Avionics and Autocontrol

A Joint Correcting Method of Multi-platform INS Error Based on Relative Navigation

  • ZHANG Gongyuan ,
  • CHENG Yongmei ,
  • CHENG Cheng ,
  • YANG Feng
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  • 1. College of Automation, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710129, China;2. Flight Automatic Control Research Institute, Xi’an 710065, China

Received date: 2010-05-21

  Revised date: 2010-08-16

  Online published: 2011-02-25

Abstract

It is of distinct advantage that the members of an air fleet are equipped with just inertial navigation system (INS) in collaborative formation flying, such as concealment, anti-jamming,etc. However, with the increase of endurance, INS error will be cumulated continuously, which may lead the navigation system to fail. Therefore, this article proposes a joint correcting method of multi-platform INS errors based on relative navigation. First, it builds a relative motion model and a nonlinear observation model, constructed a pseudo linear observation model with measurement reconstruct technique, and then it deduces the pseudo linear observation covariance matrix. Second, the article proposes a joint correcting method of multi-platform INS errors based on relative navigation, and demonstrates the satisfactory effect of this joint INS error correction. Furthermore, it provides a specific strategy of joint correction. Finally, the simulation result shows that compared with the extended Kalman filter (EKF), the proposed method can increase the convergence rate of relative navigation by a large amount while the accuracy remains unchanged on the whole. The joint correcting method of multi-platform INS errors based on relative navigation effectively slows down the divergence speed of INS errors of a formation system.

Cite this article

ZHANG Gongyuan , CHENG Yongmei , CHENG Cheng , YANG Feng . A Joint Correcting Method of Multi-platform INS Error Based on Relative Navigation[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2011 , 32(2) : 271 -280 . DOI: CNKI:11-1929/V_20101028.1812.000

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