Land Navigation System (LNS)-102

Abstract

In order to determine the suitability of the Land Navigation System (LNS) for operation in RVN, the Army Concept Team in Vietnam conducted an operational evaluation of the Land Navigation System (LNS) developed by Aviation Electronics Limited. The LNS is a vehicle-mounted, automatic system designed to provide the user, while the vehicle is in motion, with continuous heading and location information. Two visual indications of heading and position are provided: (1) a dial display on which heading is indicated by an arrow against a compass rose: position is expressed by eight-digit Cartesian grid coordinates, (2) a plotter display employing a standard military map, with position shown by a projected light bug, and heading indicated by a projected arrow. The LNS was evaluated in M151 1/4-ton trucks and M113 APC of the 25th Infantry Division, 3d Brigade of the 9th Infantry Division, and the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 1970
Accession Number
AD0873602

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accident Investigations
  • Analog Computers
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Army
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Employment
  • Infantry
  • Land Navigation
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Military Police
  • Navigation
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transportation
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Military Science

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems