Upgrades to the precision navigation system

Author

Herberg, Joseph R. ; Beam, K.E. ; Weinfeldt, John C.

Author_Institution

Intermetrics Inc., USA

fYear

1998

fDate

20-23 Apr 1998

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

192

Abstract

This paper describes recent upgrades to the US Army Precision Navigation System (PNS). The PNS is an IBM compatible Personal Computer (PC) based test bed, used for evaluating advanced navigation components, systems, and technology. Recent upgrades include a real-time Global Positioning System (GPS) based navigation reference, a real-time system under test performance evaluation capability, high fidelity digital terrain models, and a video image capture and playback capability. A notebook computer version of PNS is also being developed as a test bed for soldier and vehicle land navigation applications, as well as a Kalman filter which estimates errors in digital terrain models

Keywords

Global Positioning System; Kalman filters; computerised navigation; military systems; real-time systems; Global Positioning System; IBM compatible Personal Computer; Kalman filter; Precision Navigation System; US Army; digital terrain model; land vehicle; notebook computer; real-time system; soldier; test performance evaluation; upgrade; video image capture and playback; Aircraft navigation; Data analysis; Displays; Global Positioning System; Helicopters; Laser beam cutting; Military computing; Ring lasers; Satellite navigation systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Position Location and Navigation Symposium, IEEE 1998

Conference_Location

Palm Springs, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4330-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLANS.1998.670040

Filename

670040