The use of cognitive technologies in electronic warfare

Problem statement. The computer revolution marks the transition from digital technologies to cognitive technologies, which is the third significant era in the history of computer technology application - the cognitive era. It's about using computers to simulate human thought processes such as perception, memory, learning, and decision-making in highly dynamic scenarios. In recent years, there has been a growing research interest in the development of cognitive algorithms in the radio frequency field. Using cognition-based methods, radar systems (radars) can perceive the environment, fine-tune and appropriately adjust the parameters of radio signal emission, such as pulse width, pulse repetition interval and transmitter power, for optimal performance of the task. Obviously, traditional electronic warfare (EW) methods based on pre-programmed attack strategies will not be able to effectively deal with such a radar threat. Therefore, the next generation of electronic warfare systems needs to be equipped with cognitive abilities so that they can make autonomous decisions in response to a changing environment and cope with new, unknown radar signals.

Goal. The purpose of the article is to show how, through the use of cognitive electronic warfare methods, it is possible to achieve control over the electromagnetic spectrum (EMC) of ground-based radars using space satellites.

Results. Generalized structural schemes of the cognitive electronic warfare (CЕW) system, including cognitive electronic support (CEP) and cognitive electronic attack (CEA), are presented. The simulation indicators confirm that there are effective methods for actively interfering with unknown radars that can be classified as hostile.

Practical significance. The article uses simulation methods to substantiate the efficiency of cognitive electronic warfare methods against modern and promising new-generation radars.