Currently, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the commercial airline industry are utilizing the Instrument Landing System (ILS) during aircraft landings for precision approaches. The replacement system for the aging ILS was thought to he the Microwave Landing System (MLS). Instead, use of the Global Positioning System (GPS) is now thought to be a viable replacement for ILS precision approaches. The majority of current precision landing research has exploited 'stand-alone' GPS receiver techniques. This thesis instead explores the possibilities of using an extended Kalman filter (EKF) that integrates an Inertial Navigation System (INS), GPS, Barometric Altimeter, Pseudolite and Radar Altimeter for aircraft precision approaches. This thesis shows that integrating the INS, GPS, Barometric Altimeter and Radar Altimeter meets Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements for a Category I precision approach and integrating the INS, GPS, Barometric Altimeter, Radar Altimeter and a single Pseudolite meets FAA requirements for a Category II precision approach.
Integrated GPS/INS/BARO and Radar Altimeter System for Aircraft Precision Approach Landings
1994
265 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics , Navigation, Guidance, & Control , Global Navigation Systems , Global positioning system , Radio altimeters , Landing aids , Microwave landing systems , Instrument landings , Kalman filtering , Theses , Commercial aviation , Radio receivers , Self contained , Precision , Radar equipment , Replacement , Inertial navigation , Barometric pressure , Altimeters , Aircraft landings , Precision landings , Precision approach landings
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