Home
Signature Management in Pursuit of Stealth III
11 March - 12 March 2002
Signature Management in Pursuit of Stealth III
Delay detection and improve your stealth technology…

Stealth technology is the most economical and effective way to protect platforms while gaining decisive advantage over the enemy. SAE Media Group's 6th Annual Signature Management: The Pursuit of Stealth conference will therefore examine the latest developments in this field to enable you to maximise the benefits of stealth technology.

Don’t miss out on the detailed analysis into stealth technology and countermeasures. This event will also explore the advancements to tools and technologies for minimising signatures and signals. Other topics to be addressed include:

  • Stealth programmes & doctrines
  • Signatures
  • Detection & tracking
  • Complex materials
  • Platforms
  • Materials & design

This is an ideal networking opportunity for you to gather contacts from key players in the industry. So do not allow your competitors to gain advantage.

Conference agenda

clock

8:30

Registration and coffee

clock

9:00

RCS technology - fundamentals

  • Myths and misconceptions
  • Why most radars don’t measure RCS
  • Target parameters and how they affect signature
  • Radar polarisation and its effect on signature
  • clock

    10:00

    Further RCS technology

  • Radar waveforms - effect on signature
  • Analysis tools in the design process
  • Design goals and validation
  • clock

    11:00

    Morning coffee

    clock

    11:15

    The RCS of antennas

  • Gaining physical insight into the nature of the problem
  • Definitions of the RCS components
  • Controlling the RCS
  • clock

    12:15

    Discussion and questions- review of the morning session

    clock

    12:30

    Close of workshop

    clock

    9:00

    Registration and Coffee

    clock

    9:30

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Peter Varnish OBE

    Peter Varnish OBE, Director, International Geopolitical Solutions

    clock

    9:40

    INTEGRATED SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT

    James Peddell

    James Peddell, Technical Manager - Centre for Marine Technology, QinetiQ

  • Land, maritime and air domains and platforms
  • Radar, Infra-Red, passive and active acoustic, magnetic and electric
  • Cradle to grave procurement requirements and issues
  • clock

    10:20

    THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER

    John Schueler

    John Schueler, Senior Manager, Signature Materials and Processes, Lockheed Martin

  • An introduction
  • Producing a stealthy aeroplane that stays stealthy in severe combat conditions
  • RCS tests - validating the JSF’s stealthy shape and resilience of its LO materials
  • Cost savings potential
  • Future developments
  • clock

    11:00

    Morning Coffee

    clock

    11:20

    ANALYSIS OF PLATFORM IR SYSTEMS

    W. Roland Davis

    W. Roland Davis, President, W. R. Davis Engineering

  • Basic IR simulation capability (ShipIR/NTCS), (baseline ship signature, define signature targets, inputs to IRSS design)
  • Exhaust gas suppression/cooling (design to meet targets - E/D, D-only, water injection, variable nozzle; associated costs - device/fuel consumption)
  • Plume impingement (fluent simulations)
  • clock

    12:00

    PANEL DISCUSSION

  • Leon Galle, Senior AW Survivability, MarTech Directorate of Material, Royal Netherlands Navy
  • Lieutenant Commander Lars Flemström, Principal Technical Officer Counter Measures Naval Vessels, Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV)
  • Dr Steve Simpson, Sensors Group Leader, Roke Manor Research
  • W. Roland Davis, President, W. R. Davis Engineering
  • clock

    12:40

    Lunch

    clock

    14:00

    RNLN ABOVE WATER SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT

    Leon Galle

    Leon Galle, Senior AW Survivability, MarTech Directorate of Material, Royal Netherlands Navy

  • Naval signatures balancing
  • Operational benefits of naval low observability
  • Above water signatures design process
  • LCF signature reduction
  • Future trends
  • clock

    14:40

    STEALTH ON AIRCRAFT

    Jan Rexander

    Jan Rexander, Manager Aircraft Survivability, Saab Aerospace

  • An introduction and overview
  • Different signature types
  • Requirements based on mission types
  • How stealth requirements affects design
  • Affordability
  • Future developments
  • clock

    15:20

    RADAR HOLOGRAPHY

    Dr Ronald P. Radlinski

    Dr Ronald P. Radlinski, Scientific Program Officer, Office of Naval Research

  • Development of special probes to sample the evanescent fields of a radiating or scattering structure
  • Back-propagation of the fields in the evanescent region to the surface of the structure
  • Identification of both propagating and evanescent waves from the structure by wavenumber vs. frequency analysis
  • Determination of dispersion characteristics of materials
  • Studies of trapped waves, material non-homogeneity and antenna propagation
  • Remaining science and technology investigations
  • clock

    16:00

    Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

    clock

    16:10

    Afternoon Tea

    clock

    9:30

    Chairman's Opening Remarks

    Peter Varnish OBE

    Peter Varnish OBE, Director, International Geopolitical Solutions

    clock

    9:40

    THE SYNERGY BETWEEN STEALTH AND EW

    Flight Lieutenant Shawn Reed

    Flight Lieutenant Shawn Reed, EW Large Aircraft (EW LA), Air Warfare Centre, RAF Waddington

  • The start point - the ConOps
  • Stealth & EW as complimentary strategies
  • Can stealth enhance the capabilities of your airframe?
  • Could stealth make EW redundant?
  • Implications for EW of reduced radar cross section
    Jamming requirements
  • The pros & cons of stealth vs. EW
  • clock

    10:20

    ABOVE WATER SIGNATURE MODELLING

    Steve Turner

    Steve Turner, Technology Chief, Signature Modelling, QinetiQ

  • The requirements for signature codes
  • Producing informative results
  • Achieving rapid turn-around
  • Cost effectiveness
  • Worked example using QinetiQ codes
  • clock

    11:00

    Morning Coffee

    clock

    11:20

    SAT/MARK

    Anders Grop, Principal Technical Officer, Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV)

    Anders Grop, Principal Technical Officer, Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV), Peter Lindwall, Specialist, Bofors Defence, Lars Karlsson, Manager, Future Products and Techniques, Saab Barracuda

  • Overview and aim of the programme
  • The armoured combat stealth demonstrator vehicle and the work of the integrated project team (IPT)
  • Examples of novel stealth functions developed in the program: STRICAM (STRucture Integrated CAMouflage)
  • clock

    12:40

    Lunch

    clock

    14:00

    METHODOLOGY FOR DERIVING UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS ON RCS MEASUREMENTS

    Dudley Bird

    Dudley Bird, Technology Manager, Radar Signature Management Group, Thales Defence Information Group

  • An introduction
  • Discussion
  • Possibilities and limitations
  • Conclusion
  • clock

    14:40

    PLASMA TECHNOLOGY

    Dr Simon Scott

    Dr Simon Scott, Principal Scientist, BAE SYSTEMS

  • An overview
  • Reducing radar cross-section through plasma generation
  • Sounds good in theory but would it work in practice?
  • The implications this will have
  • Limitations and considerations
  • Future possibilities
  • clock

    15:20

    RCS REDUCTION AS PART OF MIDLIFE UPGRADE OF THE STOCKHOLM AND GOTHENBURG

    Martin Borgh

    Martin Borgh, Principal Technical Officer Radar- and IR-Signatures, Swedish Defence Material

  • The legacy of Smyge and Visby: methods of design, competence in signature adaption
  • The Stockholm and Gothenburg class corvettes in brief
  • The incentive to reduce RCS - demands on RCS from the active counter-measure system
  • The planning stage - our line of attack
    The design and construction phase
    The validation process: RCS-measurements vs. computer models
  • Preservation of achieved RCS-levels: our strategy
  • Conclusions
  • clock

    16:00

    Chairman's Closing Remarks and Close of Conference

    clock

    16:10

    Afternoon Tea

    Workshops

    Radar Signature Management and the RCS of Antennas

    Radar Signature Management and the RCS of Antennas

    The Hatton, at etc. venues
    13 March 2001
    London, United Kingdom

    Radar Signature Management and the RCS of Antennas

    Radar Signature Management and the RCS of Antennas

    The Hatton, at etc. venues
    13 March 2002
    London, United Kingdom

    The Hatton, at etc. venues

    51/53 Hatton Garden
    London EC1N 8HN
    United Kingdom

    The Hatton, at etc. venues

    HOTEL BOOKING FORM

    Title

    SubTitle
    speaker image

    Content


    Title


    Description

    Download

    Title


    Description

    Download

    Title


    Description


    Download


    WHAT IS CPD?

    CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy, which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and structured. The most common definition is:

    ‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional competence’

    CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular CPD activities.

    Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to be upheld.

    CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured reading.

    CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

    There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their members to undertake CPD.

    For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards, legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

    CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

    TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

    Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’ or ‘Output’ based.

    ‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of learning.

    ‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives. These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD through their preferred mode of learning.

    The majority of Input and Output based schemes actively encourage individuals to seek appropriate CPD activities independently.

    As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SAE Media Group can provide an indication of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

    GLOBAL CPD

    Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

    CPD Certificates

    We can provide a certificate for all our accredited events. To request a CPD certificate for a conference , workshop, master classes you have attended please email events@saemediagroup.com

    Event Title

    Headline

    Text
    Read More

    I would like to speak at an event

    I would like to attend an event

    Group Booking

    Please complete the below form and a member of SAE Media Group’s booking team will be in contact within 24 hours

    I would like to sponsor/exhibit at an event

    SIGN UP OR LOGIN

    Sign up
    Forgotten Password?

    Contact SAE Media Group

    UK Office
    Opening Hours: 9.00 - 17.30 (local time)
    SAE Media Group , Ground Floor, India House, 45 Curlew Street, London, SE1 2ND, United Kingdom
    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7827 6000 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7827 6001
    Website: http://www.smgconferences.com Email: events@saemediagroup.com
    Registered in England - SMi Group Ltd trading as SAE Media Group




    Forgotten Password

    Please enter the email address you registered with. We will email you a new password.

    Thank you for visiting our event

    If you would like to receive further information about our events, please fill out the information below.

    By ticking above you are consenting to receive information by email from SAE Media Group.
    Full details of our privacy policy can be found here https://www.smgconferences.com/privacy-legals/privacy-policy/.
    Should you wish to update your contact preferences at any time you can contact us at data.privacy@smgconferences.com.
    Should you wish to be removed from any future mailing lists please click on the following link http://www.smgconferences.com/opt-out

    Fill in your details to download the brochure

    By submitting this form you agree to our privacy policy and consent to receiving communications, you may opt out at any time.