Advanced Electronics Company
(An Economic Offset Program Company)
Radar Symposium 2014
Photonics Based ELINT for
Interception and Analysis of Radar Signals
Presented By:
Engr. Ziad H. Al-Musallam
Senior Vice President - Engineering & Development
9 - 10 December 2014
Agenda
• AEC Brief
• Border Surveillance and Protection
• Radar Integrated with ELINT
• Photonics as Solution
• Electronic Counter Measures
• Photonics Capabilities in AEC
AEC Brief
Advanced Electronics Company
Activities Design, manufacture, upgrade and support of electronic products
and systems for military, civil and industrial customers.
Established Sept. 1988
Locations 1- HQ: Industrial Park, KKIA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2- BD and PM Offices in Different locations
AEC Staff
• Total AEC’s Employees 1105
947 at AEC Facility
158 at customer’s premises
• Customer focused
• Highly skilled, well trained professionals.
• Work to highest quality standards.
• More than 71% employees are Saudi nationals
• About 79% of AEC engineers and technicians are Saudis
Employees percentage Profile of Saudi employees
Engineers Professional
34% 22%
Saudi -
Non -
71%
Saudi -
29%
Support
Technicians
25% 19%
Graph charts show employee at AEC facility only as of 1 July 2014
Core Competencies
Development MANUFACTURING REPAIRS
(E&D) A world-class factory fully-
A stand alone facility specialized in
Strong Engineering design & testing, trouble shooting and repairing
equipped to manufacture all types
development capabilities include: wide range of electronic equipment
of electronic products and
Products systems
Systems
Support
AEC Recognition
• King AbdulAziz Quality Award – First Position -Industrial Sector
• Certified to ISO 9001: 2008
• AS9100 Rev “C” Aerospace Quality Management System
• AS9110:Rev “A” Aerospace Quality Assurance requirements for maintenance
organizations
• CMMI - Capability Maturity Model Integration, L3
• Council member of European Aerospace Quality Group, International
Aerospace Quality Group
• Obtained highest quality rating from leading international companies, examples:
Boeing “Gold” Supplier
Raytheon Performance “Blue Rating”
Alcatel Lucent Grade “A” Supplier
Lockheed Martin “Star” Supplier
Sikorsky “World Class”
Thales “Target Supplier”
EADS “QSF-B”
Future Opportunities
Future Trends
EW / C4i / Cyber
Renewable Energy
IT for Public Sector & Education
ICT Programs
Industrial Programs
Telecom Programs
Military Programs
1988 1995 2002 2005 2013 - 2015
Major Customers
Border Surveillance & Protection
Radars in Border Surveillance & Protection
• Long range radars are not suitable for Border protection from low altitude
flights such as UAV
GAP Filler Radar
• GAP fillers overcomes limitations
related to:
Earth Curvature
Low altitude objects
Silent objects detection
• use of fixed & portable radars to
enhance operational performance
• Cost Effective solution
What if the Radar is Jammed or deceived?
Radar Integrated with ELINT
Electronic Intelligence
• Passive Receiver
•Monitor’s EM
•Detect transmitters
• Determine freq, BW .. etc
•Supports radar during ECM
or jamming
ELINT depends on LOS, power and frequency
ELINT
coverage
Radar is an active detector utilized for Radar
silent objects coverage
Low altitude
flight
ELINT is a passive detector utilized for
transmitting objects supporting radars
during jamming & ECM
ELINT
coverage
Silent Object not detected in ELINT Radar
range coverage
ELINT
coverage
Radar
coverage
Object detected in
Radar range
ELINT
coverage
Radar
coverage
Object jamming
radar
ELINT
coverage
Radar
coverage
Radar
ELINTcan
canno pick
longer
up
transmission
be utilized
ELINT can feed back information to Radar to /
overcome jamming / deception
Several ELINTs
• ELINT geo-location
One ELINT : Bearing
Two ELINT : Absolute position
Three ELINT :Longitude + Latitude + Transmission time
Four ELINT :Longitude + Latitude + Altitude + Transmission time
Two ELINTs can be integrated with Radar for
geo-location verification with Radar
Traditional Electronic Intelligence Limitations
• Limitations:
Frequency
Usually limited to 18 GHz
Range
Instantaneous
Usually limited to 4 GHz
Bandwidth
Sensitivity Usually up to -80 dBm
Selectivity Usually up to 10 MHz
Bulky in size, weight and consumes
SWAP
a lot of energy
Photonics As Solution
Photonics Based Electronic Intelligence
• Covers frequency ranges from 0.02 to 40 GHz
(Using one device)
• POI 100% (Cover the entire wideband range)
• Sensitivity of receiver is typically ~ -90 dBm
• Immune to EMI and designed for harsh Fixed Station Unit
environment
• Capability of integration with Radar database
• Capability of detecting 650 Mpulses/s
Antenna
Photonics ELINT vs. Electronic ELINT
Features Electronics Photonics Comments
Frequency
0.01 - 18 GHz 0.02 - 40 GHz 1 receiver vs. 2 receivers
Range
Instantaneous Custom (Up to 40
4 GHz
Bandwidth GHz)
Sensitivity -70 to -85 dBm -90 dBm
250, 50 and 10 Custom (down to
Selectivity
MHz 1 MHz)
Due to the fourabove
POI Nearly 100% 100% limitations of traditional
electronics
DF Accuracy 2º 1º
Weight Less than 125 Kg Near 30% less
Photonics Features
Unmatched range in a single device Couplers and switches works in close
(design, fabrication materials and proximity (upto 10s µm) maintaining
manufacturing techniques ) complete isolation
Immune to Electro Magnetic
Cost effective solution
Interference
Very High Data rates Upgradable
Easily maintained due to
Modular design allowing
dynamic design integration to multiple systems
Feature Summary
Receiver Type
Feature Wide Band TRF Crystal Narrow Band Wide Band Acousto-
Photonic IFM Channelized Microscan
Crystal Video Video SUPERHET SUPERHET optic
Instantaneous
Analysis Very Wide Very Wide Narrow Very Wide Narrow Moderate Wide Wide Moderate
Bandwidth
Frequency
Good Very Poor Fair Good Very Good Poor Fair Good Good
Resolution
Sensitivity Very Good Poor Fair Poor Very Good Fair Fair Very Good Good
Dynamic Range Good Fair Fair Good Very Good Fair Good Fair Poor
Speed of
Very Fast Very Fast Slow Very Fast Slow Fast Very Fast Very Fast Fast
Acquisition
Short Pulse
Very Good Good Good Good Good Very Good Good Fair Fair
Width Capability
Retention of
Signal Good Fair Fair Poor Good Fair Good Poor Fair
Characteristics
Applicability to
Good Poor Poor Good Poor Fair Good Fair Fair
Exotic Signals
RF Range (Ghz) 0.02 - 40 0.5 -40 0.15 - 18 0.5 - 40 0.01-40 0.5-18 0.5-60 0.5-8 0.5-4
High Signal
Density Good Poor Fair Good Poor Fair Fair Good Poor
Performance
Simultaneous
Good Poor Fair Poor Good Fair Good Good Good
Signal Capability
Max
Instantaneous
Very Good Good Good Very Good Poor Poor Fair Fair Fair
Analysis
Bandwidth
* Anthony C. Lindsay. Wideband Guided-Wave Photonics for Electronic Warfare Applications. . 1 (ERL-0617-PR), p7
Photonics in ECM
Photonics Based ECM (Radar Deception 1/2)
• Photonics based ECM can
be used to deceive radars
• Fast and optimized ECM
Photonics Based ECM (Radar Deception 2/2)
Photonics Based ECM
Electronic
• Wideband Radar Deception Countermeasure
• Variable Radar Cross Section (RCS)
• Frequencies from 0.02 to 40 GHz
• Cost effective compared to RF solutions
• Suitable for land, navy and air
applications including UV
• Fast response
• Weight is around 3 Kg
Photonics, EW and Radar
Capabilities in AEC
Photonics, EW and Radar Capabilities
• Manufacturing
• Repair
• Fielding
• R&D and Design
• EW Lab
• General photonics research lab
• Qualified Saudi Engineers
Production & Manufacturing
• Clean room
class 100
• SMT Line
• Assembly Line
Production Testing
•Functional Testing
•Environmental Testing
Radar Components
AEC is under license to Raytheon for
Manufacturing and Repair for the following
F15SA Radar LRUs:
• Analog Signal Converter ( ASC)
• Low Voltage Power Supply ( LVPS)
• Receiver Exciter ( RE)
Chaff & Flair
•AEC own chaff and flare production capabilities
Counter measure
Divert radar guided anti craft missiles
Confuse infrared anti aircraft missiles
Tactical surveillance Vehicle (Deployed Systems)
• Wide band ELINT
• Tactical communication systems
• Intercom system
• Integration of radar and ELINT
interface
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Thank You
