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Navigation News on inertial / stellar navigation.
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Oct 9, 12:00 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Oct 9, 12:00 +0100
"Navigation News" is the chatty journal of the Royal Institute of Navigation, which appears in alternate months. Don't confuse it with their more formal and academic "The Journal of Navigation", which appears three times a year. The following item, from the September / October issue of 2005, may be of some interest. "Northrop Grumman has been selected by the US Air Force to provide 30 high-accuracy LN-120G stellar navigation systems for the RC-135 family of recannaissance aircraft., The Northrop Grumman LN- 120G is a GPS augmented stellar navigation system that tracks stars during the day and night. Once the LN- 120G locates a star, it refines the positioning information provided by the inertial-navigation systems of the aircraft. Repeating this process enables the LN- 120G to provide heading information accurate to 20 arc seconds- the highest accuracy available in the world." George. =============================================================== Contact George at george@huxtable.u-net.com ,or by phone +44 1865 820222, or from within UK 01865 820222. Or by post- George Huxtable, 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.