Course Details
Principles of Metasurface-driven Electronic Warfare | Pre-Convention Course
Course Dates: Monday, December 8, 2025 | 8 AM – 5 PM
Course Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
Course Length: 8 hours total delivered across one session
Description: This workshop provides an introduction to the use of metasurfaces in Defense, a subject explored further in the book Metasurface-driven Electronic Warfare. It covers how metasurfaces can add extra levels of dynamism to the electronic warfare (EW) problem at the physical level. Metasurfaces are artificially engineered structures that can provide arbitrary, reconfigurable responses in the transmission, reflection, and absorption of electromagnetic waves. Extensive research validated metasurfaces in the last couple of decades, and the community recently elected them as a key element for a civilian application, the 6G. However, in Defense, if many isolated papers are available in the open literature, their application is still unclear for many. This workshop connects the dots between metasurfaces and EW. It covers not only the so-called metasurface-based stealth technology, but also applications in Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Protection (EP). The workshop will also discuss emerging use cases for distributed EW in drone swarms.
Who Should Attend: The intended audience is those interested in the latest trends in EW, signals intelligence, and electrical engineering, whether they are operators, specialists, researchers, or businesspeople. Because the workshop covers the essentials in both metasurfaces and EW, no prior experience is required as long as the attendee can handle engineering concepts.
This workshop will be held before AOC 2025 at the Gaylord National.
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Course Pricing
AOC Members - $1200
Non-Members - $1350
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Instructor
Dr. Rafael Licursi is the author of Metasurface-driven Electronic Warfare (Wiley / IEEE Press) and the CEO of Stronghold AI. He is an antenna/radar researcher and electronic warfare (EW) consultant. Experienced in both the hardware and software parts of the EW problem, he now focuses on the innovative use of metasurfaces in this context. He earned his PhD in electronics with a focus on reconfigurable metasurfaces and multiband/wideband antennas at the Institut Polytechnique de Paris. He began his career as a pilot and radar operator in maritime patrol aviation. His past experiences include EW Officer, Signal Processing Engineer, Signals Intelligence Researcher, and Antenna Engineer.
