Content
Lecture:
• Overview and principles of navigation
• Earth geometry, coordinate systems, and maps
• Error propagation and geometry
• Air data systems
• Inertial navigation
• Signal propagation and antennas
• Terrestrial navigation: Direction finding, NDB, VOR, DME, Loran-C
• Satellite-based navigation: GNSS
• Performance-based navigation (PBN)
• Navigation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
• Approach and landing systems: ILS, GBAS, SBAS
• Alternative navigation using cameras, range radios and laser scanners
Tutorial:
• Calculate positions using VOR, DME, and GNSS measurements
• Error analysis for various nav systems (e.g. GNSS, Inertial, DME and VOR)
• Analyze the error characteristics of air data
• Perform basic inertial position calculation using collected data
• Analyze the GNSS availability at example airport (e.g. small mountain airport)