The Impact of Inertial Navigation on Air Safety.

An analysis of inertial navigation system performance data was carried out to assess the probable impact of inertial navigation on the aircraft collision risk in the North Atlantic region. These data were used to calculate the collision risk between two aircraft flying at the same nominal flight lev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hershkowitz, R. M., O'Mathuna, D., Britting, K. R.
Other Authors: TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER CAMBRIDGE MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1971
Subjects:
Air Navigation and Guidance
Military Aircraft Operations
Safety Engineering
*AIR TRAFFIC
*AVIATION SAFETY
*INERTIAL NAVIGATION
STABILIZED PLATFORMS
GYRO STABILIZERS
FLIGHT PATHS
ERRORS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NAVIGATION COMPUTERS
*COLLISION RISK
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0733753
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0733753
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Summary:An analysis of inertial navigation system performance data was carried out to assess the probable impact of inertial navigation on the aircraft collision risk in the North Atlantic region. These data were used to calculate the collision risk between two aircraft flying at the same nominal flight level on adjacent tracks. The inertial system's error sources are treated in a statistical sense to infer the en route error behavior from the terminal error data. Collision risk estimates are derived for easterly and westerly transatlantic flights. (Author)

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