ECE 495 — Electromagnetic Warfare and Survivability
Block 4: Aircraft Survivability and Mission Planning
Lesson 41: Course Wrap-Up
Lesson 41: Course Wrap-Up
Juan Jurado, Col, USAF, Ph.D.
Permanent Professor and Head
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fall 2026
Permanent Professor and Head
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fall 2026
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Block 4 · Lesson 41 · Today
Today: Turn In, Quiz, Game, AAR
The last period of the course, in four parts:
Turn Inpaper · code · HW4
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Quiz 415 min · open book
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Review Gameall four blocks
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Course AARsustain · improve
If the aircraft can be killed, none of the rest of the avionics matters.
Block 4 · Lesson 41 · Turn In
Turn In Now
| Deliverable | How |
|---|---|
| Final paper | PDF in the IEEE template — Teams, before class |
| Response to reviewers | PDF from the template: every comment from both reviews — Teams |
| Code | Every analysis and figure script, runnable from the issued bundle — Teams |
| AI transcripts | If any AI was used: every chat, submitted with the code |
| HW4 | On paper, now |
Late without coordination at least 24 hours ahead is a zero.
Block 4 · Lesson 41 · Quiz 4
Quiz 4: The Rules
15 minutes · open book · individual · on paper
Allowed
- Notes, returned work, handouts
- The course site and a calculator
Not allowed
- GenAI of any kind
- Help from anyone else
When time is called, stop writing and pass the quiz forward.
Block 4 · Lesson 41 · Review Game
Review Game
Six categories, four blocks, one B-21 — answer as a question.
Block 4 · Lesson 41 · Course Arc
Four Blocks, One Kill Chain, One Aircraft
Detectfind it
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Trackhold it
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Identifyname it
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Engagecommit it
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Killthe outcome
B1 range law
B2 noise jamming
B3 signatures
B2 noise jamming
B3 signatures
B1 Doppler notch
B2 deception, chaff
B2 deception, chaff
B2, B3 emission
discipline
discipline
B2 towed decoys
B3 flares, DIRCM
B3 flares, DIRCM
Airframe design
(vulnerability)
(vulnerability)
- Project 1 — where the B-21 is seen: detection range by aspect and band
- Project 2 — where the threats are: standoff geolocation from bearings
- Project 3 — how quiet it can be made: the loudest-band trade
- Final Project — the route that keeps it alive, on one map
Block 4 added no link. It put every lever on one map.
Block 4 · Lesson 41 · Course AAR
Course AAR
Three questions about ECE 495 as a course:
Sustain
What worked, and should stay next fall?
Improve
What would you change — pace, workload, order?
The one thing you will keep from this course?
Block 4 · Lesson 41 · Feedback
End-of-Course Feedback
The end-of-course critique is your turn to grade the course.
What helps most
- Name the lesson, demo, or project
- Say what to keep, not only what to fix
- Say where the hours went
Every comment is read before the next offering is built. Complete it before the window closes.
ECE 495 · Fall 2026
Break the Chain
Survivability is breaking the chain before it breaks you.