Short Course: Modern Aspects of RF Electronic Warfare
The Queensland Chapter of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society is pleased to host a one-day short course by Dr Lorenzo Lo Monte.
Title: Modern Aspects of RF Electronic Warfare
Presenter: Dr Lorenzo Lo Monte, Chief Scientist, TTM Technologies; IEEE AESS President-Elect (bio)
Date: Monday 23 November 2026
Venue: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, [room TBC]
- 8:00 am — Registration and coffee
- 8:30 am — Course commences
- 3:00 pm — Close
Electronic warfare is central to modern military operations, where control of the electromagnetic spectrum can determine detection, survivability, command-and-control, and mission success. EW is most often pictured as Suppression of Enemy Air Defences — aircraft penetrating defended airspace, ground radars jammed and protected. That mission remains, but it is no longer the whole picture. EW now reaches into satellite systems and space-based sensing, acts as a weapon in its own right through high-power microwave, denies communications and positioning, navigation and timing, and has become central to the counter-drone fight. This course gives a high-level but operationally relevant overview of these expanding mission areas across the air, land, sea, space, and cyber-enabled battlespaces. A basic knowledge of radar is assumed.
Agenda
- High-power microwave and nuclear EMP — directed-energy and electromagnetic-pulse effects on electronics, infrastructure, and platforms, including employment against ISR and air-defence radars, and implications for mission resilience.
- Space, communications, and GNSS EW — contesting SATCOM, datalinks, PNT and space-enabled networks through jamming, spoofing, meaconing and navigation warfare, including space-based radars as targets of electronic attack.
- Counter-UAS EW — detecting, tracking and identifying drone threats using RF sensing (including radar), and defeating them through RF means: jamming, GNSS denial and spoofing, and high-power microwave.
Registration (AUD, inc GST)
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Early bird (to 16 Oct) |
Standard |
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IEEE member |
$240 |
$300 |
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Non-member |
$320 |
$400 |
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Student IEEE member |
$100 |
$125 |
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Student non-member |
$140 |
$175 |
Includes morning tea, lunch and course notes.
Key dates
- Early-bird registration closes: Friday 16 October 2026
- Registration closes: Friday 13 November 2026
- Course: Monday 23 November 2026
Register: [link] · Enquiries: Jason Williams, jlw@ieee.org
A two-day version of the course is running in Adelaide later in the same week; the Brisbane course covers most of the second day of the Adelaide course. The Progress in Radar Research workshop is also running in Adelaide on the same week.
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- Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
- Grey Street
- South Brisbane, Queensland
- Australia 4101