ATI's ELINT Interception and Analysis course

The course covers methods to intercept radar and other non-communication signals and a then how to analyze the signals to determine their functions and capabilities. Practical exercises illustrate the principles involved.

What You Will Learn:

• Special Characteristics of Receivers designed for ELINT
  • Uses for Wideband receivers not generally used in radar and communications systems
  • Application of Probability of Interception theory using several examples
• The ELINT advantage of one way vs radar's two way propagation
• Direction Finding and Emitter Location problems and solutions
  • How TDOA and FDOA location techniques work
  • Error ellipses and their applications to real world systems
• Antenna basics from both the interception and radar signal analysis viewpoints
• RF Coherence, why it is important and how to measure it
• Intrapulse Modulation, both intentional (pulse compression) and unintentional
• PRI Measurement and Analysis
  • Stagger and Jitter and other types of PRI modulation definitions and analysis techniques
  • Effects of noise, scanning and platform motion
  • Optimum methods of analysis under different conditions
  • Time based deinterleaving methods
• Introduction to ELINT data files and applications to EW systems

Course Outline:

• • Character and uses of ELINT
  • Radar fundamentals
  • RF generation and propagation
  • Noise figure and bandwidth
  • Sensitivity and dynamic range
  • Pulse density vs altitude
  • ELINT range advantage
    
  • Crystal video receivers
  • Noise limited vs gain limited
  • Superhet receivers
  • Analog and digital IFM receivers
  • Channelized and Bragg Cell receivers
  • Microscan and other receivers
  • Modern phase processing receivers
  • Direction finding techniques
  • Emitter location via triangulation
  • Time difference of arrival (TDOA)
  • Probability of Interception
  • ERP analysis
  • Polarization analysis
  • Beam shape analysis
  • Antenna scan analysis
  • Pulse shape analysis
  • Intrapulse modulation
  • Wideband signals
  • PRI Types
  • MTI and pulse Doppler analysis
  • PRI measurement problems
  • Deinterleaving
  • Delta-T and other histograms
  • RF analysis and coherence Measures
  • ELINT parameter limits
  • LPI Radar and the future of ELINT