Lonnie A. Wilson, PhD.
Summary Resume
September 2007 to Present: President, Signal Processing Technologies, LLC;
Senior Electronic Systems Consultant; and Naval Postgraduate School ECE
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Lonnie A. Wilson is President of Signal Processing Technologies, LLC. This
company develops analog and digital signal processing techniques to meet advanced
performance requirements associated with Modern Radar Systems, RF UE Receiver
Systems for counter IED applications, and Electronic Warfare Systems.
As NPS ECE Professor Emeritus, he continues to teach under contract at NPS and
other universities. Graduate engineering courses taught include Radar Systems,
Microwave Engineering, Electronic Warfare Systems, Analog Signal Processing, Digital
Signal Processing and C4ISR Systems.
He provides technical consulting services for selected U.S. industry contractors for High
Sensitivity RF Receivers and digital signal processors for Counter RF IED applications,
and digital signal processors for Advanced EW Systems and Modern Radar Systems.
He recently participated as a Senior Radar Technical Consultant with the Navy
Independent Assessment Team on the Marine Corp G/ATOR AESA Radar System
Program technical evaluation and assessment.
Also, Dr. Wilson provides expert radar consulting services to commercial companies in
regards to modern radar sensor fence for the US southern border.
1998 to September 2007: Naval Postgraduate School, Research Professor
Dr. Lonnie A. Wilson was a Research Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in
the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He rejoined the NPS faculty in
January 1998 after 12 years in the commercial sector. In addition, Dr. Wilson has a
joint appointment in the NPS Space Systems Academic Group.
He teaches graduate courses in Electronic Warfare Systems, Radar Systems,
Communication Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Electronic Signal Identification
Techniques, and Automatic Target Detection and Identification Techniques.
Dr. Wilson's recent research and developments include: 1.) Laboratory RF Data
Collection System, 2.) RF Transmitter Data Collections and Assessments, 3.)
Unintentional RF Receiver Emissions - Detection and Characterization Analysis, 4.)
Radio Controlled IED Car Alarm Characterizations and Laboratory Experiments, 5.)
Smart Defensive Jammer Implementation and Evaluations – Prevents Receiver
Operation and Action, 6.) High Sensitivity RF Receiver System for Counter IED
Application, 7.) Smart Offensive Jammer – Causes Receiver Operation and Action, 8.)
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Advanced Specific Emitter Identification Processor, 9.) New Digital ES Receiver and
DSP Unit, 10.) Digital Electronic Attack Architectures, 11.) Digital ES Receiver
Deinterleaver Processor, 12.) Digital Radar Data Collection System, 13.) Maritime
Radar Parameters Characterization and Assessments, 14.) Theoretical Foundation for
Precision Identification Processors, 15.) Precision Identification Algorithms and
Software
1984 to Present: Senior Electronic Systems Consultant
Dr. Wilson has provided technical consulting services to numerous corporations, in both
military and commercial sectors over the past 20 years. These consulting services
include new architectures and DSP techniques for advanced ELINT/EW Systems and
Specific Emitter Identification units. Also, Dr. Wilson provided expert radar consulting
services to commercial companies in regards to modern radar sensor fence for the US
southern border.
1986 to 1998: SigPro Systems, Inc., Principal Investigator
Dr. Wilson was President and Principal Investigator for SigPro Systems Inc. SigPro
Systems developed DSP products and provided technical assessments and analysis of
High Resolution Radar Systems, Electronic Warfare Systems, Intelligence analysis,
C3CM Systems, Target Classification Systems, Target Identification Systems, and
Information Warfare Systems developments. These highly successful projects were
performed for Navy and Air Force customers.
Dr. Wilson was responsible for performing key theoretical developments, DSP algorithm
development, DSP processor, system integration, development testing, and technical
feasibility demonstrations. Also, he performed technical analysis and feasibility studies
on LPI, HRR radar, SAR and ISAR systems.
June 1979 to January 1986: Naval Postgraduate School, Associate Professor
Dr. Wilson was on the Naval Postgraduate School staff as an Associate Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering. He taught graduate courses in Electronic
Warfare Systems, Radar Systems, Analog/Digital Communication Systems, Digital
Signal Processing, Probabilistic and Statistical Methods of Signal and System
Analysis, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, and Advanced Specific
Emitter Identification Techniques. He created a strong learning experience by using
“hands-on” laboratory experiments to forcefully demonstrate theoretical concepts.
Also, he successfully performed research efforts in Radar Ship Target Classification,
ES Emitter Classification, Emitter Identification, Intelligence analysis, and ES Emitter
Signal Sorting, Multi-Sensor Integration, IR Ship Classification, Pattern Recognition
and AI techniques as applied to radar and EW problems. Dr. Wilson has extensive
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development experience with radar seekers for Cruise Missile applications and new
sensors for surveillance and fighter aircraft.
July 1966 to June 1979: Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA.
Dr. Wilson was Head, Electronics Branch (Code 3158) at the Naval Weapons
Center, China Lake, California, as a Supervisory Electronics Engineer. The
Electronics Branch was primarily responsible for the exploratory and advanced
engineering development of two areas of technology: 1.) Automatic Ship Target
Classification using pattern recognition techniques for surface surveillance, tactical
reconnaissance, ocean surveillance, and missile target missions and 2.) Electronic
Warfare applications of electro-optical devices and ES radar emitter classification
systems. These successful radar and EW systems are currently deployed in the U.S.
Navy.
Also, Dr. Wilson developed guidance and control systems for several small air to
surface missiles using analog and digital integrated circuit technology. These
guidance and control units were successfully design, fabricated, laboratory tested
and flight tested on A-7 and A-4 aircraft; and these basic designs were transitioned
into Naval missile systems built in industry.
Education:
PhD., Engineering, UCLA (University of California at Los Angeles), 1973
MS, Engineering, UCLA, 1969
BS, Engineering, Walla Walla College, 1965.
Dr. Wilson has authored numerous refereed open-literature publications, more than 150
SigPro Systems, Inc., NPS and NWC reports and made presentations at more than 70
Technical Symposiums (EW, NCTR, Radar and others). He advised more than 100
thesis students at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.
Dr. Wilson's primary awards include Naval Weapons Center Graduate Fellowship
Awards (1968, 1969 and 1970).
Contact Address:
Lonnie A. Wilson, PhD.
25304 Camino de Chamisal
Salinas, CA 93908
Cell
(831) 595-0064
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