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Weapon Systems Training

WSTIAC offers weapon systems training programs designed to give our customers a firm understanding of all information related to conventional and directed energy weapons, their development, production, fielding, and maintenance.

To meet your training needs, courses are offered in an open registration format throughout the year.

WSTIAC also offers on-site training opportunities for custom, efficient, and cost-effective programs for your organization. On-site training is a cost-effective way to build targeted knowledge for your employees or professional associates. Travel costs are eliminated for the participants and tuition costs are typically less than the cost of sending staff to training locations. This offers the best value for organizations training four or more individuals.

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Course Details

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) Training Course (0.05M)
This 2 1/2 day short course provides an introduction to the nature of the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) threats and measures currently being employed to counter them. These weapons are among the principle ones being deployed by insurgents against US and allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The course provides the historical context of their development and use, details of construction, methods of deployment, and background information pertaining to munitions and explosives. Active and defensive technological and tactical countermeasures are presented, including lessons learned in the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Certain developmental and currently deployed countermeasure systems are discussed. A survey is given of cross border and international sources of components, and related technologies, as well as a look at trends and possible future developments. Registration fee is $1200.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer.
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Maintenance Engineering for Product Life Cycle Management Training Course (0.27M)
This 3-day course covers a practical and comprehensive overview of maintenance engineering design methods, maintainability predictions, analysis, testing and demonstration, and operational systems engineering principles and applications. Maintenance Engineering is integrated with other specialty engineering fields such as reliability, logistics, human factors, and systems engineering. Course contains several real world case study examples for practical applications of methods and techniques taught through out the course. Current state of the art software application packages are discussed and demonstrated. Registration fee is $1400.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer.
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Performance Based Logistics (PBL) for the Military Designer (0.27M)
This 3-day course presents the theory and practice of developing and maintaining a Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) enterprise. The course provides a basic understanding of strategy, organizational structure and behavior for an "integrated sustainment enterprise network" based upon its design and operations with regard to PBL requirements. Registration fee is $1400.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer.
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Supply Chain Design and Logistics Operational Management Training Course (0.06M)
This 3-day course presents the theory and practice of the core functions of the enterprise that impacts the supply chain management and operational logistic support of fielded systems. The course provides a basic understanding of strategy, organizational structure and behavior for an "integrated sustainment enterprise network" based upon its design and operations. Recent research results from several fields of study such as supply chain management, integrated lean enterprise, and e-logistics are presented. New logistics technologies, tools, and application software systems are also explored. Registration fee is $1400.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer.
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Specialty Engineering for Product Life Cycle Management Training Course (0.27M)
This 3-day course provides an "intensive" overview of the Specialty Engineering disciplines that specifically relate to systems effectiveness and affordability. Specialty Engineering is a series of designated engineering disciplines that are organized around the various design attributes of the system that is under development, through the use of cross function product teams that utilizes the systems engineering process. Specialty Engineering is traditionally associated with the various "ilities" of the system design process such as maintainability, reliability, affordability, supportability, testability, availability, producibility and re-manufacturability. A comprehensive overview of concept, theory, definitions, practices, methods, analysis processes, and standards, are structured with real world case study examples. Registration fee is $1400.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer.
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Smart/Precision Weapons Training Course (0.05M)
2 1/2-day course providing a general understanding of smart weapons and related technologies. This course is aimed at providing general knowledge about smart weapons technology and a source of current information on selected US programs across the military services including system description, concept of employment , performance characteristics, effectiveness and program status. This course is UNCLASSIFIED, but is designated For Official Use Only (FOUO). Export Controlled and attendance is limited to US citizens only. Registration fee is $1575.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer.
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Systems Engineering for Product Life Cycle Management Training Course (0.06M)
This intensive 3-day course provides a comprehensive overview of the discipline of Systems Engineering and how it is applied over the life cycle of a product. Systems Engineering is the integration of several engineering fields into an efficient and effective process for the overall technical management of programs and development of systems and equipment which meet user requirements. The field has been evolving and new systems engineering frameworks and definitions are presented. Topics include Systems Engineering standards, models, technical management, analysis and evaluation, product realization, product control, configuration and data management, product support, coupled with a practical approach to capability maturity. Specialty Engineering disciplines such as manufacturing, logistics, environment, human factors, are reviewed and integrated into the Systems Engineering process with several case study examples from industry and government. Registration fee is $1400.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer. Inquire below for onsite pricing.
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Weaponeering Training Course (0.27M)
2 1/2-day course, based on a very successful graduate-level weaponeering course developed by Professor Driels and taught at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. The course will provide an overview of the fundamentals of the weaponeering process and its application to air-to-surface and surface-to-surface engagements. The course explains the analytical basis of current weaponeering tools known as the Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manuals (JMEM's) produced by the Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness (JTCG/ME). This course is UNCLASSIFIED, but is designated Export Controlled and attendance is limited to US citizens only. Registration fee is $1700.00. Inquire below for onsite pricing. Payment for all courses (excluding development of customized courses) will be made by SF182 and government credit card or electronic funds transfer.
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WSTIAC training options include open registration standard courses and custom in-house courses tailored to impact those areas which are most critical to your organization's goals.

For further information regarding WSTIAC's training courses, contact WSTIAC Seminar Administrator.