Title :
Sole means navigation in US Navy aircraft
Author :
Lowenstein, George ; Phanos, J. ; Rish, Edward
Author_Institution :
US Naval Air Dev. Center, Warminster, PA, USA
Abstract :
The current edition of the US Federal Radionavigation Plan, issued in 1984, presents a consolidated federal plane on the management of those radionavigation systems which are used by both the civilian and military sectors. It states the US Dept. of Defense (DoD) goal to phase out the use of TACAN, VOR/DME, OMEGA, LORAN C, and TRANSIT in military platforms and for Global Positioning System (GPS) to become the standard radionavigation system for DoD. This would eliminate all the current sole-means air navigation systems (TACAN and VOR/DME) aboard military aircraft. Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) operations within controlled airspace requires an operating sole-means air navigation system to be aboard the aircraft. The authors investigate the requirements for GPS certification as a sole means air navigation system in the US National Airspace System (NAS); discuss the implication for GPS user equipment (UE) hardware and software; describe the actual UE implementation; and discuss approaches for UE integration with flight instruments on US Navy aircraft.<>
Keywords :
military systems; radionavigation; satellite relay systems; standards; DoD; Global Positioning System; Instrument Flight Rule; US National Airspace System; US Navy aircraft; civilian; management; military; military aircraft; radionavigation systems; standard; Aerospace control; Aircraft navigation; Certification; Control systems; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Military aircraft; Military standards; Radio navigation; Radio spectrum management;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
