Radio-Frequency Stealth: Core Techniques and Categories
RF stealth technical overview covering emitter power control, ultra-low sidelobe antennas, LPI waveform design, and signal uncertainty using the Schleher intercept concept.
Military & Aerospace Electronics
Types of Jet Engine Thrust Reversers
Technical overview of aircraft thrust reverser systems, describing clamshell and other reverser types, their mechanics, braking efficiency, and typical airliner applications.
Drone Area and Airspace Denial Systems
Technical overview of A2/AD and IADS concepts, assessing capabilities, vulnerabilities, and operational implications for penetrating contested airspace and designing countermeasures.
Microwave Weapons: Principles and Applications
Technical overview of microwaves, microwave weapons, and counter-UAS systems covering physical principles, directed-energy effects, detection, and deployment considerations.
Aircraft Braking Principles
Technical overview of aircraft thrust reversers, comparing bucket-type, cascade and diverter-door designs, their operation, efficiency, weight and typical applications.
Why Mysterious Air Vortices Form at Aircraft Engines
Technical summary of ground vortex formation at engine intakes, explaining aerodynamic causes, condensation visibility, foreign-object ingestion risks, and mitigation measures.
SAR/MTI Radar Roles in UAVs
SAR/MTI radar integration on UAVs for all?weather GMTI/MMTI detection and coordination with EO/IR sensors to improve detect?track?identify performance.
Guidance and Control Systems Using Feedback
Technical overview of missile guidance systems, covering guidance/control, sensors and inertial guidance, homing methods, guidance phases, and flight-path laws.
Security Challenges in Drone Swarm Communication Networks
Analyzes drone swarm communications in denied environments: mission phases, topologies, threats, and countermeasures such as link encryption, authentication and key management.
Key Functions and Core Components of Drones
Overview of drone functions, key components (flight control, power, sensors) and applications like aerial imaging, inspection, agriculture, search-and-rescue.
Loyal Wingman Systems for Combat Drones
Project Mosquito overview: RAF contract to develop a loyal wingman demonstrator, covering swarm tactics, design trade-offs, industry roles and expected capabilities.
Challenges in Manned–Unmanned Air Combat Coordination
Analysis of UAV employment with manned units, examining manned-unmanned coordination, command-and-control models, autonomous wingmen, and roles in reconnaissance and strike.
