Course Curriculum

  • 1

    1-FMV Intelligence Overview

    • What is GEOINT?

    • What is Imagery?

    • What is Geospatial Information?

    • What is IMINT?

    • What is Imagery Exploitation?

    • What is Imagery Analysis?

    • What is a Product?

    • What is Motion Imagery?

    • What is Full Motion Video (FMV)?

    • FMV vs. Motion Imagery?

    • Civil War

    • World Wars

    • Korean War & Vietnam War

    • Post 9/11

    • Operation ENDURING FREEDOM in 2001

    • History of FMV Intelligence

    • FMV Objectives

    • FMV Rationale

    • New ISR Model

    • Current Direction of FMV

    • Issues Facing FMV Intelligence
  • 2

    2-Laws and Directives

    • National Security Act of 1947

    • Current Policymakers

    • Former Policymakers

    • MISB – Motion Imagery Standards Board Mission

    • FMV Collection Standards

    • Interoperability of sense-and-avoid systems with the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) and Air Traffic Control

    • Airspace Concerns

    • Command and Control Latency

    • Rules of Engagement
  • 3

    3-FMV Platforms

    • MQ-1C Warrior

    • MQ-9 Reaper

    • RQ-11 Raven

    • RQ-4A Global Hawk

    • RQ-7 Shadow

    • R/MQ-8 Fire/Sea Scout

    • RQ-170 Sentinel

    • Scan Eagle

    • Wasp

    • MC-12W Liberty

    • Cessna Caravan

    • EO-5C/RC-7B: Aerial Reconnaissance Low

    • AC-130H/U

    • FMV Platforms – System Architecture

    • Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS)

    • Ground Control Station (GCS)

    • Ops Cell

    • FMV Platforms – System Architecture

    • DCGS
  • 4

    4-FMV Sensors

    • Motion Imagery Sensing

    • L-3 Wescam FMV Sensors

    • Raytheon Multi-Spectral Targeting System FMV Sensors

    • Gorgon Stare Pod, WAPS (Reaper)

    • Sensor Characteristics (EO, IR, MSI)

    • Sensor Differences (EO, IR, MSI)

    • Global Positioning System (GPS)

    • Inertial Measurement Units
  • 5

    5-Mission Types

    • Surveillance vs. Reconnaissance

    • Military Operations

    • Homeland Security

    • Humanitarian Crises
  • 6

    6-Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

    • Geographic Information Systems

    • MGRS vs. Geographic Coordinates

    • Maps

    • Raster Data vs. Vector Data
  • 7

    7-Fundamentals of FMV Exploitation and Analysis

    • Responsibilities of FMV Analysts

    • Intelligence writing 101

    • Screening Basics

    • Types of Callouts

    • Product Analyst

    • Common Terminology

    • Confidence Levels

    • Mensuration

    • Situational Awareness

    • Normal vs. Nefarious Activity
  • 8

    8-FMV Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TCPED) Process

    • TCPED Process

    • Tasking

    • Collection

    • Processing

    • Exploitation

    • TCPED Process

    • Processing
  • 9

    9-Sensitive Material

    • Knowing What to Label (E.O. 13526 – Tier I)

    • Knowing What to Label (E.O. 13526 – Tier II)

    • Exemption 1

    • Labeling Documents

    • Handling Classified Info

    • Storing Classified Info

    • Secret

    • Destroying Classified Info

    • Handling Classified Info

    • Storing Classified Info
  • 10

    FMV Certification Test

    • FMV Exam

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John Ryan

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