Wiley-Interscience, 1997, 773 p. — ISBN-10: 0471547956, ISBN-13: 9780471547952.An indispensable resource for all those who design, build, manage, and operate electronic navigation systemsAvionics Navigation Systems, Second Edition, is a complete guide to the art and science of modern electronic navigation, focusing on aircraft. It covers electronic navigation systems in civil and military aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, and manned spacecraft. It has been thoroughly updated and expanded to include all of the major advances that have occurred since the publication of the classic first edition. It covers the entire field from basic navigation principles, equations, and state-of-the-art hardware to emerging technologies. Each chapter is devoted to a different system or technology and provides detailed information about its functions, design characteristics, equipment configurations, performance limitations, and directions for the future. You'll find everything you need to know about:
Traditional ground-based radio navigation
Satellite systems: GPS, GLONASS, and their augmentations
New inertial systems, including optical rate sensors, micromechanical accelerometers, and high-accuracy stellar-inertial navigators Instrument Landing System and its successors
Integrated communication-navigation systems used on battlefields
Airborne mapping, Doppler, and multimode radars
Terrain matching
Special needs of military aircraft
And much moreIntroduction
The Navigation Equations
Multisensor Navigation Systems
Terrestrial Radio-Navigation Systems
Satellite Radio Navigation
Terrestrial Integrated Radio Communication-Navigation Systems
Inertial Navigation
Air-Data Systems
Attitude and Heading References
Doppler and Altimeter Radars
Mapping and Multimode Radars
Celestial Navigation
Landing Systems
Air Traffic Management
Avionics Interfaces
