EW 101: A First Course in Electronic Warfare

David Adamy

Jan 2001 · Artech House

About this ebook

This popular series of tutorials, featured over a period of years in the Journal of Electronic Defense, is now available in a single volume. Organized into chapters with new introductory and supplementary material from the author, you get clear, concise and well-illustrated examinations of critical topics such as antenna parameters, receiver sensitivity, processing tasks, and search strategies, LPI signals, jamming, communication links, and simulation. The chapters define key terms and explain how and why particular technologies are relevant to electronic defense. Detailed charts, diagrams and formulas give you the practical knowledge you need to apply specific techniques in the field.

About the author

David L. Adamy received his MSEE in Communication Theory from the University of Santa Clara, and his BSEE from Arizona State University. Adamy is president of Adamy Engineering and previously worked as Senior Systems Engineer/Program Manager for ESL/TRW in Sunnyvale, California, and as a systems engineer and program manager on EW and reconnaissance programs delivering systems from "DC to light" on platforms from submarines to space, and many associated modeling and simulation efforts. He is also the author of EW 101: A First Course in Electronic Warfare and Preparing and Delivering Effective Technical Presentations, Second Edition (Artech House 2001, 2000), as well as several other books.