Position-Location/Navigation Systems Overview for Military Land Vehicles

Abstract

Position-location/navigation systems are overviewed tutorially for possible application to military land vehicles. The overview includes position- location by celestial navigation, rho/theta systems, hyperbolic systems, radar, inertial systems and satellite systems. Potential advantages and disadvantages of applying various position-location systems to military land vehicles are suggested.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 29, 1979
Accession Number
ADA088070

Entities

People

  • Paul A. Rosenberg

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Geography
  • Guidance
  • Hyperbolic Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Loran
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Navigators
  • Radar Beacons
  • Radio Navigation
  • Repetition Rate
  • World Geodetic System

Readers

  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space