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    An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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    development division, had developed an astro-inertial guidance system (ANS), which could correct inertial navigation system errors with celestial observations,...
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    The LN-3 inertial navigation system is an inertial navigation system (INS) that was developed in the 1960s by Litton Industries. It equipped the Lockheed...
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    transform acceleration measurements into an inertial reference frame (hence the term inertial navigation) where they are integrated once to get linear...
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    navigation system. The first inertial system is considered to be the V-2 guidance system deployed by the Germans in 1942. However, inertial sensors are traced to...
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  • radar altimeter. A TERCOM system considerably increases the accuracy of a missile compared with inertial navigation systems (INS). The increased accuracy...
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    development division, had developed an astro-inertial navigation system (ANS), which could correct inertial navigation errors with celestial observations, for...
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  • A navigation system is a computing system that aids in navigation. Navigation systems may be entirely on board the vehicle or vessel that the system is...
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    position, inertial navigation systems also typically estimate a predicted position for future computing cycles. See also Inertial navigation system. Astro-inertial...
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  • Schuler tuning (category Navigational equipment)
    Schuler tuning describes the conditions necessary for an inertial navigation system to keep the inertial platform always pointing "north", "east" and "down"...
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    contiguous United States due to findings that aircraft were using inertial navigation systems rather than the ground-based beacons, and so cost–benefit analysis...
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    This variant features a hybrid inertial navigation system (INS) and a Global Positioning System (GPS) guidance system. The other variants include an additional...
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    The Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere (AIRS) is a highly accurate inertial navigation system designed for use in the LGM-118A Peacekeeper ICBM, which...
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    hard for other vessels to see and identify. Submarines carry an inertial navigation system, which measures the boat’s motion and constantly updates position...
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    rockets' GPS guidance system, making strikes less precise. In addition to GPS guidance, GMLRS rockets have an inertial navigation system which, by definition...
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    3–23.6 mi) Guided multiple launch rocket system (GMLRS) rockets have a GPS-aided inertial navigation system and extended range. Flight control is accomplished...
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  • addition to attitude determination an AHRS may also form part of an inertial navigation system. A form of non-linear estimation such as an Extended Kalman filter...
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    inbuilt navigation and guidance system. The length of both bombs is 4 meters and the diameter of both bombs is 0.62 m. Both bombs have onboard inertial navigation...
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    a Taiwanese beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile. It has an inertial navigation system, a data-link for mid-course guidance and active radar homing for...
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  • trackers, inertial measurement units, altimeters, etc. The output of the navigation system, the navigation solution, is an input for the guidance system, among...
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    volume on the rotary launchers. The system was otherwise similar to Quail, using a simple inertial navigation system (INS) allowing the missile to fly a...
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    satellite navigation or satnav system is a system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geopositioning. A satellite navigation system with global...
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    products, and science. Highly sensitive accelerometers are used in inertial navigation systems for aircraft and missiles. In unmanned aerial vehicles, accelerometers...
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  • GPS/INS (category Inertial navigation)
    correct or calibrate a solution from an inertial navigation system (INS). The method is applicable for any GNSS/INS system. The GPS gives an absolute drift-free...
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    guidance system called micro inertial navigation system (MINGS) as a backup. These are capable of interacting with Indian and foreign satellite navigation systems...
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  • stabilize gunsights in tanks, anti-aircraft artillery on ships, and as the basis for older mechanically based inertial navigation systems . v t e v t e...
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    was started in 1996. Microwave seeking system Inertial navigation system Radar altimeter Electronic jamming system SS-760K turbofan engine After 7 years...
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  • ROCKS (missile) (category Rafael Advanced Defense Systems)
    enemy air defense coverage. For navigation and target acquisition, ROCKS uses a combination of inertial navigation system (INS), GPS, and an electro-optical...
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    Dead reckoning (category Inertial navigation)
    dead reckoning by humans obsolete for most purposes. However, inertial navigation systems, which provide very accurate directional information, use dead...
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  • An Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU) is a key component of the integrated Air Data Inertial Reference System (ADIRS), which supplies air data (airspeed...
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