ATI's C4ISR Requirements, Principles, and Systems course

Summary: This three-day course is a valuable tool, packed with the latest information for the engineer, scientist or manager working with DoD information technology who wishes to improve their understanding of C4ISR systems from the ground up. Learn about the current systems that populate the DoD C4ISR architecture and the process established by the DoD to insure their interoperability. Learn how net-centric systems, data fusion, and new GEOINT standards are transforming C4ISR. Improve your understanding of C4ISR architectures and their role in C4ISR systems engineering. Apply this new information to current C4ISR systems and gain an understanding of the technology and principles that underlie their operation. Learn how to save time following successful strategies while avoiding costly pitfalls when meeting C4ISR requirements. Instructor: William J. Geckle, M.S., has worked for 26 years as a principal staff scientist at JHU/APL, and a part time faculty member of the JHU Whiting School of Engineering. He led the Fires and Targeting team for the ONR 'Extending the Littoral Battlespace' ACTD, was technical lead for Real Time Into / Out of the Cockpit programs, has extensive experience in Joint TADIL communications. He was a designer of the C4ISR architectures for Joint Strike Fighter and NGA's Global Network Centric Surveillance and Targeting system. He is currently working for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense, Acqusition, Technology and Logistics and the JFCOM/NGA Joint Geospatial Authority (JGA) to define the next generation Ground Picture. Mr. Geckle has authored many technical publications in the areas of C4ISR and RTIC. He also holds a pending patent for a new, fused GMTI/VMTI/EO tracking technology. He brings a wealth of technical experience in C4ISR for Air Force, Navy, Marine, Army, Joint, and national agency operations. What You Will Learn: Participants will gain an understanding of legacy and future C4ISR systems and how they must be integrated into new C4ISR architectures to meet the Government's new interoperability requirements. Course Outline: Part I: C4ISR Architecture Part I: C4ISR Architecture C4ISR. Definitions and Overview. Linking Successful Warfighting, Interoperability and Well Crafted Architectures. DoD C4ISR Requirements. DoD's Roadmap to Interoperability: New 5000 and 3000 series instructions. C4ISR Architectures and the Interoperability Problem. Foundations of Architecture Development: Structured Analysis, Static and Executable Models. DoD Architecture Definition - Operational, Systems, Technical Views. In class demonstration of software tools for building architectures. Building the Required DoD C4ISR products. The Operational Concept Matrix - framework for crafting C4ISR products. Information Exchange Requirements (IERs) - required fields, level of detail, and roll-ups. Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) - isolating a new system's performance and defining MOP's and MOE's. C4I Support Plan - what it is and how is it used. Field Exercises, Simulations, and Architecture Development. Part II: C4ISR Systems Command and Control. Battle Management. C2 Hierarchy: Systems and Commands. Sensor-to-Shooter, Time Critical Targeting (TCT) Approaches and Lessons Learned. Migration of Command and Control applications to JBMC2 (Joint Battle Management Command and Control). Computers. The Global Information Grid (GIG), Net-Centric Warfare, and The Distributed Common Ground Station (DCGS). Software/Hardware Interoperability: JTA/DII/COE and migration to NCES (Net Centric Enterprise Services). Image Dissemination and Compression. Communications Overview: Fundamentals and definitions, networks, jamming and Low Probability of Intercept / Detection (LPI/LPD) techniques. Military Communication Channels - TADILs (Tactical Data and Information Links): Link 11, Link-16. Challenges: Interoperability, Bandwidth, Coordinate Alignment, Coordination in Theater. Next generation TADIL systems and the Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP). Satellite Communications Overview: Definitions, Benefits, Trade-offs, Link Analysis. SATCOM Systems: Current and Future. The 2020 Transformational Communications Architecture (TCA). SATCOM and C4ISR Architecture Evolution. Observables and Sensors. Current and Future Systems. Electronics Intelligence, Signals Intelligence, Image Intelligence, and Sensor Fusion. Passive Sensors: Antennas, Signals Intercept, Direction Finding. Active sensors: High Range Resolution, Air Moving Target Indicator, Ground Moving Target Indicator, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Inverse SAR, InterFerometric. Platforms and Sensors: National. Services. Space Based Radar (SBR) and Infrared (SBIR), UAVs, Net-Centric Operations. Precision Targeting: Methods of geolocation. Errors in Target Location. Implications for Battle Management. Designing a C4ISR System. Developing a system to meet interoperability and user requirements. Construct an Operational Concept Matrix, Operational View, System View, KPPs, and IERs. Net-Centric Technology: An overview of net-centric operations, and how the DoD is encouraging operational net-centricity. Modern technologies that will be used to build net-centric applications in the Global Information Grid. Tuition: Tuition for this three-day course is $1295 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com. Register Now Without Obligation