Summary

A brief overview of the full Naval Weapons Principles course

Description

A brief overview of the full Naval Weapons Principles course.

Description of the full 4 day course

This four-day course is designed for students that have a college level knowledge of mathematics and basic physics to gain the “big picture” as related to basic sensor and weapons theory. As in all disciplines knowing the vocabulary is fundamental for further exploration, this course strives to provide the physical explanation behind the vocabulary such that students have a working vernacular of naval weapons.

What You Will Learn:

What you will learn in the full 4 day course

Scientific and engineering principles behind systems such as radar, sonar, electro-optics, guidance systems, explosives and ballistics. Specifically:

• Analyze weapon systems in their environment, examining elements of the “detect to engage sequence” from sensing to target damage mechanisms.
• Apply the concept of energy propagation and interaction from source to distant objects via various media for detection or destruction.
• Evaluate the factors that affect a weapon system’s sensor resolution and signal-to-noise ratio. Including the characteristics of a multiple element system and/or array.
• Knowledge to make reasonable assumptions and formulate first-order approximations of weapons systems’ performance.
• Assess the design and operational tradeoffs on weapon systems’ performance from a high level.

From this course you will obtain the knowledge and ability to perform basic sensor and weapon calculations, identify tradeoffs, interact meaningfully with colleagues, evaluate systems, and understand the literature.

Instructor(s):

Craig Payne recently retired as a principal investigator at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. His expertise is in the “detect to engage” process with emphasis in sensor systems, (sonar, radar, and electro-optics), development of fire control solutions for systems, guidance methods, fuzing techniques, and weapon effects on targets. He is also a retired U.S. Naval Officer from the Surface Warfare community and has extensive experience naval operations. During a tour of duty at the U. S. Naval Academy he designed, taught, and literally wrote the book for the course called Principles of Naval Weapons. This course is provided to all U.S. Naval Academy Midshipmen, 62 colleges and Universities that offer the NROTC program and taught abroad at various national service schools.