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EMP and Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3)

Dr. Aka Finci, President of Detection Sciences, Inc., has been the major developer and contributor of three technical areas: Low Cost E3Hardening Approach for Military Assets, Development of Integrated EM Environments and Their Effects on Systems and Networks, and EM Survivability/Vulnerability of Commercial Nuclear Power Plants. These programs have been executed under the sponsorships of various DoD Agencies, Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA-currently DTRA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and the Swedish Defence Ministry.

Minuteman Upgrade

Dr. Finci is the Program Manager/Chief Scientists for the Minuteman Missile Environmental Control System (MM/ECS) Upgrade Program. The program involves complete spectrum of E3 analyses (HEMP, EMI, EMC, ESD, Lightning, SREMP) and Nuclear-Ionizing Radiation hardening, as well as testing of system components under all of these threats.

NMD Test Bed Alaska

For the last two years, Dr. Finci has been the Program Manager for the Joint Program Office (JPO)/Pentagon – National Missile Defense Program (NMD)/Test Bed/Alaska. He has done HEMP analyses and HEMP testing of six large military command, control and communications (C3) facilities located at Ft. Greely, Fairbanks and Shemya Island, Alaska.

National Missle Defense EKV

EKV Dr. Finci was the Principle Investigator of the E3 (HEMP / SGEMP / EMI/EMC/Lightning) Support Task for the National Missile Defense (NMD)/Exo-Atmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) program.

Dr. Finci performed assessment of the THAAD system in terms of the RF interference between four system elements (Launcher, Radar, BMC2 and Missile), and recommended mitigation techniques. He was also the Program Manager for the THAAD E3 hardening program. He performed assessment of the HEMP, SGEMP, EMI, EMC and Lightning protection subsystems for all four elements of the THAAD system, recommended mitigation techniques and test procedures.

FAA Panel

During 1993-1995, Dr. Finci was a member of an FAA panel that studied and assessed the interference caused by mobile phones, laptop computers, radios/CD players, and hand-held electronic games, and their subsequent effects on the cockpit instrumentation and communications. The findings and the recommendations of this panel are now being enforced by FAA and implemented by all US carriers.

Swedish Government - Airborne Surveillance

Dr. Finci and DSI have been providing technical support to The Swedish Government for the last five years. The program involves E3 analyses, hardening and testing for an airborne surveillance system. Since 1986, part of Dr. Finci and DSI's work involved the analytical and experimental assessment of the operational performances of two large military command and communications facilities in Sweden. Outcome of this work provided needed technical improvements for the operational effectiveness of the communications subsystems and networks within the facilities.

Aircraft EMP and Hardening

lightning Dr. Finci joined Mission Research Corporation (MRC) in February of 1979. During the subsequent period, he worked on several analytical aircraft modeling and testing programs to determine their natural modes, frequencies, and axial currents. He has been heavily involved in the aircraft (E-4B –Air Force 1, EC-135, C-130, B-52 and Apache) EMP test and hardening, EM isolation, and air breakdown studies due to nearby lightning. He was the major contributor of a test and analysis program to determine the hardness and survivability/vulnerability of various aircraft against lightning (direct strike and radiated EM fields). Both the "in-flight" and the "parked" configurations were evaluated.

He was heavily involved in an effort to define military specifications, and assessed attenuation, performance and filtering requirements. The outcome of the work resulted in a document that became an USAF tactical specification

 

Site R

STARFISH, 1962 Dr. Finci was the primary contributor of the "Site R Revised Construction Design Criteria (CDC) HEMP Protection Upgrade" program. He worked on the identification of Site R/Site RT penetrations to be protected against Nuclear and E3 effects; he developed the hardness design approach, technical specifications, and features towards the implementation of protection at the site; and he identified/chose penetration protection devices adequate for each specific penetration. He accumulated valuable experience in detailed physical site surveys.

NORAD

Dr. Finci has performed high-altitude EMP coupling calculations for NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC) overhead power lines by various methods and incorporated the results into a Military Specification.

He has vast experience in the design, modification, fabrication and testing of high power systems, EM simulators, and their operations under various testing requirements. His work over the years extended into various analytical and experimental aspects of the High Power Microwave (HPM) technology and the assessment/interpretation of its effects over several systems/networks.

Ground Based C3I Facilities

Dr. Finci was involved in several experimental and analytical programs to assess the performance of numerous Ground Based C3I Facilities and Communications Systems [CGS, PAVE PAWS OGS (Australia), 4 PAVE PAWS, OSC (Germany), NCMC, DSCS/JRSC, GCN, SPS, TANGO (South Korea), GWEN, SHAPE/NATO (Belgium), etc.]. His experience covers various aspects of the protection and performance disciplines: system hardening, test plan preparation and testing, site surveys, experimental verification and analytical assessment methods and risk assessment. He is currently the Program Manager for the Pulse Current Injection (PCI) testing of National Missile Defense (NMD) Facilities in Alaska.

Nuclear

TRIDENT Dr. Finci has also been heavily involved in the assessment of the operational performance and technical effectiveness of numerous subsystems and networks in Commercial Nuclear Power Plants and in Strategic Submarine Communications (TRIDENT). His work on these systems also included system assessment with respect to their E3 compliance with applicable technical commercial and military specifications.

Performance Assessment

Before joining MRC in 1979, Dr. Finci worked at BDM as a scientist for two years. During this time he worked on several performance assessment programs on military systems such as NAVSTAR, GPS, MINUTEMAN and MX. He was responsible for the E-4B aircraft test planning and testing.

Cosmic Rays

Prior to working for BDM Corporation, Dr. Finci performed computer analysis of high-energy inter-galactic cosmic rays at Volcano Ranch Station [Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)], and designed and constructed an original 7-track digital magnetic tape recorder for use at this station. He also taught experimental and theoretical physics.