situational analyses(including sensor web enablement), application of opengeospatial standards (OGC), and attendant enablingcapabilities (consideration of sensor modalities, adaptiveprocessing of data, and system “impact” considerations).Strategic and classified ISR aspects are not presentedwithin this unclassified course.

Tactical Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) System EngineeringOverview of leading-edge, ISR system-of-systems


$1740 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Overview of ISR Systems. including definitions,

approaches, and review of existing unclassified systems.

2. Requirement Development, Tracking, andResponsive 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 (includesUAVs). Ground-based. Vehicle-based.

7. Sensor Technologies, Capabilities, EvaluationCriteria, and Modeling Approach. Electro-opticalimagers (EO/IR). Radar (including ultrawideband, UWB).Laser radar. Biochemical sensing. Acoustic monitoring. Adhoc wireless sensor nodes (WSN). Application of sensormodalities to ISR. Tagging, tracking & Locating targets ofinterest (TTL). Non-cooperative target identification(NCID).

8. Concurrent Operation and Cross-correlation ofISR Sensor Data Products to Form ComprehensiveEvaluation of Current Status.

9. Test & Evaluation Approach.

10. Human Systems Integration and Human FactorsTest & Evaluation.

11. Modeling & Simulation of ISR SystemPerformance.

12. Service Oriented Architectures and IPConvergence. Sensor web enablement. Use of metadata.Sensor harmonization. Re-use and cooperative integrationof ISR assets.

13. Situational Analysis and Display. Standardization.Heuristic manipulation of ISR system operation anddataflow/processing.

14. Case Studies: Tactical ISR SystemImplementation 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 associatedwith ISR systems.

• ISR & security requirement development and trackingpertaining to tactical ISR systems, how to audit top-levelrequirements to system element implementations.

• Sensor technologies and evaluation techniques forsensor modalities including: imagers (EO/IR), radar,laser radar, and other sensor modalities associated withtactical ISR missions.

• Data communications architecture and networks; how tomanage the distributed ISR assets and exfiltrate thevital data and data.

• ISR system design objectives and key performanceparameters.

• Situational analyses and associated common operatingdisplay approaches; how best to interact with humandecision makers.

• Integration of multi-modal data to form comprehensivesituational awareness.

• Emerging standards associated with sensor integrationand harmonization afforded via sensor web enablementtechnology.

• Examples of effective tactical ISR systems.

• Tools to support evaluation of ISR components,systems, requirements verification (and validation), andeffective deployment and maintenance.

• Modeling & simulation approaches to ISR requirementsdefinition and responsive ISR system design(s); how toevaluate aspects of an ISR system prior to deploymentand even prior to element development – how to find theISR “gaps”.


Unmanned Air Vehicle Design

February 18-20, 2014Hampton, Virginia

April 22-24 2014Dayton, Ohio

$1845 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


SummaryThis three-day short course covers the design of

unmanned air vehicles. The course will cover thehistory and classes of UAVs, requirement definition,command and control concepts and UAV aircraftdesign. It provides first-hand understanding of theentire design and development process for unmannedvehicles from their involvement in the DARPA MAVdevelopment and as the lead for the Army’s BrigadeCombat Team Modernization Class I, Increment Twovehicle. The instructor is currently working towards firstflight and was a key contributor to requirementsdevelopment, conceptual design, design optimization.

UAV’s history will be covered and the lessonslearned and the breadth of the design space. UAV’s areand will be key components of aviation. From the nanosized flapping vehicles to the extreme duration of highaltitude surveillance vehicles.

Each student will be provided a hard copy of thepresentations and the text book, Fundamentals ofAircraft and Airship Design: Volume I -Aircraft Design,by Leland M. Nicolai.

InstructorMr. Paul Gelhausen is Founder, Managing Member

and Chief Technical Officer of an aerospace company.He holds a B.S. and M.S. degrees in AerospaceEngineering from the University of Michigan andStanford University, respectively. Mr. Gelhausenprovides technical managerial leadership in design,simulation, and testing of advanced ducted fan vehicleconfigurations as well as providing technical andmanagerial leadership in the definition of future vehiclerequirements to satisfy mission scenarios, functionaldecomposition, concept development and detailedsystems and technology analysis. Prior to founding thecompany Mr. Gelhausen was a former NASA LangleyEngineer where he led the configuration design,aerodynamic design and aerodynamic validationelements of the multi-center Mars Airplane Programincluding requirements generation, technicalspecifications,analysis planning, test planning andoverall management.

What You Will Learn• UAV design is not a simple task that can be fully

learned in a short time, however, the scope of theproblem can be outlined.

• The design process is similar to any aircraft design,but there are unique tasks involved in replacing theintelligence of the pilot.

• The long history of UAV’s and the breadth of thedesign space will be covered.

• Lessons learned from experience and byobservation will be shared in the course.

• We will cover the tools and techniques that areused to make design decisions and modifications.

• Representative practical examples of UAV will bepresented.

Course Outline1. Introduction.

• Brief history of UAV’s "How did toys becomeuseful?"

• Classes of UAV’s• Fixed Wing• Rotary Wing / VTOL• Micro

2. UAV Requirements Definition.• Operational Concepts• Mission definition• Requirements Flow-down

3. Command and Control Concepts.• Ground based operation• Autonomous operation• Systems and subsystems definition• System Safety and Reliability Concerns

4. UAV Aircraft Design.• Configuration• Aerodynamics• Propulsion and propulsion system integration

concepts• Structures• Performance• Flight Controls and Handling Qualities• Operational influences on control strategies• Vehicle analysis & how it affects control strategies• Make sure you have enough sensor bandwidth • Making sure you have enough control surfaces /

power / bandwidth (choosing an actuator)• Gust rejection and trajectory performance driven by

5. Case study Examples.• Case study 1: Large turbine design• Case study 2: Small piston engine design• Cost Analysis• Development• Manufacturing• Operations• Disposal• Design Tools• Design Optimization


InstructorDr (Col Ret) Jerry LeMieux, President of Unmanned

Vehicle University, has over 40 years and10,000 hours of aviation experience. Hehas over 30 years of experience inoperations, program management,systems engineering, R&D and test andevaluation for AEW, fighter and tacticaldata link acquisition programs. As theNetwork Centric Systems Wing

Commander he led 1,300 personnel and managed 100network and data link acquisition programs with a five yearportfolio valued at more than $22 billion. In civilian life heconsults for the US FAA, Air Force, Army, Navy, NASA andDARPA. He holds a PhD in electrical engineering and is agraduate of Air War College and Defense AcquisitionUniversity. He has over 20 years of academic experienceat MIT, Boston University, University of Maryland, DanielWebster College and Embry Riddle AeronauticalUniversity. Dr LeMieux is a National expert on sense andavoid systems for UAVs and is working with FAA & RTCAto integrate UAS into National Airspace.

What You Will Learn• Definitions, Concepts & General UAS Principles.

• Types, Classification and Civilian Roles.

• Characteristics of UAS Sensors.

• UAS Communications and Data Links.

• NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4586.

• Alternatives to GPS and INS Navigation.

• Need for Regulation and Problems with AirspaceIntegration.

• Ground and Airborne Sense & Avoid Systems.

• Lost Link and ATC Communication/ManagementProcedures.

• Principles of UAS Design & Alternative Power.

• Improving Reliability with Fault Tolerant Control Systems.

• Principles of Autonomous Control & Alternative Navigation.

• Future Capabilities Including Space Transport, Hypersonic,UCAS, Pseudo-satellites and Swarming.

Unmanned Aircraft System FundamentalsDesign, Airspace Integration & Future Capabilities

SummaryThis 3-day, classroom instructional program is

designed to meet the needs of engineers, researchersand operators. The participants will gain a workingknowledge of UAS system classification, payloads,sensors, communications and data links. You will learnthe current regulation for small UAS operation

The principles of UAS conceptual design andhuman factors design considerations are described.The requirements and airspace issues for integratingUAS into civilian National Airspace is covered in detail.The need to improve reliability using redundancy andfault tolerant control systems is discussed. Multipleroadmaps are used to illustrate future UAS mission s.Alternative propulsion systems with solar and fuel cellenergy sources and multiple UAS swarming arepresented as special topics.

Each attendee will also receive a copy of Dr.LeMieux’s textbook Introduction to UnmannedSystems: Air, Ground, Sea & Space: Technologies &Commercial Applications (Vol. 1).

Course Outline1. UAS Basics. Definition, attributes, manned vs unmanned, design

considerations, life cycle costs, architecture, components, air vehicle,

payload, communications, data link, ground control station.

2. UAS Types & Civilian Roles. Categories/Classification, UK & In-

ternational classifications, law enforcement, disaster relief, fire detec-

tion & assessment, customs & border patrol, nuclear inspection.

3. UAS Sensors & Characteristics: Sensor Acquisition, Electro Op-

tical (EO), Infrared (IR), Multi Spectral Imaging (MSI), Hyper Spectral Im-

aging (HSI), Light Detection & Ranging (LIDAR), Synthetic Aperture

Radar (SAR), Atmospheric Weather Effects, Space Weather Effects.

4. Alternative Power: Solar and Fuel Cells: The Need for Alterna-

tive Propulsion for UAS, Alternative Power Trends & Forecast, Solar

Cells & Solar Energy, Solar Aircraft Challenges, Solar Wing Design, Past

Solar Designs, Energy Storage Methods & Density, Fuel Cell Basics &

UAS Integration, Fuel Cells Used in Current Small UAS, Hybrid Power.

5. Communications & Data Links. Current State of Data Links,

Future Data Link Needs, Line of Sight Fundamentals, Beyond Line of

Sight Fundamentals, UAS Communications Failure, Link

Enhancements, STANAG 4586, Multi UAS Control.

6. UAS Conceptual Design. UAS Design Process, Airframe Design

Considerations, Launch & Recovery Methods, Propulsion, Control &

Stability, Ground Control System, Support Equipment, Transportation.

7. Human Machine Interface. Human Factors Engineering

Explained Human Machine Interface, Computer Trends, Voice

Recognition & Control Haptic Feedback, Spatial Audio (3D Audio),

AFRL MIIRO, Synthetic Vision Brain Computer Interface, CRM.

8. Sense and Avoid Systems. Sense and Avoid Function ,Needs for

Sense and Avoid, TCAS, TCAS on UAS, ADS-B, Non Cooperative

FOV & Detection Requirements, Optical Sensors, Acoustic &

Microwave Sensors.

9. UAS Civil Airspace Issues. Current State, UAS Worldwide De-

mand, UAS Regulation & Airspace Problems, Existing Federal UAS

Regulation Equivalent Level of Safety, Airspace Categories,

AFRL/JPDO Workshop Results, Collision Avoidance & Sense and

Avoid, Recommendations.

10. Civil Airspace Integration Efforts. Civil UAS News, FAA Civil

UAS Roadmap, UAS Certificate of Authorization Process, UAPO

Interim Operational Approval Guidance (8-01), 14 CFR 107 Rule,

NASA UAS R&D Plan, NASA Study Results, RTCA SC 203, UAS R&D

Plan, FAA Reauthorization Bill, Six Test Sites.

11. UAS Navigation. Satellite Navigation, Inertial Navigation, Sensor

Fusion for Navigation, Image Navigation (Skysys), Locatta,

Satellite/INS/Video, (NAVSYS), Image Aided INS (NAVSYS).

12. Autonomous Control. Vision, Definitions, Automatic Control,

Automatic Air to Air Refueling, Autonomy, Advanced AI Applications,

Intelligent Control Techniques.

13. UAS Swarming. History of Swarming, Swarming Battles, Modern

Military Swarming, Swarming Characteristics, Swarming Concepts,

Emergent Behavior, Swarming Algorithms, Swarm Communications.

14. Future Capabilities. Space UAS & Global Strike, Advanced

Hypersonic Weapon, Submarine Launched UAS, UCAS, Pseudo-

satellites, Future Military Missions & Technologies.





SummaryThis three-day (four-day virtual) course is

intended for operational leaders andprogrammatic staff involved in the planning,analysis, or testing of Cyber Warfare andNetwork-Centric systems. The course willprovide perspective on emerging policy,doctrine, strategy, and operationalconstraints affecting the development ofcyber warfare systems. This knowledge willgreatly enhance participants' ability todevelop operational systems and conceptsthat will produce integrated, controlled, andeffective cyber effects at each warfare level.U.S. citizenship required for studentsregistered in this course.

Instructor

Albert Kinney is a retired Naval Officerand holds a Masters Degree in electricalengineering. His professional experienceincludes more than 20 years of experience inresearch and operational cyberspacemission areas including the initialdevelopment and first operationalemployment of the Naval Cyber AttackTeam.

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 enablefreedom of action in cyberspace?

• What are legal constraints on cyber warfare?

• How can cyber capabilities meet standards forweaponization?

• How should cyber capabilities be integrated withmilitary exercises?

• How can military and civilian cyberspaceorganizations prepare and maintain their workforceto play effective roles in cyberspace?

• What is the Comprehensive NationalCybersecurity Initiative (CNCI)?

From this course you will obtain in-depthknowledge and awareness of the cyberspacedomain, its functional characteristics, and itsorganizational inter-relationships enabling yourorganization to make meaningful contributions inthe domain of cyber warfare through technicalconsultation, systems development, andoperational test & evaluation

Course Outline

1. Global Internet Governance.

2. A Cyber Power Framework.

3. Global Supply Chain & OutsourcingIssues.

4. Critical Infrastructure Issues.

5. U.S. Cyberspace Doctrine and Strategy.

6. Cyberspace as a Warfare Domain.

7. Netcentricity.

8. U.S. Organizational Constructs in CyberWarfare.

9. Legal Considerations for Cyber Warfare.

10. Operational Theory of Cyber Warfare.

11. Operational and Tactical Maneuver inCyberspace - Stack Positioning.

12. Capability Development &Weaponization.

13. Cyber Warfare Training and ExerciseRequirements.

14. Command & Control for Cyber Warfare.

15. Cyber War Case Study .

16. Human Capital in Cybersecurity.

17. Survey of International Cyber WarfareDoctrine & Capabilities.

18. Large-Scale Cybersecurity Mechanisms.

19. Social Considerations in Cybersecurity –Culture & the Human Interface.

20. Cybersecurity, Civil Liberties, & FreedomAround the World .

21. Non-State Actor Trends - Cyber Crime,Cyber Terrorism, Hactivism.

22. Homeland Security Case Study /Industrial Espionage Case Study.

February 11-13, 2014Laurel, Maryland(8:30am - 4:00pm)

April 7-10, 2014LIVE Instructor-led Virtual(Noon - 4:30pm Eastern Time)

$1790Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 Each


Cyber Warfare – Global Trends


Digital Video Systems, Broadcast and Operations

What You Will Learn• How compressed digital video systems work

and how to use them effectively.

• Where all the compressed digital videosystems fit together in history, application andimplementation.

• Where encryption and conditional access fit inand what systems are available today.

• How do tape-based broadcast facilities differfrom server-based facilities?

• What services are evolving to complementdigital video?

• What do you need to know to upgrade /purchase a digital video system?

• What are the various options for transmittingand distributing digital video?

Instructor

Sidney Skjei is president of Skjei Telecom,Inc., an engineering andbroadcasting consulting firm. Hehas supported digital video systemsplanning, development andimplementation for a large numberof commercial organizations,including PBS, CBS, Boeing, and

XM Satellite Radio. He also works for smallertelevision stations and broadcast organizations.He is frequently asked to testify as an ExpertWitness in digital video system. Mr. Skjei holds anMSEE from the Naval Postgraduate School andis a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia.

SummaryThis four-day course is designed to make the

student aware of digital video systems in usetoday and planned for the near future, includinghow they are used, transmitted, and received.From this course you will obtain the ability tounderstand the various evolving digital videostandards and equipment, their use in currentbroadcast systems, and the concerns/issues thataccompany these advancements.


$1940 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Technical Background. Types of video.

Advantages and disadvantages. Digitizing video.Digital compression techniques.

2. Proprietary Digital Video Systems.Digicipher. DirecTV. Other systems.

3. Videoconferencing Systems Overview.

4. MPEG1 Digital Video. Why it was developed.Technical description. Operation and Transmission.

5. MPEG2 Digital Video. Why it was developed.Technical description. Operation and Transmission.4:2:0 vs 4:2:2 profile. MPEG profiles and levels.

6. DVB Enhancements to MPEG2. What DVBdoes and why it does it. DVB standards review. WhatDVB-S2 will accomplish and how.

7. DTV (or ATSC) use of MPEG2. How DTVuses MPEG2. DTV overview.

8. MPEG4 Advanced Simple Profile. Why itwas developed. Technical description. Operation andTransmission.

9. New Compression Systems. MPEG-4-10 orH.26L. Windows Media 9. How is different. Howimproved. Transcoding from MPEG 2 to MPEG 4.JPEG 2000.

10. Systems in use today: DBS systems (e.g.DirecTV, Echostar) and DARS systems (XM Radio,Sirius).

11. Encryption and Conditional AccessSystems. Types of conditional access / encryptionsystems. Relationship to subscriber managementsystems. Key distribution methods. Smart cards.

12. Digital Video Transmission. Over fiber opticcables or microwaves. Over the Internet – IP video.Over satellites. Private networks vs. public.

13. Delivery to the Home. Comparing andcontrasting terrestrial broadcasting, satellite (DBS),cable and others.

14. Production - Pre to Post. Productionformats. Digital editing. Graphics.ComputerAnimations. Character generation. Virtual sets, adsand actors. Video transitions and effects.

15. Origination Facilities. Playback control andautomation. Switching and routing and redundancy.System-wide timing and synchronization. Traffickingads and interstitials. Monitoring and control.

16. Storage Systems. Servers vs. physicalmedia. Caching vs. archival. Central vs. distributedstorage.

17. Digital Manipulation. Digital Insertion. BitStream Splicing. Statistical Multiplexing.

18. Asset Management. What is metadata.Digital rights management. EPGs.

19. Digital Copying. What the technology allows.What the law allows.

20. Video Associated Systems. Audio systemsand methods. Data encapsulation systems andmethods. Dolby digital audio systems handling in thebroadcast center.

21. Operational Considerations. Selecting theright systems. Encoders. Receivers / decoders.Selecting the right encoding rate. Source videoprocessing. System compatibility issues.


Who Should AttendThis seminar is directed at personnel who are

wrestling with interference/noise problems in electronicsystems at the design level. The following could benefitfrom this class:

• Electronics design engineers and technicians.

• Printed circuit board designers.

• EMC test engineers and technicians.

• NO prior EMC experience is necessary or assumed.

February 11-12, 2014San Diego, California

Optional Day 3: February 13, 2014

February 18-19, 2014Orlando, Florida

Optional Day 3: February 20, 2014

$995 for 2-day • $1395 for 3-day(8:30am - 4:30pm)


What You Will Learn• How to identify, prevent, and fix over 30 common

EMI/EMC problems in at the box/design level.

• Simple models and "rules of thumb" and to help youarrive at quick design decisions (NO heavy math).

• Design impact of various EMC specifications.

• Practical tools, tips, and techniques.

• Good EMI/EMC design practices.

Course Outline1. Introduction.• Interference Sources, Paths and Receptors • Key EMI Design Threats • EMI Regulations and Their Impact on Design

Physics of EMI • Frequency, Time and Dimensions • Transmisison Lines and "Hidden" Antennas2. Physics of EMI.• Frequency, Time, and Dimensions • Transmission Lines and “Hidden” Antennas 3. EMI in Components.• Looking for the "Hidden Schematic" • Passive Components and Their Limitations • Simple EMI Filters and How to Design them • EMI Effects in Analog and Digital Circuits4. Printed Circuit Boards.• Signal Integrity and EMI • Common Mode Emissions Problems • Dealing with Clocks and Resets • Power Decoupling • Isolated and Split Planes • I/O Treatments5. Power Supplies.• Common Noise Sources • Parasitic Coupling Mechanisms • Filters and Transient Protection6. Grounding & Interconnect.• Function of a Ground • Single Point, Multi-Point and Hybrid Grounds • Analog vs Digital Grounds • Circuit Board Grounding • Internal Cables and Connectors • I/O Treatments7. Shielding.• Picking the Right Materials • Enclosure Design Techniques • Shielded Connectors and Cables • ESD Entry Points8. Design Checklists & Resources.9. EMI Troubleshooting Guidelines (OPTIONAL DAY 3).• Eight case studies workshop

SummaryDesign for EMC/SI (Electromagnetic Compatibility &

Signal Integrity) addresses the control of EMI(Electromagnetic Interference) at the box level throughproven design techniques. This two-day courseprovides a comprehensive treatment of EMC/SI "insidethe box." This includes digital and analog circuits,printed circuit board design, power electronics, I/Otreatments, mechanical shielding, and more. Pleasenote - this class does NOT address "outside the box"issues such as cable design, power wiring, and othersystems level concerns. Each student will receive acopy of the EDN Magazine Designer's Guide to EMCby Daryl Gerke and William Kimmel, along with acomplete set of lecture notes.

NEW! An optional 3rd day with an EMITroubleshooting Workshop can be added for EMITroubleshooting Guidelines. Eight case studies arecovered.

Instructors William (Bill) Kimmel, PE, has worked in the

electronics field for over 45 years. Hereceived his BSEE with distinctionfrom the University of Minnesota. Hisexperience includes design andsystems engineering with industryleaders like Control Data and SperryDefense Systems. Since, 1987, hehas been involved exclusively with

EMI/EMC as a founding partner of Kimmel GerkeAssociates, Ltd. Bill has qualified numeroussystems to industrial, commercial, military, medical,vehicular, and related EMI/EMC requirements.

Daryl Gerke, PE, has worked in the electronicsfield for over 40 years. He received hisBSEE from the University ofNebraska. His experience rangesincludes design and systemsengineering with industry leaders likeCollins Radio, Sperry DefenseSystems, Tektronix, and Intel. Since1987, he has been involved

exclusively with EMI/EMC as a founding partner ofKimmel Gerke Associates, Ltd. Daryl has qualifiednumerous systems to industrial, commercial,military, medical, vehicular, and related EMI/EMCrequirements.

Design for Electromagnetic Compatibility / Signal IntegrityOptional 3rd Day: EMI Troubleshooting Workshop

NEW!

Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805 Vol. 109 – 51Register online at www.ATIcourses.com or call ATI at 888.501.2100 or 410.956.8805 Vol. 116 – 51

EMI / EMC in Military SystemsIncludes Mil Std-461/464 & Troubleshooting Addendums

What You Will Learn• How to identify, prevent, and fix common EMI/EMC

problems in military systems?

• Simple models and "rules of thumb" and to help youarrive at quick design decisions (NO heavy math).

• EMI/EMC troubleshooting tips and techniques.

• Design impact (by requirement) of military EMCspecifications (MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464)

• EMI/EMC documentation requirements (ControlPlans, Test Plans, and Test Reports).

Instructors William (Bill) Kimmel, PE, has worked in the

electronics field for over 45 years. Hereceived his BSEE with distinctionfrom the University of Minnesota. Hisexperience includes design andsystems engineering with industryleaders like Control Data and SperryDefense Systems. Since, 1987, hehas been involved exclusively with

EMI/EMC as a founding partner of Kimmel GerkeAssociates, Ltd. Bill has qualified numeroussystems to industrial, commercial, military, medical,vehicular, and related EMI/EMC requirements.

Daryl Gerke, PE, has worked in the electronicsfield for over 40 years. He received hisBSEE from the University ofNebraska. His experience rangesincludes design and systemsengineering with industry leaders likeCollins Radio, Sperry DefenseSystems, Tektronix, and Intel. Since1987, he has been involved

exclusively with EMI/EMC as a founding partner ofKimmel Gerke Associates, Ltd. Daryl has qualifiednumerous systems to industrial, commercial,military, medical, vehicular, and related EMI/EMCrequirements.

SummarySystems EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)

involves the control of EMI (ElectromagneticInterference) at the systems, facility, and platformlevels (e.g. outside the box.) This three-day courseprovides a comprehensive treatment of EMI/EMCproblems in military systems. These include both thebox level requirements of MIL-STD-461 and thesystems level requirements of MIL-STD-464. Theemphasis is on prevention through good EMI/EMCdesign techniques - grounding, shielding, cablemanagement, and power interface design.Troubleshooting techniques are also addressed in anaddendum. Please note - this class does NOT addresscircuit boards issues. Each student will receive a copyof the EDN Magazine Designer's Guide to EMC byDaryl Gerke and William Kimmel, along with acomplete set of lecture notes.

May 20-22, 2014Northern, Virginia

$1740 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction. Interference sources, paths, and

receptors. Identifying key EMI threats - power disturbances,radio frequency interference, electrostatic discharge, self-compatibility. Key EMI concepts - Frequency and impedance,Frequency and time, Frequency and dimensions.Unintentional antennas related to dimensions.

2. Grounding - A Safety Interface. Grounds defined.Ground loops and single point grounds. Multipoint groundsand hybrid grounds. Ground bond corrosion. Lightninginduced ground bounce. Ground currents through chassis.Unsafe grounding practice.

3. Power - An Energy Interface. Types of powerdisturbances. Common impedance coupling in shared groundand voltage supply. Transient protection. EMI power linefilters. Isolation transformers. Regulators and UPS. Powerharmonics and magnetic fields.

4. Cables and Connectors - A Signal Interface. Cablecoupling paths. Cable shield grounding and termination.Cable shield materials. Cable and connector ferrites. Cablecrosstalk. Classify cables and connectors.

5. Shielding - An Electromagnetic Field Interface.Shielding principles. Shielding failures. Shielding materials.EMI gaskets for seams. Handling large openings. Cableterminations and penetrations.

6. Systems Solutions. Power disturbances. Radiofrequency interference. Electrostatic discharge.Electromagnetic emissions.

7. MIL-STD-461 & MIL-STD-464 Addendum.Background on MIL-STD-461 and MIL-STD-464.Design/proposal impact of individual requirements (emphasison design, NOT testing.) Documentation requirements -Control Plans, Test Plans, Test Reports.

8. EMC Troubleshooting Addemdum. Troubleshootingvs Design & Test. Using the "Differential Diagnosis"Methodology Diagnostic and Isolation Techniques - RFI,power, ESD, emissions.


SummaryEvolutionary algorithms (EAs) are approaches to

artificial intelligence that are motivated byoptimization processes that we observe in nature,such as natural selection, species migration, birdswarms, human culture, and ant colonies. This two-day course provides a clear explanation of the basicprinciples of EAs. The two-day course covers thetheory, history, mathematics, and application of EAsto engineering optimization problems. Featuredtechniques include genetic algorithms, evolutionaryprogramming, evolution strategies, ant colonyoptimization, particle swarm optimization,differential evolution, biogeography-basedoptimization, and many others. Matlab-basedexamples are used during the course to illustratethe algorithms. This application-oriented coursehelps the student obtain a clear, but theoreticallyrigorous, understanding of EAs. The course alsodiscusses the similarities and differences betweenvarious EAs. This course provides an ideal EAintroduction to engineering and computer scienceprofessionals. Each student will receive a copy ofthe text Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms writtenby the course instructor, Dan Simon, in addition to acomplete set of lecture notes and Matlab code.

Instructor

Dan Simon has worked in industry, academia,and consulting since 1983. He hasapplied evolutionary algorithms(EAs) to problems such as missiletracking, prosthetic leg control,electrocardiogram diagnosis, robotcontrol, aircraft engine diagnostics,electric power management and

distribution, and automotive engine control. Dr.Simon is currently a professor in the Electricaland Computer Engineering Department atCleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.He has written over 80 peer-reviewed journal andconference papers, and has supervised over 20graduate theses and dissertations. Dr. Simon isthe author of the textbooks Optimal StateEstimation (John Wiley & Sons, 2006) andEvolutionary Optimization Algorithms (John Wiley& Sons, 2013).

What You Will Learn• The difference between evolutionary algorithms

(EAs), computer intelligence, populationbasedalgorithms, biologically-inspired algorithms,and swarm intelligence.

• The four fundamental EAs.

• Design and program an EA for my problem.

• Some of the important tuning parameters in EAs.

• Latest EA techniques.

• Similarities and differences between various EAtechniques.

• The no free lunch theorem and what are itsimplications for EAs.

• Perform a statistically rigorous comparison betweenthe performance of different EAs.

Evolutionary Optimization Algorithms: Fundamentals


$1245 (8:30am - 4:30pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction. Terminology. Unconstrained

optimization. Constrained optimization. Multi-objectiveoptimization. Multimodal optimization. Combinatorialoptimization. Hill climbing algorithms.

2. Genetic Algorithms. History. The binary GA. Thecontinuous GA. Matlab examples.

3. Performance Testing. Benchmarks. The no freelunch theorem. Overstatements based on simulationresults. Random numbers. T tests. F tests.

4. Evolutionary Programming. Continuous EP.Finite state machines. Discrete EP. The prisoner’sdilemma. The artificial ant problem.

5. Evolution Strategies. The (1+1)-ES. The 1/5rule. The (mu+1)-ES. The (mu+lambda)-ES. The(mu,lambda)-ES. Self-adaptive ES. .

6. Evolutionary Algorithm Variations. Initialization.Convergence criteria. Problem representation. Elitism.Steady-state vs. generational EAs. Population diversity.Selection options. Recombination options. Mutation.

7. Ant Colony Optimization. Pheromone models.The ant system. Continuous optimization. Other ACOmodels.

8. Particle Swarm Optimization. The basic PSOalgorithm. Velocity limiting. Inertia weighting.Constriction coefficients. Global velocity updates. Thefully informed PSO algorithm. Learning from mistakes.

9. Differential Evolution. The basic DE algorithm.DE variations. Discrete optimization. DE and GAs.

10. Biogeography-Based Optimization. Biogeographyin nature. The basic BBO algorithm. BBO migration curves.Blended migration. BBO variations. BBO and GAs.

11. Other Evolutionary Algorithms. Geneticprogramming. Simulated annealing. Estimation ofdistribution algorithms. Cultural algorithms. Opposition-based learning. Tabu search. The artificial fish swarmalgorithm. The group search optimizer. The shuffled frogleaping algorithm. The firefly algorithm. Bacterialforaging optimization. The artificial bee colony algorithm.The gravitational search algorithm. Harmony search.Teaching-learning-based optimization.

12. Practical Advice. Software bugs. Randomness.The nonlinearity of EA tuning. Information in an EApopulation. Diversity. Problem-specific information.

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Fiber Optic Communication Systems Engineering

What You Will Learn• What are the basic elements in analog and digital fiber

optic communication systems including fiber-opticcomponents and basic coding schemes?

• How fiber properties such as loss, dispersion and non-linearity impact system performance.

• How systems are compensated for loss, dispersion andnon-linearity.

• How a fiber-optic amplifier works and it’s impact onsystem performance.

• How to maximize fiber bandwidth through wavelengthdivision multiplexing.

• How is the fiber-optic link budget calculated?• What are typical characteristics of real fiber-optic

systems including CATV, gigabit Ethernet, POF datalinks, RF-antenna remoting systems, long-haultelecommunication links.

• How to perform cost analysis and system design?


$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis three-day course investigates the basic aspects of

digital and analog fiber-optic communication systems.Topics include sources and receivers, optical fibers andtheir propagation characteristics, and optical fibersystems. The principles of operation and properties ofoptoelectronic components, as well as signal guidingcharacteristics of glass fibers are discussed. Systemdesign issues include both analog and digital point-to-point optical links and fiber-optic networks.

From this course you will obtain the knowledge neededto perform basic fiber-optic communication systemsengineering calculations, identify system tradeoffs, andapply this knowledge to modern fiber optic systems. Thiswill enable you to evaluate real systems, communicateeffectively with colleagues, and understand the mostrecent literature in the field of fiber-optic communications.

InstructorDr. Raymond M. Sova is a section supervisor of the

Photonic Devices and Systems section and a member ofthe Principal Professional Staff of the Johns HopkinsUniversity Applied Physics Laboratory. He has aBachelors degree from Pennsylvania State University inElectrical Engineering, a Masters degree in AppliedPhysics and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from JohnsHopkins University. With nearly 17 years of experience, hehas numerous patents and papers related to thedevelopment of high-speed photonic and fiber opticdevices and systems that are applied to communications,remote sensing and RF-photonics. His experience in fiberoptic communications systems include the design,development and testing of fiber communication systemsand components that include: Gigabit ethernet, highly-parallel optical data link using VCSEL arrays, high datarate (10 Gb/sec to 200 Gb/sec) fiber-optic transmitters andreceivers and free-space optical data links. He is anassistant research professor at Johns Hopkins Universityand has developed three graduate courses in Photonicsand Fiber-Optic Communication Systems that he teachesin the Johns Hopkins University Whiting School ofEngineering Part-Time Program.

Course OutlinePart I: FUNDAMENTALS OF FIBER OPTIC

COMPONENTS

1. Fiber Optic Communication Systems. Introduction toanalog and digital fiber optic systems including terrestrial,undersea, CATV, gigabit Ethernet, RF antenna remoting, andplastic optical fiber data links.

2. Optics and Lightwave Fundamentals. Ray theory,numerical aperture, diffraction, electromagnetic waves,polarization, dispersion, Fresnel reflection, opticalwaveguides, birefringence, phase velocity, group velocity.

3. Optical Fibers. Step-index fibers, graded-index fibers,attenuation, optical modes, dispersion, non-linearity, fibertypes, bending loss.

4. Optical Cables and Connectors. Types, construction,fusion splicing, connector types, insertion loss, return loss,connector care.

5. Optical Transmitters. Introduction to semiconductorphysics, FP, VCSEL, DFB lasers, direct modulation, linearity,RIN noise, dynamic range, temperature dependence, biascontrol, drive circuitry, threshold current, slope efficiency, chirp.

6. Optical Modulators. Mach-Zehnder interferometer,Electro-optic modulator, electro-absorption modulator, linearity,bias control, insertion loss, polarization.

7. Optical Receivers. Quantum properties of light, PN,PIN, APD, design, thermal noise, shot noise, sensitivitycharacteristics, BER, front end electronics, bandwidthlimitations, linearity, quantum efficiency.

8. Optical Amplifiers. EDFA, Raman, semiconductor,gain, noise, dynamics, power amplifier, pre-amplifier, lineamplifier.

9. Passive Fiber Optic Components. Couplers,isolators, circulators, WDM filters, Add-Drop multiplexers,attenuators.

10. Component Specification Sheets. Interpreting opticalcomponent spec. sheets - what makes the best designcomponent for a given application.

Part II: FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS

11. Design of Fiber Optic Links. Systems design issuesthat are addressed include: loss-limited and dispersion limitedsystems, power budget, rise-time budget and sources of powerpenalty.

12. Network Properties. Introduction to fiber optic networkproperties, specifying and characterizing optical analog anddigital networks.

13. Optical Impairments. Introduction to opticalimpairments for digital and analog links. Dispersion, loss, non-linearity, optical amplifier noise, laser clipping to SBS (alsodistortions), back reflection, return loss, CSO CTB, noise.

14. Compensation Techniques. As data rates of fiberoptical systems go beyond a few Gbits/sec, dispersionmanagement is essential for the design of long-haul systems.The following dispersion management schemes arediscussed: pre-compensation, post-compensation, dispersioncompensating fiber, optical filters and fiber Bragg gratings.

15. WDM Systems. The properties, components andissues involved with using a WDM system are discussed.Examples of modern WDM systems are provided.

16. Digital Fiber Optic Link Examples: Worked examplesare provided for modern systems and the methodology fordesigning a fiber communication system is explained.Terrestrial systems, undersea systems, Gigabit ethernet, andplastic optical fiber links.

17. Analog Fiber Optic Link Examples: Workedexamples are provided for modern systems and themethodology for designing a fiber communication system isexplained. Cable television, RF antenna remoting, RF phasedarray systems.

18. Test and Measurement. Power, wavelength, spectralanalysis, BERT jitter, OTDR, PMD, dispersion, SBS, Noise-Power-Ratio (NPR), intensity noise.


Instructor

Dr. Dan Simon has been a professor atCleveland State University since1999, and is also the owner ofInnovatia Software. He had 14years of industrial experience in theaerospace, automotive, biomedical,process control, and softwareengineering fields before entering

academia. While in industry he applied Kalmanfiltering and other state estimation techniques toa variety of areas, including motor control, neuralnet and fuzzy system optimization, missileguidance, communication networks, faultdiagnosis, vehicle navigation, and financialforecasting. He has over 60 publications inrefereed journals and conference proceedings,including many in Kalman filtering.

What You Will Learn• How can I create a system model in a form that

is amenable to state estimation?

• What are some different ways to simulate asystem?

• How can I design a Kalman filter?

• What if the Kalman filter assumptions are notsatisfied?

• How can I design a Kalman filter for a nonlinearsystem?

• How can I design a filter that is robust to modeluncertainty?

• What are some other types of estimators thatmay do better than a Kalman filter?

• What are the latest research directions in stateestimation theory and practice?

• What are the tradeoffs between Kalman, H-infinity, and particle filters?

May 20-22, 2014Laurel, Maryland

$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline

1. Dynamic Systems Review. Linearsystems. Nonlinear systems. Discretization.System simulation.

2. Random Processes Review. Probability.Random variables. Stochastic processes.White noise and colored noise.

3. Least Squares Estimation. Weightedleast squares. Recursive least squares.

4. Time Propagation of States andCovariances.

5. The Discrete Time Kalman Filter.Derivation. Kalman filter properties.

6. Alternate Kalman filter forms.Sequential filtering. Information filtering.Square root filtering.

7. Kalman Filter Generalizations.Correlated noise. Colored noise. Steady-statefiltering. Stability. Alpha-beta-gamma filtering.Fading memory filtering. Constrained filtering.

8. Optimal Smoothing. Fixed pointsmoothing. Fixed lag smoothing. Fixed intervalsmoothing.

9. Advanced Topics in Kalman Filtering.Verification of performance. Multiple-modelestimation. Reduced-order estimation. RobustKalman filtering. Synchronization errors.

10. H-infinity Filtering. Derivation.Examples. Tradeoffs with Kalman filtering.

11. Nonlinear Kalman Filtering. Thelinearized Kalman filter. The extended Kalmanfilter. Higher order approaches. Parameterestimation.

12. The Unscented Kalman Filter.Advantages. Derivation. Examples.

13. The Particle Filter. Derivation.Implementation issues. Examples. Tradeoffs.

14. Applications. Fault diagnosis foraerospace systems. Vehicle navigation. Fuzzylogic and neural network training. Motorcontrol. Implementations in embeddedsystems.

Kalman, H-Infinity, and Nonlinear Estimation Approaches

SummaryThis three-day course will introduce Kalman

filtering and other state estimation algorithms in apractical way so that the student can design andapply state estimation algorithms for realproblems. The course will also present enoughtheoretical background to justify the techniquesand provide a foundation for advanced researchand implementation. After taking this course thestudent will be able to design Kalman filters, H-infinity filters, and particle filters for both linearand nonlinear systems. The student will be ableto evaluate the tradeoffs between different typesof estimators. The algorithms will bedemonstrated with freely available MATLABprograms. Each student will receive a copy of Dr.Simon’s text, Optimal State Estimation.


What You Will Learn• How to recognize the physical properties that

make RF circuits and systems unique

• What the important parameters are thatcharacterize RF circuits

• How to interpret RF Engineering performancedata

• What the considerations are in combining RFcircuits into systems

• How to evaluate RF Engineering risks such asinstabilities, noise, and interference, etc.

• How performance assessments can be enhancedwith basic engineering tools such as MATLAB.

From this course you will obtain theknowledge and ability to understand how rFcircuits functions, how multiple circuitsinteract to determine system performance, tointeract effectively with rF engineeringspecialists and to understand the literature.

Instructor

John E. Penn received a B.E.E. from theGeorgia Institute of Technology in1980, an M.S. (EE) from JohnsHopkins University (JHU) in 1982,and a second M.S. (CS) from JHUin 1988. He is currently the TeamLead for RFIC Design at ArmyResearch Labs. Since 1989, he

has been a part-time professor at Johns HopkinsUniversity where he teaches RF & Microwaves I& II, MMIC Design, and RFIC Design.

March 18-19, 2014Laurel, Maryland

$1150 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


RF Engineering - Fundamentals

Course OutlineDay One: Circuit Considerations

1. Physical Properties of RF circuits

2. Propagation and effective DielectricConstants

3. Impedance Parameters

4. Reflections and Matching

5. Circuit matrix parameters (Z,Y, & Sparameters)

6. Gain

7. Stability

8. Smith Chart data displays

9. Performance of example circuits

Day Two: System considerations1. Low Noise designs

2. High Power design

3. Distortion evaluation

4. Spurious Free Dynamic Range

5. MATLAB Assisted Assessment of state-of-the-art RF systems

NEW!

SummaryThis two-day course is designed for engineers

that are non specialists in RF engineering, but areinvolved in the design or analysis ofcommunication systems including digitaldesigners, managers, procurement engineers,etc. The course emphasizes RF fundamentals interms of physical principles behavioral conceptspermitting the student to quickly gain an intuitiveunderstanding of the subject with minimalmathematical complexity. These principles areillustrated using modern examples of wirelesscomponents such as Bluetooth, Cell Phone andPaging, and 802.11 Data CommunicationsSystems.


InstructorMark Ayers is manager of RF Engineering at GCI

Communications Corp headquartered in Anchorage,Alaska. Mark has a broad range of telecommunicationsexperience including work in fiber optics, microwaveradio and satellite network design. Mark holds a B.S.degree in Mathematics from the University of AlaskaAnchorage and an M.S. degree in ElectricalEngineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.He is a registered Professional Electrical Engineer inthe State of Alaska and a senior member in the IEEE.Mark teaches a variety of courses as an adjunct facultymember in the Engineering Department at theUniversity of Alaska Anchorage and is the author of thetextbook Telecommunications System ReliabilityEngineering, Theory and Practice.

What You Will Learn• Familiarity with the concepts of reliability and

availability as they relate to telecommunicationssystems.

• A comprehensive understanding of reliabilitytheory, system analysis techniques and systemmodeling.

• Skills and tools necessary to perform complex,detailed analyses using computer simulationtechniques.

• Specific applications of analysis theory to realtelecommunications systems.

• Practical techniques to determine proper sparinglevels.

• How software and firmware impact the overallreliability and availability performance oftelecommunications systems. Students takingthis course will have a complete grasp of theimportance and value of rigorous reliabilityanalysis on a system’s design.


$2045 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline

1. Reliability engineering and its relationshipto communications. Historical development ofreliability engineering as an academic field.Relevance of reliability theory to communicationssystems, MIL spec, and Bellcore standards.

2. System reliability metrics. Commonly usedreliability engineering metrics are discussed.vThese metrics include reliability, availability, failurerate, MTBF, and MTTR.

3. Reliability theory and random variables.Mathematics associated with reliability andavailability models are presented. Statisticaldistributions and their applicability to TTF and TTRare discussed.

4. Reliability Block Diagrams. Success basednetworks of elements in serial or parallel. Used fordetermination of system reliability.

5. Markov Chain Analysis. State based analysisapproach for the determination of availability inrepairable systems.

6. Monte Carlo Simulation. Analysis techniqueusing computer simulation to compute reliability andavailability of an arbitrary configuration ofcomponents.

7. Fiber Optic Networks. Terrestrial andsubmarine systems including path protection andhighly available system designs.

8. Microwave Networks. Long-haul, short-hauland local area microwave network reliability andavailability are examined in detail includingpropagation effects and considerations (such asmulti-path and rain fade).

9. Satellite Networks . Satellite earth stationdesign and best practices, satellite redundancyconsiderations and propagation impacts.

10. Facilities. Telecommunications facilitiesgenerator systems, commercial power delivery andbattery back sizing considerations.

11. Software and Firmware. Models arepresented along with consideration for accuraterepresentation of the impact on systemperformance.

SummarySystem reliability and availability are crucial metrics

within all telecommunications fields. Engineers withinthe telecommunications industry require the ability toquantify these metrics for use in service levelagreements, system design decisions and dailyoperations. Increasing system complexity and softwarelogic require new, more sophisticated tools for systemmodeling and metric calculation than those available incurrent literature.

This four-day course provides the communicationsengineer the tools to connect abstract systemsreliability theory, system topology and computersimulation to predict and measure quantitativestatistical performance metrics such as reliability,availability and maintainability.

Each student will receive a copy ofTelecommunications System Reliability Engineering,Theory and Practice in addition to a complete set oflecture notes.

Telecommunications System Reliability Engineering


What You Will Learn• How to perform link budgets for types of spread

spectrum communications?• How to evaluate different digital modulation/

demodulation techniques?• What additional techniques are used to enhance

digital Comm links including; multiple access,OFDM, error detection/correction, FEC, Turbocodes?

• What is multipath and how to reduce multipathand jammers including adaptive processes?

• What types of satellite communications andsatellites are being used and design techniques?

• What types of networks & Comms are beingused for commercial/military; ad hoc, mesh, WiFi,WiMAX, 3&4G, JTRS, SCA, SDR, Link 16,cognitive radios & networks?

• What is a Global Positioning System?• How to solve a 3 dimension Direction Finding?

From this course you will obtain the knowledgeand ability to evaluate and develop the systemdesign for wireless communication digitaltransceivers including spread spectrum systems.


$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Transceiver Design. dB power, link budgets, system

design tradeoffs, S/N, Eb/No, Pe, BER, link margin, trackingnoise, process gain, effects and advantages of using spreadspectrum techniques.

2. Transmitter Design. Spread spectrum transmitters,PSK, MSK, QAM, CP-PSK, FH, OFDM, PN-codes,TDMA/CDMA/FDMA, antennas, T/R, LOs, upconverters,sideband elimination, PAs, VSWR.

3. Receiver Design. Dynamic range, image rejection,limiters, MDS, superheterodyne receivers, importance ofLNAs, 3rd order intercept, intermods, spurious signals, twotone dynamic range, TSS, phase noise, mixers, filters, A/Dconverters, aliasing anti-aliasing filters, digital signalprocessors DSPs.

4. Automatic Gain Control Design & Phase Lock LoopComparison. AGCs, linearizer, detector, loop filter, integrator,using control theory and feedback systems to analyze AGCs,PLL and AGC comparison.

5. Demodulation. Demodulation and despreadingtechniques for spread spectrum systems, pulsed matchedfilters, sliding correlators, pulse position modulation, CDMA,coherent demod, despreading, carrier recovery, squaringloops, Costas and modified Costas loops, symbol synch, eyepattern, inter-symbol interference, phase detection,Shannon's limit.

6. Basic Probability and Pulse Theory. Simple approachto probability, gaussian process, quantization error, Pe, BER,probability of detection vs probability of false alarm, errordetection CRC, error correction, FEC, RS & Turbo codes,LDPC, Interleaving, Viterbi, multi-h, PPM, m-sequence codes.

7. Cognitive adaptive systems. Dynamic spectrumaccess, adaptive power gain control using closed loopfeedback systems, integrated solutions of Navigational dataand closed loop RSSI measurements, adaptive modulation,digital adaptive filters, adaptive cosite filters, use of AESAs forbeamsteering, nullstearing, beam spoiling, sidelobe detection,communications using multipath, MIMO, and a combinedcognitive system approach.

8. Improving the System Against Jammers. Burstjammers, digital filters, GSOs, adaptive filters, ALEs,quadrature method to eliminate unwanted sidebands,orthogonal methods to reduce jammers, types of interceptreceivers.

9. Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Basicunderstanding of GPS, spread spectrum BPSK modulatedsignal from space, satellite transmission, signal structure,receiver, errors, narrow correlator, selective availability SA,carrier smoothed code, Differential DGPS, Relative GPS,widelane/narrowlane, carrier phase tracking KCPT, doubledifference.

10. Satellite Communications. ADPCM, FSS,geosynchronous / geostationary orbits, types of antennas,equivalent temperature analysis, G/T multiple access,propagation delay, types of satellites.

11. Broadband Communications and Networking. Homedistribution methods, Bluetooth, OFDM, WiFi, WiMax, LTE,3&4G cellular, QoS, military radios, JTRS, software definedradios, SCA, gateways, Link 16, TDMA, adaptive networks,mesh, ad hoc, on-the-move, MANETs, D-MANETs, cognitiveradios and networks.

12. DF & Interferometer Analysis. Positioning anddirection finding using interferometers, direction cosines,three dimensional approach, antenna position matrix,coordinate conversion for moving.

SummaryThis three-day course is designed for wireless

communication engineers involved with spreadspectrum systems, and managers who wish toenhance their understandingof the wireless techniques thatare being used in all types ofcommunication systems andproducts. It provides an overalllook at many types andadvantages of spreadspectrum systems that aredesigned in wireless systemstoday. Cognitive adaptivesystems are discussed. Thiscourse covers an intuitiveapproach that provides a real feel for the technology,with applications that apply to both the government andcommercial sectors. Students will receive a copy of theinstructor's textbook, Transceiver and System Designfor Digital Communications.

Wireless Communications & Spread Spectrum Design

InstructorScott R. Bullock, P.E., MSEE, specializes in Wireless

Communications including Spread Spectrum Systems andBroadband Communication Systems, Networking, SoftwareDefined Radios and Cognitive Radios and Systems for bothgovernment and commercial uses. He holds 18 patents and22 trade secrets in communications and has publishedseveral articles in various trade magazines. He was activein establishing the data link standard for GPS SCAT-Ilanding systems, the first handheld spread spectrum PCScell phone, and developed spread spectrum landingsystems for the government. He is the author of two books,Transceiver and System Design for Digital Communications& Broadband Communications and Home Networking,Scitech Publishing, www.scitechpub.com. He has taughtseminars for several years to all the major communicationcompanies, an adjunct professor at two colleges, and was aguest lecturer for Polytechnic University on "DirectSequence Spread Spectrum and Multiple AccessTechnologies." He has held several high level engineeringpositions including VP, Senior Director, Director of R&D,Engineering Fellow, and Consulting Engineer.


Acoustics Fundamentals, Measurements, and Applications

February 25-27, 2014San Diego, California


$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


SummaryThis three-day course is intended for engineers

and other technical personnel and managers whohave a work-related need to understand basicacoustics concepts and how to measure andanalyze sound. This is an introductory course andparticipants need not have any prior knowledge ofsound or vibration. Each topic is illustrated byappropriate applications, in-class demonstrations,and worked-out numerical examples. Since thepractical uses of acoustics principles are vast anddiverse, participants are encouraged to confer withthe instructor (before, during, and after the course)regarding any work-related concerns. Each studentwill receive a copy of the textbook, Acoustics: AnIntroduction by Heinrich Kuttruff.

InstructorDr. Alan D. Stuart, Associate Professor Emeritus

of Acoustics, Penn State, has overforty years experience in the field ofsound and vibration. He has degreesin mechanical engineering, electricalengineering, and engineeringacoustics. For over thirty years hehas taught courses on theFundamentals of Acoustics,

Structural Acoustics, Applied Acoustics, NoiseControl Engineering, and Sonar Engineering onboth the graduate and undergraduate levels aswell as at government and industrial organizationsthroughout the country.

Course Outline1. Introductory Concepts. Sound in fluids and

solids. Sound as particle vibrations. Waveforms andfrequency. Sound energy and power consideration.

2. Acoustic Waves in Air and Water. Air-bornesound. Plane and spherical acoustic waves. Soundpressure, intensity, and power. Decibel (dB) log powerscale. Sound reflection and transmission at surfaces.Sound absorption.

3. Acoustic and Vibration Sensors. Human earcharacteristics. Capacitor and piezoelectricmicrophone and hydrophone designs and responsecharacteristics. Intensity probe design and operationallimitations. Accelerometers design and frequencyresponse.

4. Sound Measurements. Sound level meters.Time weighting (fast, slow, linear). Decibel scales(Linear and A-and C-weightings). Octave bandanalyzers. Narrow band spectrum analyzers. Criticalbands of human hearing. Detecting tones in noise.Microphone calibration techniques.

5. Sound Radiation. Human speech mechanism.Loudspeaker design and response characteristics.Directivity patterns of simple and multi-pole sources:monopole, dipole and quadri-pole sources. Acousticarrays and beamforming. Sound radiation fromvibrating machines and structures. Radiationefficiency.

6. Low Frequency Components and Systems.Helmholtz resonator. Sound waves in ducts. Mufflersand their design. Horns and loudspeaker enclosures.

7. Applications. Representative topics include:Outdoor and underwater sound propagation (e.g.refraction due to temperature and other effects).Environmental acoustics (e.g. community noiseresponse and criteria). Auditorium and room acoustics(e.g. reverberation criteria and sound absorption).Structural acoustics (e.g. sound transmission lossthrough panels). Noise andvibration control(e.g.source-path-receiver model). Topics of interest tothe course participants.

What You Will Learn• How to make proper sound level measurements.

• How to analyze and report acoustic data.

• The basis of decibels (dB) and the A-weightingscale.

• How intensity probes work and allow near-fieldsound measurements.

• How to measure radiated sound power and soundtransmission loss.

• How to use third-octave bands and narrow-bandspectrum analyzers.

• How the source-path-receiver approach is used innoise control engineering.

• How sound builds up in enclosures like vehicleinteriors and rooms.

Recent attendee comments ...“Great instructor made the course in-teresting and informative. Helpedclear-up many misconceptions I hadabout sound and its measurement.”

“Enjoyed the in-class demonstrations;they help explain the concepts. In-structor helped me with a problem Iwas having at work, worth the priceof the course!”


InstructorVincent J. Capone, M.SC. has worked in the ocean

science fields for over thirty years with a focus onremote sensing/survey operations. He has conductedsonar operations in depths of as little as 1 meter anddown to over 3000m in every type of environment.Vince has conducted hundreds of side scan sonaroperations for government agencies, law enforcementand commercial clients. He is a sonar instructor for theUS Navy and has assisted in the recovery of debrisfrom the space shuttle Coumbia as well as the recentrecovery of Saturn V engines from the deep ocean Mr.Capone is the author of the DVD training programSecond Ed. Not in the manual guide to Side ScanSonar Image Interpretation.

What You Will Learn• Why is side scan sonar an effective mapping tool.

• The effects of side scan design on performance.

• Effects of frequency, beam angle and pulselength on sonar imagery.

• Backscatter and target reflectivity.

• Application of color and gain in the sonar image.

• Detailed analysis of side scan imagery.

• Operational components of side scandeployment.

• Optimizing search patterns for efficiency andperformance.

• Post processing of sonar imagery.


$1845 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Course Outline1. Introduction. Why is side scan sonar so effective?

General development history of side scan sonar systems.What are the different designs of side scan sonar and howdoes design affect performance. CHIRP vs CW SonarSystems. Hydrographic multibeam back scatter vs traditionalside scan sonar.

2. Beam Angle, Frequency, Pulse Length andResolution. How do beam angle, pulse length and frequencyaffect resolution and performance? Is resolution consistentover the entire sonar image.

3. Backscatter & Target Reflectivity. Why do varying seafloor types reflect sonar differently? What properties of atarget cause reflectivity. What types of materials do not reflectthe sonar pulse.

4. Application of Gain, Display Color and ColorPalettes. What types of Gain can be applied to the sonarsignal and how does gain processing such as normalizationaffect sonar data. What does the color palette represent andhow does the color palette affect display and interpretation ofthe data.

5. Detailed Target Analysis. While side scan sonar is adisplay type data which most users find intuitive to read,detailed analysis requires an in depth knowledge of imageformation. This section will provide a intensive look into targetand shadow analysis.

6. Anomalies, Noise and Thermoclines. Side scan sonarimagery often includes anomalies, reflections or ghost imagesthat do not represent actual objects on the sea floor. Thisdiscussion will focus on the types of anomalies and how torecognize these false returns in the sonar data. Noise andthermoclines can also limit the range and quality of sonardata. We will discuss the causes and how to limit the sourcesof noise as well as the affects of differing speed of sound onthe imagery.

7. Data and Target Positioning. Sonar data is only asgood as the geographic position of the target or final product.What are the best methods for obtaining accurate positioningand how to correct data when errors are present. What are thebest methods for establishing target positions and requiringtargets. How to apply target offsets to large debris fields.

8. Sonar Search Patterns and Coverage. How to bestdesign the most efficient and effective search patterns for sidescan sonar operations. How to best match pulse rate andspeed for 100% coverage.

9. Sonar Processing and Processing Software. Whatare the best practices for converting sonar data into geotiffsand which softwares provide the best results.

10. Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Sonar. Advancedside scan sonar systems will utilize synthetic aperture whichprovide range independent resolution. What are the basicprinciples of SAS image formation as well as advantages anddisadvantages of SAS data.

SummarySide scan sonar systems have become the

standard for ocean floor mapping and have evolvedfrom CW to broadband CHIRP and now interferometricsystems are common.

This three-day course provides a comprehensiveprogram on the design, operational considerations,analysis and post processing of side scan sonar data.Whether designing systems or conducting surveys, thecourse provides an in depth understanding of allaspects of the side scan sonar systems. The coursebuilds from a basic history of side scan developmentinto a comprehensive examination of theoretical andoperational components of systems, data and surveys.

Each student will receive a copy of the Second Ed.Not in the Manual Guide to Sonar Image Interpretationby Vincent Capone (a $250 value) in addition to acomplete set of lecture notes.

Design, Operation & Data Analysis of Side Scan Sonar Systems


February 18-20, 2014Santa Barbara, California

April 8-10, 2014Detroit, Michigan

May 20-22, 2014Santa Clarita, California

$3595 (8:00am - 4:00pm)“Also Available As A Distance Learning Course”

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Course Outline1. Minimal math review of basics of vibration,

commencing with uniaxial and torsional SDoFsystems. Resonance. Vibration control.

2. Instrumentation. How to select and correctly usedisplacement, velocity and especially acceleration andforce sensors and microphones. Minimizing mechanicaland electrical errors. Sensor and system dynamiccalibration.

3. Extension of SDoF. to understand multi-resonantcontinuous systems encountered in land, sea, air andspace vehicle structures and cargo, as well as inelectronic products.

4. Types of shakers. Tradeoffs between mechanical,electrohydraulic (servohydraulic), electrodynamic(electromagnetic) and piezoelectric shakers and systems.Limitations. Diagnostics.

5. Sinusoidal one-frequency-at-a-time vibrationtesting. Interpreting sine test standards. Conductingtests.

6. Random Vibration Testing. Broad-spectrum all-frequencies-at-once vibration testing. Interpretingrandom vibration test standards.

7. Simultaneous multi-axis testing. Graduallyreplacing practice of reorienting device under test (DUT)on single-axis shakers.

8. Environmental stress screening. (ESS) ofelectronics production. Extensions to highly acceleratedstress screening (HASS) and to highly accelerated lifetesting (HALT).

9. Assisting designers. To improve their designs by(a) substituting materials of greater damping or (b) addingdamping or (c) avoiding "stacking" of resonances.

10. Understanding automotive. Buzz, squeak andrattle (BSR). Assisting designers to solve BSR problems.Conducting BSR tests.

11. Intense noise. (acoustic) testing of launchvehicles and spacecraft.

12. Shock testing. Transportation testing. Pyroshocktesting. Misuse of classical shock pulses on shock testmachines and on shakers. More realistic oscillatory shocktesting on shakers.

13. Shock response spectrum. (SRS) forunderstanding effects of shock on hardware. Use of SRSin evaluating shock test methods, in specifying and inconducting shock tests.

14. Attaching DUT via vibration and shock testfixtures. Large DUTs may require head expanders and/orslip plates.

15. Modal testing. Assisting designers.

SummaryThis three-day course is primarily designed for

test personnel who conduct, supervise or"contract out" vibration and shock tests. It alsobenefits design, quality and reliability specialistswho interface with vibration and shock testactivities.

Each student receives the instructor's,minimal-mathematics, minimal-theory hardboundtext Random Vibration & Shock Testing,Measurement, Analysis & Calibration. This 444page, 4-color book also includes a CD-ROM withvideo clips and animations.

Instructor Wayne Tustin is the President of an

engineering school and consultancy.His BSEE degree is from theUniversity of Washington, Seattle.He is a licensed ProfessionalEngineer - Quality in the State ofCalifornia. Wayne's first encounter

with vibration was at Boeing/Seattle, performingwhat later came to be called modal tests, on theXB-52 prototype of that highly reliable platform.Subsequently he headed field service andtechnical training for a manufacturer ofelectrodynamic shakers, before establishinganother specialized school on which he left hisname. Wayne has written several books andhundreds of articles dealing with practical aspectsof vibration and shock measurement and testing.

What You Will Learn• How to plan, conduct and evaluate vibration

and shock tests and screens.

• How to attack vibration and noise problems.

• How to make vibration isolation, damping andabsorbers work for vibration and noise control.

• How noise is generated and radiated, and howit can be reduced.

From this course you will gain the ability tounderstand and communicate meaningfullywith test personnel, perform basicengineering calculations, and evaluatetradeoffs between test equipment andprocedures.

Random Vibration & Shock Testing - Fundamentalsfor Land, Sea, Air, Space Vehicles & Electronics Manufacture



$1740 (8:30am - 4:00pm)


Sonar Transducer Design - Fundamentals

What You Will Learn• Acoustic parameters that affect transducer

designs:

Aperture design

Radiation impedance

Beam patterns and directivity

• Fundamentals of acoustic wave transmission insolids including the basics of piezoelectricityModeling concepts for transducer design.

• Transducer performance parameters that affectradiated power, frequency of operation, andbandwidth.

• Sonar projector design parameters Sonarhydrophone design parameters.

From this course you will obtain the knowledge andability to perform sonar transducer systemsengineering calculations, identify tradeoffs, interactmeaningfully with colleagues, evaluate systems,understand current literature, and how transducerdesign fits into greater sonar system design.

InstructorMr. John C. Cochran is a Sr. Engineering Fellow

with Raytheon Integrated DefenseSystems., a leading provider ofintegrated solutions for theDepartments of Defense andHomeland Security. Mr. Cochran has25 years of experience in the designof sonar transducer systems. Hisexperience includes high frequency

mine hunting sonar systems, hull mounted searchsonar systems, undersea targets and decoys, highpower projectors, and surveillance sonar systems.Mr. Cochran holds a BS degree from the Universityof California, Berkeley, a MS degree from PurdueUniversity, and a MS EE degree from University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara. He holds a certificate inAcoustics Engineering from Pennsylvania StateUniversity and Mr. Cochran has taught as a visitinglecturer for the University of Massachusetts,Dartmouth.

SummaryThis three-day course is designed for sonar

system design engineers, managers, and systemengineers who wish to enhance their understandingof sonar transducer design and how the sonartransducer fits into and dictates the greater sonarsystem design. Topics will be illustrated by workednumerical examples and practical case studies.

Course Outline1. Overview. Review of how transducer and

performance fits into overall sonar system design.

2. Waves in Fluid Media. Background on how thetransducer creates sound energy and how this energypropagates in fluid media. The basics of soundpropagation in fluid media:

• Plane Waves

• Radiation from Spheres

• Linear Apertures Beam Patterns

• Planar Apertures Beam Patterns

• Directivity and Directivity Index

• Scattering and Diffraction

• Radiation Impedance

• Transmission Phenomena

• Absorption and Attenuation of Sound

3. Equivalent Circuits. Transducers equivalentelectrical circuits. The relationship between transducerparameters and performance. Analysis of transducerdesigns:

• Mechanical Equivalent Circuits

• Acoustical Equivalent Circuits

• Combining Mechanical and Acoustical EquivalentCircuits

4. Waves in Solid Media: A transducer isconstructed of solid structural elements. Background inhow sound waves propagate through solid media. Thissection builds on the previous section and developsequivalent circuit models for various transducerelements. Piezoelectricity is introduced.

• Waves in Homogeneous, Elastic Solid Media

• Piezoelectricity

• The electro-mechanical coupling coefficient

• Waves in Piezoelectric, Elastic Solid Media.

5. Sonar Projectors. This section combines theconcepts of the previous sections and developes thebasic concepts of sonar projector design. Basicconcepts for modeling and analyzing sonar projectorperformance will be presented. Examples of sonarprojectors will be presented and will include sphericalprojectors, cylindrical projectors, half wave-lengthprojectors, tonpilz projectors, and flexural projectors.Limitation on performance of sonar projectors will bediscussed.

6. Sonar Hydrophones. The basic concepts ofsonar hydrophone design will be reviewed. Analysis ofhydrophone noise and extraneous circuit noise thatmay interfere with hydrophone performance.

• Elements of Sonar Hydrophone Design

• Analysis of Noise in Hydrophone and PreamplifierSystems

• Specific Application in Sonar Hydronpone Design

• Hydrostatic hydrophones

• Spherical hydrophones

• Cylindrical hydrophones

• The affect of a fill fluid on hydrophone performance.


InstructorSteve Brenner has worked in environmental

simulation and reliability testing for over30 years, always involved with the latesttechniques for verifying equipmentintegrity through testing. He hasindependently consulted in reliabilitytesting since 1996. His client baseincludes American and Europeancompanies with mechanical and

electronic products in almost every industry. Steve'sexperience includes the entire range of climatic anddynamic testing, including ESS, HALT, HASS and longterm reliability testing.

January 13-16, 2014Cape Canaveral, Florida

February 4-7, 2014Santa Clarita, California

$4110 (8:00am - 4:00pm)

Register 3 or More & Receive $10000 EachOff The Course Tuition.Summary

This four-day class provides understanding ofthe purpose of each test, the equipment requiredto perform each test, and the methodology tocorrectly apply the specified test environments.Vibration and Shock methods will be coveredtogether with instrumentation, equipment, controlsystems and fixture design. Climatic tests will bediscussed individually: requirements, origination,equipment required, test methodology,understanding of results.

The course emphasizes topics you will useimmediately. Suppliers to the military servicesprotectively install commercial-off-the-shelf(COTS) equipment in our flight and land vehiclesand in shipboard locations where vibration andshock can be severe. We laboratory test theprotected equipment (1) to assure twenty yearsequipment survival and possible combat, also (2)to meet commercial test standards, IECdocuments, military standards such as STANAGor MIL-STD-810G, etc. Few, if any, engineeringschools cover the essentials about suchprotection or such testing.

What You Will LearnWhen you visit an environmental test laboratory,

perhaps to witness a test, or plan or review a testprogram, you will have a good understanding of therequirements and execution of the 810G dynamics andclimatics tests. You will be able to ask meaningfulquestions and understand the responses of testlaboratory personnel.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to Military Standard testing -Dynamics.

• Introduction to classical sinusoidal vibration.

• Resonance effects

• Acceleration and force measurement

• Electrohydraulic shaker systems

• Electrodynamic shaker systems

• Sine vibration testing

• Random vibration testing

• Attaching test articles to shakers (fixturedesign, fabrication and usage)

• Shock testing

2. Climatics.

• Temperature testing

• Temperature shock

• Humidity

• Altitude

• Rapid decompression/explosives

• Combined environments

• Solar radiation

• Salt fog

• Sand & Dust

• Rain

• Immersion

• Explosive atmosphere

• Icing

• Fungus

• Acceleration

• Freeze/thaw (new in 810G)

3. Climatics and Dynamics Labs demonstrations.

4. Reporting On And Certifying Test Results.

Military Standard 810G TestingUnderstanding, Planning and Performing Climatic and Dynamic Tests


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