DocumentCode :
3335962
Title :
GPS solves the air combat training program
Author :
Hoefener, Carl ; Van Wechel, Robert
Author_Institution :
Interstate Electron. Corp., Anaheim, CA, USA
fYear :
1990
fDate :
20-23 Mar 1990
Firstpage :
311
Lastpage :
313
Abstract :
It is shown that, by adopting today´s GPS (Global Positioning System) tracking techniques for air combat training ranges, the expanded modern training requirements can be satisfied in a cost-effective manner. These requirements consist of keeping track of the precise position of up to 100 aircraft over an area of up to 25000 square miles at altitudes from ground level to 100000 ft. In addition, it is desirable to accomplish this instrumentation with a few portable groundsites and still obtain high position accuracy of all the players. It is pointed out that the existing instrumentation pods developed by the US Air Force on the Range Applications Program come very close to solving the instrumentation requirement in their present form. They contain a sophisticated datalink, a GPS receiver, and an inertial reference unit. The only unit missing is the air data sensing system, which could be added easily in the existing pod
Keywords :
aircraft instrumentation; military systems; radionavigation; satellite relay systems; tracking systems; training; GPS; Global Positioning System; US Air Force; air combat training; inertial reference; pilot training; radionavigation; tracking; Aircraft; Data communication; Displays; Electronic warfare; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Radar tracking; Relays; Solid state circuits; Weapons;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Position Location and Navigation Symposium, 1990. Record. The 1990's - A Decade of Excellence in the Navigation Sciences. IEEE PLANS '90., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PLANS.1990.66193
Filename :
66193
Link To Document :
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