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What you will learn

On successful completion of this module you will should be able to:

• Critically assess the choice of electronic defence measures against specified GW threats and evaluate how a GW may behave to counter such defences,
• Evaluate the performance of RF DEW systems and assess their suitability in counter-GW applications,
• Evaluate the performance of LASER DEW systems and assess their suitability in counter-GW applications,
• Analyse the impact of DEW systems on the performance and effectiveness of missile systems.

Core content

• RF Countermeasures (including stealth) and counter-countermeasures, RF directed energy weapons, RF protection measures,
• EO/IR countermeasures (including stealth) and counter-countermeasures, laser directed energy weapons, laser countermeasures and electro-optic protection measures,
• Missile sensor and airframe damage assessment and impact on kinematic and dynamic performance.

Upgrade to a professional qualification

When taken as a Short Course for Credit, 10 credit points can be put towards the Guided Weapon Systems MSc.

Find out more about short course credit points.

Who should attend

This course is suitable for officers seeking to fill appointments concerned with military guided weapons systems in the MOD and trials and training establishments. In particular the course is designed for employees within the MOD, the Armed Forces, and the international defence industry to enable them to work more effectively in the fields of designing and specifying realistic/system requirements for the control of guided weapon systems.

Students must have successfully completed the Guided Weapons Propulsion and Aerodynamics Theory in order to take this as a Short Course for Credit. There are no prerequisites if taken as a Standalone Short Course.

Speakers

Concessions

A limited number of MOD sponsored places are available.

Location and travel

Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS) is based at the Ministry of Defence establishment on the Oxfordshire/Wiltshire borders.

Shrivenham itself lies in the picturesque Vale of the White Horse, close to the M4 motorway which links London and South Wales. It is 7 miles from Swindon, the nearest town, which lies off the M4 at the hub of Britain’s motorway network. Bath, Cheltenham, Bristol and Oxford are all within an hour’s drive and London less than two hours away by car.

All visitors must be pre-booked in at reception by the person they are visiting on the campus.

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