Design of a Kalman Derived, Fixed Gain, Hybrid Navigation System.

Abstract

(*NAVIGATION, ARMY AIRCRAFT), LORAN, INERTIAL NAVIGATION, DESIGN, GAIN, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, SIMULATIONKALMAN FILTERS, COMPUTERIZED SIMULATIONAt present, there exists a major effort to develop cost-effective navigation systems for applications to U. S. Army aircraft. Major factors involved in the design of one candidate for such an application (a LORAN/Inertial hybrid system) are discussed in this report. The design factors addressed include selection of a measurement processing technique to be used in conjunction with a Kalman filter algorithm, and the modification of this algorithm to provide Kalman derived, fixed feedback gains, free of geographic dependence. Relative performance of the fixed gain and Kalman systems is assessed through analysis of data from both Monte Carlo computer simulations and actual flight tests. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0754548

Entities

People

  • C. J. Galanti
  • C. T. Elliott
  • M. J. Fisher
  • R. F. Clark
  • W. R. Light Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Army Aircraft
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Filters
  • Hybrid Systems
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Kalman Filters
  • Mathematical Models
  • Navigation
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.