Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) Research Conference (EMSO ReCon)

SwRI will be exhibiting at the Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO) Research Conference (EMSO ReCon).

Wednesday, July 23

1:15 PM 
“Rapid EA Technique Generator FPGA DevOps,” Griffin Murphy

The current EW firmware development pipeline cannot keep up with the rate at which new threats are emerging. This necessitates the employment of a rapid EA technique generator FPGA DevOps pipeline to streamline development and deployment. This presentation details the importance of DevOps and proposes a DevOps pipeline for EA Technique Generator FPGA development.

Thursday, July 24

9:30 AM 
“Agile Testing of ES Capabilities,” Harrison Hancock-Torres

Modern software-defined radars are capable of rapid parametric changes, complicating traditional electronic warfare capabilities. Research and development of new ES capabilities to combat software-defined radars will require new methods of testing ES that are affordable, agile, and outside the traditional methods of testing.

10:15 AM
“Ensuring Rapid Innovation in AI for EW Systems,” Damon Plyler

Effective RF machine learning requires iterative model development with clearly defined data rules, performance expectations, and a strong focus on data quality and exploratory analysis, incorporating domain-specific meta-knowledge. Independent evaluation must go beyond assessing the trained model to include analysis of the data generation process, training approach, and performance in operational contexts using both training and independent data.

11:15 AM
“An Effective Approach to EW T&E,” Zachary Cushenberry

EW system test and evaluation (T&E) has always been a costly investment during the development of modern EW systems. EW signal data is designed to be confusing, making it difficult to analyze and validate for the DoD community. SPARTA is a revolutionary, award-winning tool that can analyze these confusing signals effectively, reducing T&E costs while providing high-confidence validation of EW system performance.

1:15 PM
“Heterogeneous Rapid Reprogramming for EMSO Dominance,” Jarrett Holcomb

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has shown the vital importance of being able to rapidly reprogram Electronic Warfare systems during a conflict, but a lack of unification on how to reprogram is slowing things down. HOCA (Heterogeneous Open Computing Architecture) is a completely open EW rapid reprogramming architecture designed for lightning-fast reprogramming capabilities of numerous platforms and can be used to ensure electromagnetic spectrum operation (EMSO) superiority.

For more information, please contact Chris Schnelle or Jeremy Fleury.