Date: 8-9 September 2026

Time: 0930-1700

Venue: Copthorne King's Hotel

Course Instructor: Dr Rafael Licursi

Synopsis: 

This course shows how metasurfaces can add extra levels of dynamism to the EW problem at the physical level. Metasurfaces can provide arbitrary, reconfigurable responses in the transmission, reflection, and absorption of electromagnetic waves. This course connects the dots between metasurfaces and EW. It covers not only metasurface-based stealth technology, but also applications in Electronic Support (ES), Electronic Attack (EA), and Electronic Protection (EP). The course will also discuss emerging use cases for distributed EW in drone swarms.

Target Audience:

This course is designed for defence engineers, military personnel, researchers, scientists, and technology professionals involved in electronic warfare (EW), radar systems, RF engineering, communications, electromagnetic spectrum operations, and advanced defence technologies. It is particularly relevant to personnel responsible for electronic warfare, counter-UAS technologies, and next-generation sensing and communications platforms. Participants seeking to understand how metasurfaces can transform future EW capabilities, stealth technologies, adaptive antennas, cognitive spectrum operations, and autonomous systems will benefit from this course.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Operation of Metasurface

3. Passive Stealth with Metasurface

4. Active-Cancellation Stealth with Metasurface

5. Metasurfaces for Electronic Support Applications

6. Metasurface Driven Electronic Attack

7. Metasurface for Electronic Protection

8. Emerging Use Cases of Metasurfaces in EW