Short course/CPD

Weapon Systems Performance Assessment*

 

Course date: Please enquire

Course overview

Entry Requirements: None for the short course. For MSc/PGDip/PGCert registration the normal Cranfield entry requirements will have to be satisfied

Course Duration: Five days

Frequency/Dates: One per year: 27 Feb-2 Mar 12.

 
Location
Course fee:

£1600 (tuition only)

How to register

To register for this course download an application form, complete and return to:

Miss Jane Sullivan.
Course Co-ordinator
Faculty Services
Cranfield University
Defence Academy College of Management and Technology
Shrivenham, Swindon,
SN6 8LA, UK

T: +44 (0) 1793 314505
E: jsullivan.cu@da.mod.uk
F: +44 (0) 1793 314901

Further information

Course description

Aims

The aim of this course is to introduce the concepts and techniques for weapon assessment and their application in assessing the effectiveness of current or possible future weapons systems.

Description

The material covered includes:

  • Introduction to Weapons Systems and the Weapon Assessment Cycle
  • Performance Parameters and Measures of Effectiveness of Weapon Systems
  • Cost Effectiveness Considerations
  • Dispersion of Fire
  • Minefield Assessment
  • Data Acquisition
  • Carpet Graphs and Response Surfaces li>Design of Trials
  • Assessment of Direct and Indirect Fire

Tuition will be by means of lectures, group discussion periods and exercises. Computer programs will be used in support of a number of exercises, and case studies will be presented and discussed.

The course may be credited towards a part-time MSc/PGDip/PGCert in defence Simulation & Modelling or Military Operational Research.

To obtain a degree credit it is necessary to enrol for a module which includes, in addition to the short course, a programme of directed studies and a marked assignment.

Notes

Customised versions can be produced and delivered on-or-off-site by arrangement