Course Objective:
The objective is to provide fundamentals of satellite navigation, navigation mathematics, principles of radio navigation, INS/GNSS integration and missile control methods.
- At the end of the course the student should be able to:
- Understand the principles of satellite navigation, inertial navigation, radio positioning.
- Understand various aspects of designing a navigation system.
- Develop mathematical model of missile dynamics.
- Carry out simulation for aircraft/missile using mathematical tools like MATLAB.
- Introduction to Navigation, Navigation Mathematics
- GNSS: fundamentals, Signals, and Satellites: Fundamentals of Satellite Navigation, Inertial Navigation, Advanced satellite Navigation, Principles of radio Positioning, Terrestrial radio Navigation, Short-Range Positioning, Satellite Navigation Processing.
- Errors and Geometry, Dead Reckoning, Attitude, and Height Measurement, Feature matching, INS/GNSS Integration.
- Missile Control Methods: Aerodynamic and Thrust Vector Control, Polar and Cartesian Control
- Mathematical Modeling of Missile Dynamics; Missile Actuators and Sensors. Roll and Roll Rate Stabilization.
- Design and Analysis of Lateral Autopilots
- DOF simulation for aircraft/missile using MATLA
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