Contact Ioannis Vagias

Areas of expertise

  • Aeronautical Systems
  • Aircraft Design
  • Airworthiness
  • Computing, Simulation & Modelling
  • Defence Sensors
  • Explosives and Munitions
  • Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
  • Weapons Engineering

Background

Starting his career in the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) of Greece, Ioannis managed technical teams for CRC Parnis, Athens GR and led the transformation of the Station from a Main Radar Site into a Regional Command, Control and Communications Station.

After promotion to Pilot Officer and a transfer to Larissa Aerodrome, Ioannis was posted to 346 Squadron as Avionics Engineering Officer. During this time he completed an MSc in Avionics Engineering and Logistics Management.

He later commanded 346 Squadron, B flight, which dealt with O-level aircraft maintenance. At the end of his frontline service in 2007, Ioannis was sponsored for a second MSc in Guided Weapon Systems at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥.

On promotion to Flight Lieutenant he was appointed as Manager, Weapons Systems Office, HAF Electronics Depot (Glyfada, Attica Greece) with responsibility for development, validation and evaluation of HAF weapon systems.

After a 3 year tour, he was offered a job as Staff Officer, HAF General Staff, A1 Branch, Section 4, responsible for electronic warfare doctrine, operations and capability. He was also made National Representative for Greece on three NATO electronic warfare working groups:

Signals Intelligence Electronic Warfare

Electromagnetic Spectrum Denial

Airborne Platform Survivability

In 2010, Ioannis was awarded the Military Merit Medal, 3rd Class, elected member of the Royal Aeronautical Society and qualified as a Chartered Engineer. In 2011 he was knighted into the Order of the Phoenix, receiving the Golden Cross. In 2013, he took up a lecturer in Radar Electronic Warfare post at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥.

Current activities

Ioannis is a Lecturer in Radar Electronic Warfare and manages the Radar Electronic Warfare, Aircraft Survivability, CAD and CFD for Military Aeronautics, and Aerial Warfare Engineering modules. He has interests in the following areas:

Electronic Surveillance, Attack and Defence

Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)

Electric Intelligence (ELINT)

Expendable and Towed Active Radar Decoys

Radar Cross Section (RCS) Prediction and Measurement

RF missile seekers

Radar arrays

Attack Avionics, CNI and Fire Control

Missile Flight Dynamics and Mechanics

Defence Intelligence and Reversed Engineering

Cooperative EW Systems

Material Dielectric Properties Measurement

Tridimensional Radar Arrays

Defence Intelligence

Clients

Ministry of Defence, UK

Royal Navy

British Army

Royal Air Force

Royal Norwegian Navy

Royal Saudi Air Force

Singapore Air Force

Italian Air Force

Leonardo MW

MBDA UK

BAE Systems

Chemring Countermeasures

QinetiQ

Tata Power SED

Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group

City, University of London

IQPC

Lumoptica

Korea Aerospace Industries

Meggitt Airframe Systems

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers