An introduction and overview of some developments in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance capabilities developed by modern militaries over the past 20 years. Technologies and examples will cover Radar (RadInt) and Geographical Intelligence (GeoInt) as follows: RadInt - Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imaging, Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR), Ground Movement Target Indication (GMTI); GeoInt - Electro-optical and Infrared (EO/IR) theory and technologies, Multi-Spectrum Imagery (MSI), Hyper-Spectrum Imagery (HSI), Full Motion Video (FMV) technologies, Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI), Wide Area Persistent Surveillance(WAPS), Burst illumination Laser (BIL) and Light detection and Ranging (LIDAR).
Flt Lt Stu Quinn MA MEng CEng QWI ISR. read for his MEng in Electronic Systems at the University of Ulster and Augsburg Fachhochschule before joining the RAF in 1999.
Since then he has completed a multitude of operational tours in Northern Ireland, the Falkland Islands, Iraq and Afghanistan as, amongst other positions, an Officer Commanding of a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP), a Forward Air Controller(FAC), Surface to Air battery commander and an Air Director.
12:00 to 13:45 – optional lunch.
14:00 to 14:45/15:00 – lecture
14:45/15:00 to 15:30 approx. – questions and discussion
The lecture is free to attend for members and non-members of IET
A meal in Savoy Place will be available for an estimated group price of £16 per person including wine. Details are still being arranged.
Those wishing to attend are asked to send an e-mail on or before the preceding Friday, giving name(s), and requesting attendance at either the lunch and lecture or just the lecture to
Insert the event date in the subject line [e.g. 29 January 2016 Friday Lunch and Lecture]. No acknowledgement will be sent unless specifically requested. Those attending the lunch should be prepared to pay cash for it at the time.
The lecture qualifies for 1½ CPD hours
These Friday afternoon lunch / lecture events are held approximately every month, and from 2016 are planned to be always in the IET building at Savoy Place.
