Short course/CPD
Integrated Navigation System Design
Course date: Please enquire
Course overview
This one-week course has been specially designed for the practical needs of navigation system engineers. It will give knowledge in sensor selection, integrated navigation design and development, sensor failure detection and fault-tolerant navigation system design. It presents the fundamentals of inertial and satellite navigation systems, practical methods for the design and develop integrated navigation systems.
Location
Cranfield University is located at the very heart of the UK – within the innovation triangle between London and the cities of Oxford and Cambridge.
Our central location provides easy access from the M1, excellent main line rail service as well as proximity to key international airports. Set in rolling countryside, Cranfield offers a rich, rural landscape complemented by thriving towns and picturesque villages.
- Road: We are just 10 minutes from Junctions 13 & 14 of the M1 motorway. There is free parking on campus.
- Rail: Milton Keynes or Bedford
- Air: London Luton (22 miles), Heathrow (50 miles) or Birmingham (70 miles).
Course fee:
£1285
Accommodation fee:
How to register
Further information
For more information on this course or booking details please contact:
Academic Operations Unit
T: + 44 (0) 1234 754192
E: shortcourse@cranfield.ac.uk
Further information
Course description
Who should attend
- Navigation systems engineers, navigation algorithm developers
- Avionics systems engineers
- Avionics system development managers
- Navigation system maintenance and repair engineers
- Engineers, PhD students and research scientists who have interests in the design of multisensor guidance, navigation and control systems for various vehicles
Course objectives
- To provide an understanding of the principles and techniques in inertial and satellite navigation systems
- To provide a comprehensive understanding of design methods of advanced integrated navigation systems
- To provide practical methods to design and develop integrated navigation systems
- To make engineers and decision-makers aware of problem areas in fault-tolerant, multisensor navigation system
Content summary
Inertial Sensor Technologies (Module 1)
- Accelerometer technology
- Gyros technology
- MEMS inertial sensors
- Inertial sensor performance
- Inertial system configurations
Inertial Navigation Algorithms (Module 2)
- Coordinate systems and their transformation
- General inertial navigation equation
