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International Maritime Electronic Warfare Course
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6 weeks
Frequency
One course per year
Location
Maritime Warfare School, HMS Collingwood
IELTS
6 General
Aim
To train selected students in the principles and applications of Electronic Warfare (EW) in the Maritime domain to enable them to provide command advice on Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD), Electronic Support Measures (ESM), Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), and to develop an appreciation of how threat-based intelligence analysis is conducted.
Course details
- Theoretical principles of radars and communications in EW
- The scope of Maritime EW (ESM, ECM, EPM)
- Signature reduction techniques
- Softkill decoy systems
- EW Equipment, Mutual Interference, Trials and Calibrations
- EW information and dissemination
- The threat in the Maritime domain
- Anti-Ship Missile targeting systems and missile control
- Anti-Ship Missile Defence planning
- Task Group EW planning and ECM control
- Maritime Intelligence principles
- Ships Intelligence teams
- Understanding and generating the OPTASK EW message
- Participation in a practical scenario-based training exercise
Requirements
- Warfare trained, advantageous to have some knowledge of EW. IELTS Level 6
Qualifications gained
- Continuous Assessment
- Theoretical Exam
- Practical Table-Top Planning Exercise