Electronic Warfare: A Two-Day Lecture on Contested-Spectrum Operations

Presenter: Dr Lorenzo Lo Monte, Chief Scientist TTM Technologies, IEEE AESS President-Elect Electronic Warfare is central to modern military operations, where control of the electromagnetic spectrum can determine detection, survivability, command-and-control, and mission success. This two-day short-course provides a high-level but operationally relevant overview of key EW disciplines, emerging threats, and mission applications across air, land, sea, space, and cyber-enabled battlespaces. The course is on the 26-27 November 2026 and attendees can attend one or both days. The agenda includes: Day 1 • Electronic Attack — Denying, degrading, deceiving, and disrupting adversary sensors, communications, and command-and-control links across the battlespace. • Electronic Protection — Hardening friendly systems against jamming, spoofing, interference, exploitation, and contested-spectrum operations. • Electronic Support — Detecting, identifying, geolocating, and characterizing emitters to build real-time situational awareness and enable kinetic and non-kinetic effects. • ELINT — Turning adversary radar and RF signatures into actionable intelligence for threat libraries, mission planning, and survivability. Day 2 • Stealth and Low Observability — Understanding how shaping, materials, emissions control, and tactics reduce detection, tracking, and engagement risk. • High-Power Microwave and Nuclear EMP — Exploring directed-energy and electromagnetic-pulse effects on electronics, infrastructure, platforms, and mission resilience. • Space, Communications, and GNSS EW — Contesting SATCOM, datalinks, PNT, and space-enabled networks through jamming, spoofing, meaconing, navigation warfare, and multi-domain spectrum effects. • Counter-UAS EW — Detecting, tracking, identifying, and defeating drone threats through RF sensing, jamming, spoofing, and layered defense. Progress in Radar Research (PIRR) 2026 The EW short-course is aligned with the Progress in Radar Research 2026 workshop and all attendees are invited to attend this free 2-day event on the 24-25 November. PIRR registration link: https://events.humanitix.com/progress-in-radar-research-workshop-2026 Registration costs: IEEE members: $300 per day / $500 both days Non IEEE members: $400 per day / $700 both days Students: $150 per day / $200 both days Group discounts available - please contact [email protected] 20% discount for earlybird registration before October 16 Key Dates: Early bird discount last day: 16 October Progress in Radar Research workshop: 24-25 November EW short course: 26-27 November