Why AI-Driven Cognitive Systems Are Redefining Radar and Electronic Warfare

An overview of how mode-agile threats challenge static library radar/EW systems, and how AI/ML cognitive architectures enable adaptive, real-time countermeasures.

What Attendees will Learn

1. Why mode-agile threats render static library systems ineffective — Explore how wartime reserve modes and mode-agile emitters deploy unexpected frequencies, modulation techniques, and hopping schemes that cannot be matched against traditional threat databases, leaving legacy electronic protect, attack, and support systems unable to respond.
2. How AI/ML techniques power cognitive radar/EW systems — Understand the roles of artificial neural networks (ANN), deep neural networks (DNN), fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms in enabling autonomous threat classification, signal de-interleaving, and real-time countermeasure generation without human intervention.
3. The architecture of a cognitive radar/EW system — Examine the functional blocks including RF acquisition, search and tracking, core AI/ML signal analysis, waveform synthesis, and RF generation, and how they form a closed-loop system that perceives,learns, reasons, and acts autonomously.
4. How to train and validate cognitive AI/ML algorithms using HIL/SIL systems — Learn how wideband RF record, simulation, and playback testbeds combined with modeling and simulation software enable iterative algorithm refinement, regression testing, and mission preparation in controlled laboratory environments.