The Fundamentals of Electro-Optics & Infrared Sensors (FEOIR) short course provides expert instruction on EO/IR Sensors, Weapons, and Electronic Warfare Systems.

This intensive short course will provide you with a comprehensive training experience that covers the basic theory and principles of how electromagnetic energy in the optical spectrum (visible, infrared, and ultraviolet light), combined with modern electronics, avionics, and digital imagery processing, is used for militarily-significant purposes.

The course provides the theoretical background necessary to understanding remote sensing of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared electromagnetic energy, and how it is used in airborne military applications such as target detection, target acquisition, target tracking, reconnaissance, ground mapping, airfield damage assessment, navigation, communications, countermeasures, and weapons delivery.

The principles presented in this highly informative course are immediately useful on the job and are directly applicable to a broad range of real-world design, test and evaluation problems. FEOIR is an excellent first course for the novice and a great refresher course for the experienced practitioner.  Most importantly, the course is taught by an instructor who is both a world-renown expert in sensor systems and a gifted master instructor.

• The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Remote Sensing Theory
• Radiation Physics
• Atmospheric Considerations
• Target & Background Signatures
• Optical Materials
• Photonic Detectors
• Visible Light Systems
• Image Intensified Systems
• Infrared Systems
• History of Forward Looking IR
• Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Systems
• Laser Systems & Fundamentals
• EO/IR Countermeasures
• Infrared Missile Systems
• Expendables & Decoys
• Camouflage, Concealment & Deception (CCD)
• Missile Warning Receivers
• Directed Infrared Countermeasure Systems (DIRCM)
• Legacy DIRCM Systems
• Advanced DIRCM Concepts
• Test and Evaluation

The Fundamentals of Electro-Optics & Infrared Sensors (FEOIR) short course is an intensive 5-day training program that provides a maximum training experience to aerospace professionals with minimum time away from work.

Fundamentals of Electro-Optics & Infrared Sensors Module Outline

1. Course Administration
2. Introduction EO/IR Systems and Missions
3. Electromagnetic Spectrum
4. Black Body Radiation
5. Atmospheric Conditions
6. Targets and Background
7. Optical Materials
8. Detectors
9. Visible Light Systems
10. Night Vision Systems
11. IR Systems
12. ISR Systems
13. Laser Systems
14. IR Missile Systems
15. Introduction to EOCM-IRCM Terminology
16. Examination of the IR Threat
17. Expendables and Decoys
18. CCD EO-IRCM Techniques
19. Missile Warning Receivers
20. DIRCM
21. IntegrationTest and Evaluation
22. Measures of EO-IR Performance
23. EOIR Modeling & Simulation
24. EOIR Ground Test
25. EOIR Flight Test
26. T3 Darkstar Brief
27. SYERS P3I Brief
28. Emerging Technologies: LADAR Seekers
29. EO Displays
30. End-of-Course Review

General Requirements

• General physics-based technical background.
• Algebra

Suggested WEA Preparatory Courses

• There are no additional educational requirements for this course.

John L. Minor jlminor@whiteeagleaerospace.com Curriculum Vitae

John L. Minor has over 35 years of technical and operational experience. He is an internationally recognized expert on military sensors, systems, and flight test. He is also a highly decorated instructor and lecturer.

During his career, John has served on the technical staff of the Air Force Flight Test Center, the USAF Test Pilot School, Lockheed Martin and the Lockheed Skunk Works® and others. He began his career with the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing as a sensor system specialist on the SR-71 and U-2 aircraft. Since then, he has worked on a number of high-value military programs, including: the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN), the F/A-18D (RC) Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System (ATARS), and the RQ-3A TIER III Minus (Darkstar) Low Observable (LO) Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), as well as numerous other classified programs.

As the USAF Test Pilot School’s former Technical Director (2004-2008) and Systems Master Instructor (1999-2003), John was responsible for developing a state of the art curricula and teaching sensors, weapons, systems, electronic warfare, directed energy, and unmanned systems theory, operations and flight test to the next generation of USAF Test Pilots, Electronic Warfare Officers, and Flight Test Engineers. He has taught many short courses for Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE), the Association of Old Crows (AOC), Technology Training Corporation, and has lectured throughout Europe to the Royal Aeronautical Engineering Society (RAeS) and Technical Universities.

John holds BSEE/MSEE degrees from the University of New Mexico/Air Force Institute of Technology. He has been honored with numerous awards and decorations, including: the 2012 Team Hill Spirit Award, the 2010 SFTE Kelly Johnson Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Flight Test Engineering, the 412th Test Wing’s Senior Leader of the Year Award, the SFTE Directors and Fellow Awards, the San Fernando Valley Engineers’ Council Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award and the Engineers’ Council Distinguished Engineering Life Achievement Award for his educational contributions to the Edwards AFB engineering community.

Most recently, John served as Chief of the Systems Engineering Division for the Ogden Air Logistics Center Engineering Directorate. He is currently Division Chief over Workforce Management and Development for over 1300 scientists and engineers at Hill Air Force Base.

John and his wife Suzanne reside in the Ogden, Utah area. They are the proud parents of 5, grandparents of 12 and great-grandparents of 7.