We have provided an overview of waveform diversity and how it is being studied for communications and radar systems. The deployment of these systems within military platforms has a great potential for causing EM fratricide. There are Semantic Web technologies that can help us manage the EM spectrum within military platforms. However, we will need a paradigm shift in how we develop these intelligent platform systems that can manage waveform diversity devices when deployed with current EM devices on the same or nearby platforms. The EMC area has a new challenge in the integration of waveform diversity devices for the military and commercial worlds. A solution may lie in leveraging the technologies being developed within the artificial intelligence and Semantic Web communities.

Inspec keywords: military radar; knowledge based systems; radar computing; electromagnetic devices; semantic Web; electromagnetic compatibility

Other keywords: knowledge base technology; waveform diversity devices; electromagnetic compatibility; artificial intelligence; EM devices; radar systems; intelligent platform systems; military platforms; EM spectrum; EM fratricide; semantic Web technology

Subjects: Expert systems and other AI software and techniques; Electromagnetic device applications; Information networks; Radar and radiowave systems (military and defence); Radar equipment, systems and applications; Electrical engineering computing; Electromagnetic compatibility and interference