Short Courses
Aerospace Lessons-Learned
The Aerospace Lessons-Learned (ALL) short course provides participants with the key knowledge, understanding and insight required to effectively apply a myriad of hard-won lessons-learned gleaned over the last half-century. The course stresses the importance of being cognizant of and learning from defining events in aerospace history. Participants will learn about significant events and mishaps; what worked, what did not work and why. Training is directly applicable to anyone working in the aerospace industry.
Advanced Missile Aerodynamics
The Advanced Missile Aerodynamics (AMA) short course features an in-depth treatment of engineering-level estimation methods used to predict the aerodynamics of tactical missiles, ballistic missiles, launch vehicles, sounding rockets and projectiles. This course is intended for those seeking an advanced knowledge and understanding of classic missile aero force and moment prediction methodologies. Emphasis is placed on techniques pertinent to the preliminary design environment.
Aerodynamics For Engineers
The Aerodynamics For Engineers (AFE) short course provides a comprehensive training experience in basic aerodynamic principles applicable to the subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic flight regimes. The central objective of the course is to help participants gain a sound understanding of a broad spectrum of fundamental aerodynamics concepts and phenomena.
Aerospace Vehicle Performance
The Aerospace Vehicle Performance (AVP) short course presents a rudimentary examination of flight performance principles relative to aircraft powered by airbreathing propulsion systems. The primary objective of the course is to provide participants with the technical knowledge and analytical tools required to successfully perform basic aircraft flight performance estimates.
Basic Missile Aerodynamics
The Basic Missile Aerodynamics (BMA) short course is intended for the aerospace professional seeking expert instruction in the fundamentals of missile aerodynamics as applied to airframe design, analysis and test. Course material has direct application across a broad spectrum of missile types including tactical missiles, ballistic missiles, launch vehicles, sounding rockets and projectiles.
Delivery Performance Improvement
The Delivery Performance Improvement (DPI) professional short course explores key concepts and proven methods related to the identification, correction and prevention of manufacturing delinquencies. This comprehensive training program provides a logical, proven approach for achieving rapid delivery performance improvement. The course is aimed at program managers, supervisors, manufacturing engineers and others responsible for delivering goods on schedule. Participants will learn how to identify the dominant causes of poor delivery performance in their organization, resolve key issues and consistently achieve on-time delivery. Professionals from a wide variety of aerospace, process, industrial, manufacturing and engineering related disciplines will benefit from the DPI training program.
Fundamentals of Earth Reentry
The Fundamentals of Earth Reentry (FER) short course is designed for the aerospace professional seeking expert instruction in the basic principles, science and technology of entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. Course material has direct application to the design, analysis and test of manned ballistic and lifting entry. FER gives participants the basic technical knowledge needed to intelligently address the critical aspects of atmospheric entry from suborbital and orbital flight.
Fundamentals of Electro-Optics
and Infrared (EO/IR) Sensors
The Fundamentals of Electro-Optics and Infrared (FEOIR) short course is
intended for anyone seeking instruction on EO/IR Sensors, Weapons, and
Electronic Warfare Systems. The course provides a theoretical background
necessary to understanding remote sensing of ultraviolet, visible, and
infrared electromagnetic energy, and how it is used in airborne military
applications.
Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics
The Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics (FGD) short course is an introductory training experience in compressible flow. The central objective of the course is to help participants achieve a firm understanding of elementary compressible flow principles and processes. This course also provides the analytical tools needed to perform basic compressible flow calculations for a wide variety of flow problems.
Fundamentals of Hypersonics
The Fundamentals of Hypersonics (FOH) short course presents a thorough treatment of hypersonic flow physics, gas dynamics, aerodynamic heating, plasma effects, aeroacoustics and flight vehicle force and moment characteristics. Course material also covers a myriad of other aerodynamics-related topics that are intimately related to hypersonic flight test and flight research operations. Chief among these topics are airbreathing propulsion systems,
flight instrumentation, ground testing, thermal protection systems, stage separation, and atmospheric models.
Fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Missions & Systems
The Fundamentals of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Missions & Systems (UAV) professional short course provides a fundamental, yet comprehensive, end-to-end understanding of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs). The course is intended for individuals with responsibility for the selection, design, integration, test and operation of UAVs, UAV links and UAV payloads for any military or civil application. Guided by two world-renowned experts with over 80 years of combined experience in advanced sensor systems and electronic warfare, participants will explore the traceability of overall mission requirements as dictated by the total target-to-user signal chain.
Principles of Directed Infrared Countermeasures
The Principles of Directed Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) short course provides engineers, technicians, project managers, and program managers, who are working in the field of electronic warfare (EW), with a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts of Directed Infrared Countermeasure (DIRCM) system design, operation, and performance. The course covers how optical frequency (visible, infrared, and ultraviolet) electromagnetic can be used to detect and defeat legacy and advanced man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and other infrared missile threats to US and allied military aircraft. The course also includes an industry survey of modern DIRCM systems and programs, present and future. Emphasis is placed on understanding how operational requirements and environmental concerns drive the systems design, and how systems engineering trade-offs can affect DIRCM operational performance.
Rapid Cost Reduction
The Rapid Cost Reduction (RCR) short course explores critical lean manufacturing concepts and implementation strategies. Participants will learn how to identify and act upon key opportunities within their organization and rapidly reduce manufacturing costs while achieving maximum risk mitigation. The training approach provides real-world techniques proven in hundreds of companies. Professionals from a wide variety of aerospace, process, industrial, manufacturing and engineering related disciplines will benefit from the RCR training program.
Root Cause Failure Analysis
The Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) short course is intended for the aerospace professional seeking expert instruction in key concepts and proven methods related to the identification and elimination of root failure causes occurring in complex systems, subsystems, and components. The course will show participants how to successfully work in a multi-disciplinary team environment to resolve complex system failures. Training will explore proven methods used to objectively identify all potential failure causes and proactively eliminate additional potential failure causes before they occur. This knowledge and its application are essential to the development and optimization of lean manufacturing processes.
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