Personal Navigation System

Abstract

The U.S. Army has a need to provide an affordable navigation system to meet the multi-mission needs of the warfighter. Recent advances in Micro-Electro Mechanical System (MEMS) inertial instruments, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, GPS anti-jam technologies and state-of-the-art processing allow the development of a low-cost, GPS/INS-based Personal Navigation System (PNS) that will meet the expected power, size, weight, cost, and performance needs of the Ground Soldier System (formerly Future Force Warrior and Objective Force Warrior) program. The Personal Navigation System Program was executed in two phases. This final report focuses on Phase II activities and results. Activities which are solely Phase I tasks are summarized in the Appendix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 2005
Accession Number
ADA440147

Entities

People

  • Peter Sherman
  • Steven Holmes

Organizations

  • Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Doppler Radar
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Magnetometers
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Position (Location)
  • Radar
  • Range Finding
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Wireless Communications

Readers

  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space