A unique and practical graduate course in radar cross section at the Air Force Institute of Technology

摘要

The US Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) offers a variety of master's degree programs in engineering which cater to the needs of the Air Force. One of the hallmarks of the low observables curriculum is a unique graduate level course entitled "Radar Cross Section (RCS) Analysis, Measurement, and Reduction." The author describes this particular course, and its role in the low observables curriculum. Graduates praise the experience of making their own RCS measurements in AFIT's laboratory as being extremely beneficial in understanding the usefulness and limitations of data presented to them later by government contractors.