Programme
The live virtual course takes place on Microsoft Teams over the course of two days.
The Passive Radar course will follow the programme below. Please note that this is subject to change.
3 December 2025
Day one
| 09:00 | Introduction and basic principles Hugh Griffiths, THALES/Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of RF Sensor, University College London |
| 09:45 | Passive radar illuminators Hugh Griffiths, THALES/Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of RF Sensor, University College London |
| 10:30 | Break |
| 11:00 | Single Frequency Networked Passive radar Chris Baker, Chair of Intelligent Sensor Systems, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham |
| 11:45 | Direct signal suppression Chris Baker, Chair of Intelligent Sensor Systems, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Passive radar performance prediction Chris Baker, Chair of Intelligent Sensor Systems, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham |
| 14:15 | Detection and tracking Chris Baker, Chair of Intelligent Sensor Systems, Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Birmingham |
| 15:00 | Break |
| 15:30 | Passive radar on moving platforms Hugh Griffiths, THALES / Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of RF Sensor, University College London |
| 16:15 | Passive radar systems and future directions Hugh Griffiths, THALES / Royal Academy of Engineering Chair of RF Sensor, University College London |
| 17:00 | End of day one |
4 December 2025
Day two
| 09:00 | Practical applications of passive radar Diego Cristallini, Head of the Passive Radar, Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques, Germany Daniel O'Hagan, Radar Scientist, Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques, Germany |
| 11:00 | Break |
| 11:15 | Short range passive radar Fabiola Colone, Professor. Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications (DIET), University, Italy |
| 12:15 | Break |
| 12:30 | Passive radar imaging Marco Martorella, Chair - RF and Space Sensing, University of Birmingham |
| 13:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | Passive radar research and development Krzysztof Kulpa, Professor, Warsaw University of Technology |
| 15:30 | Break |
| 15:45 | Passive radar systems and operation Michael Edrich, Hensoldt Steffen Lutz, Hensoldt |
| 16:45 | End of course |