Inertial Navigation Sensors

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Abstract:

For many navigation applications, improved accuracyperformance is not necessarily the most important issue, but meeting performance at reduced cost and size is. In particular, small navigation sensor size allows the introduction of guidance, navigation, and control into applications previously considered out of reach e.g., artillery shells, guided bullets. Three major technologies have enabled advances in military and commercial capabilities Ring Laser Gyros, Fiber Optic Gyros, and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems MEMS gyros and accelerometers. RLGs and FOGs are now mature technologies, although there are still technology advances underway for FOGs. MEMS is still a very active development area. Technology developments in these fields are described with specific emphasis on MEMS sensor design and performance. Some aspects of performance drivers are mentioned as they relate to specific sensors. Finally, predictions are made of the future applications of the various sensor technologies.

Author(s):
Barbour, Neil M.
Author Organization(s):
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LAB INC CAMBRIDGE MA
Supplementary Note:
This paper is an updated version of the paper "Inertial Navigation Sensors" previously presented at NATO Lecture Series 232 (SET-064). See also ADA569232, Low-Cost Navigation Sensors and Integration Technology (Capteurs de navigation a faible cout et technologie d'integration), RTO-EN-SET-116(2010)
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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
XD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_4.3_Maintain; JCA_5.2.2_Develop Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_5.2_Understand
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing; Microelectronics; 5G
Communities of Interest:
Sensors
Descriptor(s):
*INERTIAL NAVIGATION, *MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS, *MINIATURIZATION, ACCELEROMETERS, COST REDUCTION, GYROSCOPES, LIFE CYCLE COSTS, OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, TECHNOLOGY FORECASTING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Electrooptical and Optoelectronic Devices, Navigation and Guidance
Keyword(s):
NATO FURNISHED, RING LASER GYROSCOPES, FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES, INTEGRATED OPTICS GYROSCOPES, LIGHT FORCE ACCELEROMETERS, HEMISPHERICAL RESONANT GYROSCOPES, MEMS INERTIAL SENSORS, MEMS ACCELEROMETERS, ATOM INTERFEROMETER SENSORS, FOREIGN REPORTS
Report Date:
2010 Mar 01
Creation Date:
2013 Aug 14