General Atomic's Warrior
17 August 2006 15:47
Challenge
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' (GA-ASI's) Warrior™ is the next generation high-performance UAV, derived from the combat-proven Predator® unmanned aircraft system. Flying up to 29,000 feet, the Warrior is the US Army's new Extended Range/Multi-purpose UAV that will provide surveillance, communications relay, and weapons delivery missions, with more than double the weapons capacity of Predator.
General Atomics chose Athena's GuideStar™ GS-511, a compact, integrated inertial navigation system, global positioning system (INS/GPS) and air data sensor suite, to provide dual back-up navigation capabilities for the Warrior.
Solution
The GS-511 is a member of Athena's GuideStar product line of highly sophisticated, compact and affordable INS/GPS and air data, integrated sensor solutions for UAV applications, with optional flight control module.
GS-511 features used on Warrior include:
- A tactical grade Inertial Measuring Unit (IMU)
- A Trimble Force-22 differential ready SAASM GPS receiver
- Built-in tri-axial magnetometer with automatic hard iron compensation
- Built-in air data system pressure transducers including static, airspeed and flow angle measurements
- Kalman filter INS providing high accuracy navigation and control state vector
- Electrical and mechanical design, and manufacturing process that meets military environmental requirements, including temperature, shock, vibration, electromagnetic interference (EMI) and humidity
- Software module providing Athena's full suite of advanced and flight-proven inertial reference and navigation functions
For more information on this company:
Athena - Controls and Navigation Systems for Unmanned Platforms
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