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The aim of this course is to provide education and training in selected electronic military systems. The course is intended for officers of the armed forces and for scientists and technical officers in government defence establishments and the defence industry. It is particularly suitable for those who, in their subsequent careers, will be involved with the specification, analysis, development, technical management or operation of military radar, electro-optics, communications, sonar or information systems, where the emphasis is on an electronic warfare environment. The main object of the course is to bring together the wide variety of disciplines involved and present them in an integrated manner, emphasising the system aspects.

Suitably qualified candidates who achieve an appropriate standard on the course are awarded either the MSc Degree or the Cranfield University Postgraduate Diploma in Military Electronic Systems Engineering as appropriate. The formal aims of the PGDip and MSc are as follows:

• The aim of the Postgraduate Diploma course is to provide students with a detailed knowledge and understanding of military electronic warfare systems such that they are fully equipped for roles in defence intelligence and acquisition, involving the specification and analysis of such systems, working individually or as part of a team.
• In addition, the MSc course enables the student to carry out an in-depth investigation into an area of electronic warfare to further enhance their analytical capability.

Intended Learning Outcomes for the Course

On successful completion of the PGDip course, a student will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding

• Critically analyse the threat from Electronic Surveillance (ES) and Electronic Attack (EA) to typical military sensor and information systems. Specifically, the systems include radar, sonar, electro-optic and infrared sensors, communications systems and networks, communications and noncommunications EW systems.
• Propose strategies involving Electronic Defence (ED) mechanisms to such threats.
• Investigate and evaluate current and proposed ED methods and techniques to the threats previously defined

Skills and other attributes

• Evaluate the performance of a number of military sensor and information systems given a system description and relate this performance to the original specification.
• Assess quantitatively the performance of such systems in a hostile EW environment.
• Specify a system from those listed that will meet a detailed operational requirement.
• Analyse the performance of various ED mechanisms against defined levels of EA and ES.

In addition, on successful completion of the MSc course a student will be able to:

Skills and other attributes

• Implement and document an extended research project in the field of EW requiring elements of information retrieval, modelling, experimentation and theoretical analysis.
• Implement and employ research methodology in an extended investigation based on recognised project management principles.

The intended learning outcomes of the course relate and are appropriate to the aims of the course and the award title in that they are representative of the system analysis and performance assessment tasks performed by those working in the roles specified in the course aim.