Aerospace/Defense Measurement Applications

Dr. Loren Betts
R&D Manager Keysight Technologies, Santa Rosa, CA

Cerent Engineering Science Complex, Salazar Hall 2009A
3:00 PM

Abstract – The rapid and ongoing integration of new technologies into aerospace and defense systems brings tremendous challenges. The race to keep up with emerging threats puts a strain on already tight budgets. At the same time, requirements on performance and reliability continue to become increasingly stringent. Test tools must adapt by addressing issues such as ease of use, cost of test and, perhaps most important, cutting-edge performance. This talk will explore current trends in test equipment and associated software, highlighting new architectures and capabilities that solve characterization challenges in radar, EW, SIGINT, terrestrial military communications, and satellite technology.

Dr. Loren Betts received his BSc degree in computer engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1997, and his MSc degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 2003. In 2010 he completed his PhD degree in electrical engineering from the University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. His PhD research focused on the Nonlinear Vector Network Analyzer (NVNA) based on the Keysight PNA-X. Loren started working at Hewlett Packard (HP) in 1997, Agilent Technologies in 1999, and Keysight Technologies in 2015. He is currently an R&D manager focusing on aerospace and defense.