These short courses were offered in conjunction with the Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Conference. All courses were Unclassified/Public Domain and lasted for one-half day. Students earned 0.35 CEUs for each course from DEPS. Introduction to High Energy Laser Systems, 0800 - 1200, 3 August This course will provide the student with an overview of high-energy laser (HEL) systems. It will also discuss a brief history of major HEL systems and touch on the future of HEL. At the conclusion of the course, the student should have an appreciation for the strengths and shortfalls of HEL systems as well as some potential operational concepts for integrating HEL weapon systems into the joint battlefield. Instructor: Denny Boesen, Northrop Grumman Information Technology Topics:
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Test and Evaluation of Directed Energy Systems, 0800 - 1200, 3 August An introduction to fundamental considerations for the test and evaluation (T&E) of High Energy Lasers (HEL) and High Power Microwave (HPM) weapon systems. Students will be given an overview of the various distinct types of HEL and HPM testing, including example test concepts/configurations, considerations for test instrumentation, and key testing issues, such as safety and environmental concerns. Instructor: Dr. Larry McKee, SAIC Topics:
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System Engineering for HEL Programs, 1300 - 1700, 3 August The first module of this short course - "The System Engineering Discipline" - describes the elements of system engineering as defined by government and industry standards and practices. The discipline is dissected in terms of the key processes and products, enabling skills and tools, and its relation to other disciplines, e.g. Project and Configuration Management. Two tracks through the short course are followed that allow students to see the universal aspects of system engineering, and those that are tailored to HEL Programs. The second module - "Organizing the Requirements Framework" - describes the blueprint for organizing the development, traceability, verification, management and documentation of all requirements. Students will learn ways to see the forest for the trees through system engineering. The third and fourth modules - "Building the Functional Architecture" and "Populating the Requirements Framework" - walk through front-end development of the foundation and building blocks of a sound system engineering effort. The former describes the craft of functional decomposition which derives all requirements relating to what it is the design solution must accomplish or do. Specific examples are offered form several HEL programs. The fourth module describes the craft of building and populating the system requirements tree, which captures how well the design solution must do what it is intended to do. Students will see first hand how these twin tools are built and used, and will come away with enabling techniques and reusable elements. The fifth module - "Building and Evaluating the Physical Architecture" - describes how the above processes and tools guide the evolution of system development from the problem space of user requirements to the solution space of the physical architecture. Students will see how system engineering provides the glue and the integrating threads for trades and evaluations, measurement and reporting. Finally, the sixth module - "Managing the System Engineering Effort" - reviews specification practices and how the above efforts support the writing of good requirements. The place and value of requirement management tools is described. Students will see how it all comes together under the purview of system engineering management. Instructor: Dr. Dean Cornwell, SAIC Topics:
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Instructor Biography Dr. Cornwell is currently supporting the Army MTHEL System Engineer in the definition and development of the MTHEL requirements. He was assigned for 2.5 years to the Space-Based Laser (SBL) IFX Program as part of both System and Payload SEITs where he had similar duties, and has had like assignments on HEL programs since the late 70's. In the early 90's, as part of a tri-service MIL-STD 499B initiative, Dr. Cornwell was responsible for the
development and integration of performance, cost, schedule and risk engineering methods into a four-dimensional
concurrent engineering decision analysis tool and process. In the 80's he was Manager, System Technology, Optics
and Applied Technology Laboratory (OATL) of United Technologies Optical Systems (UTOS), Inc.
The Credible Use of Modeling and Simulation in T&E, 1300 - 1700, 3 August Modeling and simulation (M&S) can productively be used to provide financially-attractive options during test and evaluation (T&E) of complex hardware and software systems. However, to make M&S work productively, it has to be used correctly and effectively. This tutorial will show how M&S should be used in T&E situations. The appropriate use of M&S and the areas where M&S makes most sense will be covered. This tutorial will also cover the proper methods to perform Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&S) once M&S has been integrated into T&E. Topics:
Students who can profit Instructor Biographies Dr. Dave Cook is a Senior Research Scientist at AEgis Technologies Group, Inc., working as a Verification, Validation and Accreditation agent in the Modeling and Simulations area. He is currently supporting verification, validation and accreditation for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Airborne Laser (ABL) program. Dave has over 30 years experience in software development and software management. He was formerly an associate professor of computer science at the U.S. Air Force Academy (where he was also the department research director), and also a former deputy department head of the Software Professional Development Program at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He was also a consultant for the USAF Software Technology Support Center (STSC) for over six years. Dave has published numerous articles on software process improvement, software engineering, object-oriented software development, programming languages, configuration management, and requirements engineering. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University, and is an authorized Personal Software Process (PSP) instructor. He can be reached at dcook@aegistg.com. Dr. Jim Skinner is a Senior Research Scientist at AEgis Technologies Group, Inc., and has 3 engineering degrees, 14 publications, 17 years of research experience, and 6 years of teaching experience (C++, Software Engineering, Software Project Management, Software Process Improvement, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Structures & Analysis). He is a software engineer experienced in several languages inlcuding C++, Visual C++, Fortran, and List. Dr. Skinner is an outstanding communicator and an Air Force Officer with twenty years of service. He has eight years experience in an operational environment and 12 years of experience in military research laboratories. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of New Mexico, with Emphasis in Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence. He can be reached at jskinner@aegistg.com.
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