Typical Classification
Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Limited Distribution C
Typical Duration
Half-day course
Course Description
HPM DE Weapons and Their Effects is an introductory course to High Power Radio Frequency/Microwave (HPM) Directed Energy Weapons (DEW) and their effects. The course covers what HPM weapons are, types of weapons - Narrowband and Wideband, how HPM weapons are similar, but different from traditional Electronic Warfare (EW) Jammers and Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP), how HPM energy couples into a target's electronics and the potential effects. The course will also cover some of the basic modeling and simulation (M&S) tools for computing/estimating the probability of target failure as a function of weapon power density and range. Finally, how to protect electronic systems against HPM weapons is discussed and an example of how to determine hardening requirements for a notional helicopter system is shown.
Topics include:
- What are HPM DEW weapons?
- Why Does the Warfighter Care About HPM DEWs?
- What are the Types of HPM DEWs?
- How are HPM DEWs similar to EW and EMP, but different?
- How Does HPM DEW energy couple into a target?
- What are the Effects of HPM DEW?
- How can we Compute/Estimate the HPM DEW Level Required to Produce System Failure?
- How can we Protect our Systems Against HPM DEW Environments?
Intended Audience
This introductory course serves as a primer on High Power Microwave (HPM) Directed Energy Weapons and their effects on target systems. Designed for participants with a foundational science or engineering background, the course assumes familiarity with basic Radio Frequency (RF) and microwave concepts and techniques.