Defence Systems and Technologies

1. Explain economic and technological importance of defense sector in NATO and EU member states
2. Explain the principles and aims of system engineering by analysis of complex defense systems
3. Describe the role and importance of complex defence system life-cycle management
4. Explain importance of system architecture in the development of complex defense systems
5. Describe key characteristics of humans for successful operation of complex defence systems
6. Recognize the values and limitations of modeling and simulation

There are 15 weeks of classes. First cycle consists of 7 weeks of lectures, followed by midterm, while second cycle consists of 6 weeks of lectures, followed by final exam.

Students in consultation with the teachers work on seminar reports during the semester.

Demonstration of the system for pilot stress and fatigue monitoring during flight and during simulator practice. Demonstration of the simulator for air defense missile system and flight simulators like Pilatus, MiG-21, etc. Demonstration of various systems for multimodal elicitation and estimation of emotional states.

stručni posjeti

1. Lectures: Introductory lecture. “Defence systems and technologies” as a part of the world economy based on knowledge and high technologies. Exercises: In the initial week, there are no students' activities regarding the student projects.
2. Lectures: Arms and military equipment industry in EU and NATO. Exercises: Presentation of proposed topics for student projects.
3. Lectures: Strategic importance of technology sector in modernization of arms and military equipment industry and economic growth in the Republic of Croatia. Exercises: Students' selection of proposed topics for student projects.
4. Lectures: Strategic planning and organizational management in the area of defence systems and technologies. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
5. Lectures: Financing models for complex “Defence Systems and Technologies”. Offset agreements, venture capital, licenses, coproduction… Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
6. Lectures: Principles of Systems Engineering in design and development of complex “Defence Systems and Technologies”. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
7. Lectures: Interaction of complex defence systems with users and environment. Human factors in the area of defence and security. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
8. Lectures: Midterm exam. Exercises: In the week of midterm exam, no progress reporting is required for student projects.
9. Lectures: Hardware- and software-in-the-loop simulations. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
10. Lectures: Interactive simulations of complex defence systems in virtual environment. Fighter airplane simulator, simulators for guided missile systems. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
11. Lectures: Systems for multimodal regulation of cognitive-emotional states in training, evaluation and selection of personnel for complex defence tasks. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
12. Lectures: Evaluation of effects of training by analysis of neural activations obtained with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) of brain. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
13. Lectures: Simulator for MiG-21 fighter jet. Helicopter Mi-171 simulator project. Simulator for armored vehicle AMV 8x8. Exercises: Students' progress report presentations regarding the work on student projects.
14. Lectures: Dual use of technologies created in the course of development of complex “Defence Systems and Technologies”. Exercises: Final presentations of students' projects.
15. Lectures: Final exam. Exercises: In the week of final exam, there are no students' activities regarding the student projects.