This course teaches the systems engineering discipline that has built some of the modern military’s greatest combat and communications systems. It details the decomposition of war fighting requirements into combat system functional design. A step-by-step description of combat system processing is presented, illustrating the technical trade-offs that today’s engineers must make in light of cost and instructors’ considerable expertise in AAW from development of the Navy’s AEGIS fleet.

Command and communication systems architecture and information exchange requirements will be examined, as well as the role of communications systems within both the autonomous ship and battle group.

Engineers, scientists, program managers, and graduate students will find the lessons learned in this course invaluable for use on the job. RADM Meyer and Mr. Grant place special emphasis on teaching students on how to avoid common mistakes by the application of strict processes and controls. The increasing level of combat system integration and communications requirements, coupled with shrinking defense budgets and shorter product life cycles, offers today’s defense professionals many challenges and opportunities. This course, by advancing combat proven, state-of-the-art systems engineering techniques along with the instructors’ dynamic teaching style, will both educate and entertain.

Each attendee will receive a complete set of detailed notes for the class and future reference, as well as a certificate of completion.

What You Will Learn:

• The trade-offs and issues for modern combat system design.
• The role of each subsystem in combat system operation.
• How automation and technology will impact future combat system design.
• Requirements for joint warfare and "From the Sea".
• Communications system and architectures for naval combat.
• Lessons learned from AEGIS development.

Course Outline:

1. Combat System Overview — Combat system characteristics. Functional description for the combat system in terms of the sensor and weapons control, communications, and command and control. Antiair Warfare. Antisurface Warfare. Antisubmarine Warfare. Typical scenarios.

2. Sensors/Weapons — Review of the variety of multi-warfare sensor and weapon suites that are employed by combat systems. Engineering tradeoffs are illustrated through examples.

3. Configurations, Equipment, & Computer Programs — Various combinations of system configurations, equipments, and computer programs that constitute existing combat systems.

4. System Functions & Operations — A more detailed view of the management, processing, and control functions that were described in the overview as well as process flow among the functions.

5. Command & Control — The ship battle organization, operator stations, and human-machine interfaces and displays. Use of automation and improvements in operator displays and expanded display require-ments. Command support requirements, systems, and experiments. Improvements in operator displays and expanded display requirements.

6. Communications — Current and future communications systems employed with combat systems and their relationship to combat system functions and interoperability. Lessons learned in Joint and Coalition operations. Communications in the Gulf War. Future systems JTIDS, Copernicus and imagery.

7. Combat System Development — An overview of the combat system engineering process, operational environment trends that affect system design, limitations of current systems, and proposed future combat system architectures. System trade-offs.

8. Current Events — Performance in low-intensity conflicts. Changing Navy missions, threat trends, shifts in the defense budget, and technology growth. Lessons learned during Desert Storm. Requirements to support joint warfare and expeditionary forces.

9. AEGIS Systems Development – A Case Study — Historical development of AEGIS. The major problems and their solution. Systems engineering techniques, controls, and challenges. Approaches for continuing improvements and future trends. Applications of principles to your system assignment.

Tuition for this three-day course is $1490 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.

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