The U.S. Navy's Compressed Aeronautical Chart Database

Abstract

The implementation of digital moving map systems (DMS) aboard tactical naval aircraft has resulted in a dramatic shift from the use of paper charts to digital chart products for naval mission planning and navigation. A DMS computer stores all of the digital maps that are required for a particular mission and displays up-to-date threats, intelligence, or other information as pilot-selected overlays to the base chart. An effective DMS provides pilots with precise, hands-off route selection and navigation information (Fig. 8). The DMS that is currently used on AV-8B Harriers and F/A-18 Hornets was originally designed for night-attack air missions, since the system provides valuable positional information when visual flight navigation is limited. In direct support of these navigation and mission planning systems, the Naval Research Laboratory-Stennis Space Center (NRL-SSC) is developing the Compressed Aeronautical Chart (CAC) database 1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA268346

Entities

People

  • M. C. Lohrenz

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Navigation
  • Aircrafts
  • Bomber Aircraft
  • Compact Disks
  • Compression
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Compression
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Databases
  • Digital Maps
  • Information Systems
  • Maps
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • Optical Storage
  • Standards

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Geodesy
  • Naval Mine Countermeasure Systems Development.

Technology Areas

  • Space