Intermediate Combat Systems Engineering
Date/Time: 31 July 2025; 1200-1600. Participants get one 15 minute break.
Registration closes Wednesday July 30, 11:59 PM EDT
Course Description:
- The Intermediate Combat System Engineering course builds upon participants knowledge of the overarching DoD system engineering processes and uses history, heritage, and current events to advance student understanding.
- The course is structured to cover intermediate combat system engineering and fire control principles, from top-level requirements to allocated requirements to design requirements to combat system functions and associated design specifications, using relevant system engineering principles to discuss air defense topics and the current spaced based interceptor. This context-delivered approach improves the critical thinking required to engineer a complex system to meet always-advancing threat requirements.
- Participants have the opportunity to apply the skills they’ve learned in the classroom through independent exercises and group discussion.
Course Level: Intermediate Combat Systems Engineering Course - The attendee [learner] requires previous knowledge of this topic or attended the Introductory to Combat Systems Engineering Course.
PDHs: 4
Enrollment Rates:
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| ASNE Members |
$295 |
| Federal Government Personnel (Including U.S. and "Five Eyes" Personnel and AEGIS FMS Countries)
(Civilians, Active Duty, and Reservist Active Status) No contractors.
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$295 |
| Non-ASNE Members |
$595 |
| ASNE Sustaining Members
ASNE Members who provided donations at the Sustaining Member level receive significant discounts (at least 50 % registration discount and up to FREE webinar registration rates for Platinum ASNE Sustaining Members):
Call ASNE at 703-836-6727 for registration pricing verification for ASNE Members who provided Sustaining Donations.
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Space for this course is limited!
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Instructor: Rear Admiral Tom Druggan, U.S. Navy (Retired)
- Rear Admiral Tom Druggan, U.S. Navy (Ret.) served in the U.S. Navy for over 33 years with significant experience serving onboard five U.S. Navy destroyers, supporting the CNO and VCNO at Navy headquarters, and leading large technical and acquisition organizations to deliver critical integrated air & missile defense systems for DoD.
- Flag officer tours include Program Executive for Aegis BMD sea-based weapon systems in the Missile Defense Agency and as Commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, leading nearly 18,000 scientists and engineers.
- He also served as major program manager for the Aegis Combat System in the Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems. At sea, he earlier served on five destroyers and as the commanding officer of USS O’Kane (DDG 77), conducting strike group operations and independent missions worldwide.
- Rear Admiral Druggan currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Insight, Ltd.
Course Agenda- Intermediate Combat System Engineering Course
1200-1210 Introduction
1210-1220 DoD System Engineering Review
1220-1330 What were the Aegis SE challenges for Air Defense? What is Missile Fire Control? What was the Stressing Threat? What role did it play?
1330-1400 What are the current SE challenges of the Air Defense Problem?
1400-1415 Break
1415-1445 What were the Aegis SE challenges for Ballistic Missile Defense? What is Missile Fire Control in BMD? What changed from Air Defense?
1445-1500 What are the Aegis SE challenges for Hypersonic Missile Defense? What is Missile Fire Control? What changed from Air Defense and BMD?
1500-1530 What are the SE Considerations for the Space-based Interceptor?
- IT Network vs. Fire Control Network
- Top-Level Requirements
- End-to- End Performance & Error Budget
- Latency – Sensor, C2, Engagement
- System Requirements Allocation
- Design Requirements for a Space-based Interceptor (missile)
1530-1545 Course Review
1540-1600 Q&A, Survey, and Wrap-up