Newton provides Electronic Warfare (EW) Modeling and Simulation (M&S) tools for air, land and naval engagements between platforms equipped with integrated defensive aid suites, a combat management or a self-protection suite defending against multiple multi-mode threats.

Newton Modelled Behaviour

Using a powerful multi-domain physics-based modelling and simulation framework Newton models Electronic Attack, Protection and Support equipment enabling users to evaluate and assess both attack and protection measures and how they can be utilized during engagements with a kinetic effector (aka gun, missile or integrated threat systems).

Newton , supported with our EW consultancy and training courses enables users to effectively develop, assess and sustain countermeasures, counter-countermeasures, and tactics.  Newton provides users with the ability to model and evaluate coordinated countermeasure systems, and the rules they have been programmed with, modelling all permutation of sequencing and interdependencies conceivable when defining time and/or event-based triggers for both onboard and offboard RF ECMs. These include, but are not limited to chaff, towed decoys, Expendable Active Decoys (EAD), Propelled EADs and DRFM-based self-protection jammers used to defend a platform from incoming threats.

Similarly, IR engagements and multi-mode RF/IR engagements between target platforms and IR and/or RF/IR guided air, surface or land launched missiles are supported.  These threat systems can operate through a wide range of navigation modes, spoofing, jamming techniques and environmental factors. The IR CMs include MTV, Spec, Aero, Propelled and SMD flares as well as Lamp and Laser DIRCM systems.

Newton models, algorithms and equations are based on scientifically established and accepted physics and engineering as published in technical papers, texts and journals. Newton uses physics-based subsystem models (as opposed to effects-based or emulative component models) to attain validated realism with execution speeds that support a broad range of requirements.

To achieve realistic system interaction results, Newton simulation models focus on the incorporation of critical sub-system non-linearities as possessed by tracking discriminators, saturating amplifiers and mode switching logic. Countermeasures typically attempt to exploit these non-linear characteristics and drive weapon system tracking and guidance systems into regions of non-linear performance. Hence, the modeling of such non-linearities is essential to conducting realistic parameter sensitivity analysis and distinguishes Newton from lower-fidelity linearized simulations.

Where specific classified threat subsystem processes differ from those incorporated into Newton’s subsystems (i.e. specific electronic protection circuits) the user can easily modify the model to include such specific processes.

The Newton product line includes integrated engagement simulations for the following:

  • Air RF – Radar Guided Weapon Simulations

  • Air IR – Infrared Guided Weapon Simulation

  • Sea RF – Anti-Ship Radar Guided Weapon Simulation

  • ASM(AR):  Active Radar Guided Anti-Ship Missiles

  • ASM(IR):  Passive Imaging Infrared Homing Anti-Ship Missile

  • MSR/TWS: Multifunction Surveillance Radar/Track While Scan

  • Defensive Aids System (DAS)/Defensive Aids Computer (DAC)

In-progress Newton Simulations

  • ILAPS: Integrated Land Active Protection System

  • IASMD: Integrated Anti-Ship Missile Defence system simulation infrastructure that supports evaluation of combined soft and hard kill ship protection

Each supports:

  1. An integrated engagement simulation that includes:

    • Single or multi-mode threat systems

    • Target system with standalone or integrated self-protection system with countermeasures

    • Signal environment(s)

  2. A Graphical User Interface that supports:

    • Creation and retrieval of user-defined weapon systems, target platforms and countermeasure techniques.

    • Definition of test scenarios by:

      • Selecting a threat

      • A target and set of countermeasures from this database

      • Defining an engagement geometry

      • Conditions for the simulation

    • Execution in one of two formats:

      • Single engagement runs

      • Batch of engagements in which user defined input parameters are automatically manipulated from run to run through the use of a batch running utility that supports analysis using both incrementally stepped and randomly varied parameters

    • Simulations that run deterministically or stochastically

  3. Options which include:

    • Detailed software description documents

    • Extended maintenance and support coverage

    • User product training

    • On-site installation and user training services

    • Custom features