All Source Adaptive Fusion for Aided Navigation in Non-GPS Environment

Abstract

An innovative approach for navigation in non-GPS environment is presented based on all source adaptive fusion of any available information encompassing passive imaging data, digital elevation terrain data, IMU/GPS, altimeters, and star tracker. The approach provides continuous navigation through non-GPS environment and yields an improved navigation in the presence of GPS. The approach also provides reduced target location error and moving target indication.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA472080

Entities

People

  • Alex Fund
  • Bea Thai
  • Bruce Awalt
  • Jeremy Leibs
  • Matthew Lames
  • Omar Aboutalib
  • Ric Wehling
  • Timothy J. Klausutis

Organizations

  • Northrop Grumman

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Altimeters
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Errors
  • Information Processing
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Star Trackers
  • Targets
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects