Northrop Grumman's Family of Fiberoptic based Inertial Navigation Systems

Volk, Charles; Lincoln, J.; Tazartes, Daniel A.

doi:10.1109/plans.2006.1650627

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“…An example of navigation-grade product offered by Northrop Grumman is the LN-251, which is a fiber-optic-gyro-based INS with an integrated GPS (Volk, Lincoln, and Tazartes, 2006). Examples include Thales and Sagem in France; iMAR in Germany; and Honeywell, Kearfott, L-3, and Northrop-Grumman in the United States.…”

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Inertial Navigation Systems

Braasch

2016

Aerospace Navigation Systems

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Section: Production Examplementioning

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Inertial Navigation Systems

Braasch

2016

Aerospace Navigation Systems

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“…The selection of fiber optic cable assemblies and their reliability is the most important consideration of the system design and subsequent requirements [2]. Fiber optic cable reliability is directly related to the frequency of cable failures.…”

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Engineering of fiber optics infrastructure

Pirich

2012

2012 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT)

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Fiber optic technology is making significant advances for use in a number of air and space platforms. Many of these applications involve integration into systems which make extensive use of optical fiber for high bandwidth signal transmission. The large signal transmission bandwidth of optical fiber has a large and positive impact on the overall weight of the cable harness. Several current air and space platforms that use fiber optic systems include commercial and military aircraft, unmanned aircraft, the International Space Station and several NASA and international space exploration systems. Substantial sources of variability may be introduced in the fiber optic connectors and termini that are designed into each piece of equipment unless the design specifications adequately identify operating and storage environments, use widely recognized standards for fiber optic cable assembly manufacturing and testing.At each development and manufacturing stage, from design through manufacturing, each type of fiber optic connector and termini may require unique fixtures for processing and inspection. Involving personnel from design through installation, together with suppliers, may help avoid significant costs for equipment and minimize or eliminate costly defects. Fiber optic technologies do not require significant power and complex electronics while allowing signal processing to be located close to the networked applications. There are many benefits of fiber optic systems for air and space applications, including minimal electromagnetic interference and environmental effects, lightweight and smaller diameter cables, greater bandwidth and the ability to be easily upgraded. This paper presents an overview of defining fiber optic system and component performance by identifying operating and storage environmental requirements, using appropriate standards to be used in fiber optic cable assembly manufacturing and inspection, interacting with component manufacturers for interoperable hardware, developing inspection methods and fixtures compliant with the selected standards and developing a quality plan that assures satisfaction of every design requirement.

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“…FOG based inertial navigation systems for various applications have been commercially produced in the United States, France, Germany, and China for sev eral years [5][6][7][8][9]; the most prominent FOG producing companies are Northrop Grumman, Honeywell, and IXSEA. However, in Russia, as yet there is no series production of high precision FOGs.…”

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Three-axis fiber-optic gyroscope: Development and test results

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This paper presents the development and test results of a fiber optic gyro of 0.01 deg/h accuracy grade designed at Concern CSRI Elektropribor, JSC, in cooperation with St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics. The problems regarding gyro accuracy, stability of output characteristics, drift compensation, dead zone suppression, and the magnetic field effect are discussed.

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Northrop Grumman's Family of Fiberoptic based Inertial Navigation Systems

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Three-axis fiber-optic gyroscope: Development and test results

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