A unique and practical graduate course in radar cross section at the Air Force Institute of Technology

Author

Skinner, J.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., US Air Force Inst. of Technol., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

June 28 1993-July 2 1993

Firstpage

1114

Abstract

The US Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) offers a variety of master\´s degree programs in engineering which cater to the needs of the Air Force. One of the hallmarks of the low observables curriculum is a unique graduate level course entitled "Radar Cross Section (RCS) Analysis, Measurement, and Reduction." The author describes this particular course, and its role in the low observables curriculum. Graduates praise the experience of making their own RCS measurements in AFIT\´s laboratory as being extremely beneficial in understanding the usefulness and limitations of data presented to them later by government contractors.<>

Keywords

educational courses; electrical engineering education; military systems; radar cross-sections; US Air Force Institute of Technology; graduate level course; low observables curriculum; radar cross section; Electromagnetic forces; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency; Laboratories; Particle measurements; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Read-write memory; Security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1993. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1246-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1993.385153

Filename

385153