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1991 National Technical Meeting Proceedings
"Using Synergism to Strengthen Navigation Systems"

January 22-24, 1991
Sheraton San Marcos Resort Hotel - Phoenix, AZ

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SESSION 1A: GPS: Land and Marine

GPS Program Status,
Alan Burgess, Navstar Global Positioning System,
Los Angeles Air Force Base, Los Angeles, CA
5-14
Integrating Ranging Transponders with GPS
Jonathan S. Abel, Tetra Systems Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA &
James W. Chaffee, SAIC, San Diego, CA 15-24
Combined GPS/GLONASS Data Processing
Steven M. Chamberlain & John Chuang, Magnavox Government and Industrial Electronic Co.,
Marine and Survey Systems Division, Torrance, CA
25-33
Three-Dimensional Attitude Determination with the Ashtech 3DF
24-Channel GPS Measurement System
Kendall Ferguson, Joanna Kosmaiska, Mark Kuhi,
Jean-Marie Eichner, Kuba Kepski, & Reza Abtahi, Ashtech Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 35-41
Dynamic GPS for Railroad Surveys: A Case History
L. Harold Spradley, David H. Spradley, Satellite Positioning Corp., Houston, TX &
Wayne A. Heitshusen, Railbase Corp., Houston, TX 43-44
GPS Azimuth Determining System (ADS) Cycle Resolution,
System Design, and Army Test Results
Richani D. Jurgens, Charles E. Rodgers, & Leopold C. Fan, Adroit Systems Inc., Alexandria, VA 45-51

SESSION 1B: Loran: Aviation

The FAA Loran Program Status and Expectations
Richard P. Arnold, MIS/Loran/GPS Program Manager. FAA, Washington, DC 55-57
The Need for an Area Navigation Capability State of Oregon Experience with Loran-C
Paul E. Burket, & Roger U. Ritchey, Aeronautics Division, Oregon DOT 59-63
The Future of Loran-C Navigation, Instrument Approaches and
Flight Following for Air Traffic Management
Thomas P. Workman, Chevron USA Inc., Houston, TX 65-67
Strategic vs Tactical Air Traffic Control Utilizing ADS and Earth Reference Area NAV
Chick Longman, Air Navigation Consulting. Oklahoma City, OK 69-72
Operational and Economic Benefits of Area Navigation
from the Perspective of a Major Air Carrier
I. Michael Frank, United Air Lines, Chicago, IL 73-77
Loran Time Difference Correction Factors: Valid Information or Blue Smoke and Mirrors?
Michael J. Moressi, DOT/FAA, Oklahoma City, OK &
Franklin D. MacKenzie, DOT Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA 79-81

SESSION 2A: GPS: Aviation and Space

Attitude Determination for Space Transfer Vehicles Using GPS
Kevin D. Keierleber & Stanley C. Maki,
General Dynamics Space Systems Divisions, San Diego, CA 85-101
RAIM: Will It Meet the RTCA GPS Minimum Operational Performance Standards?
R. Grover Brown, Iowa State University and Consultant, U.S. DOTIVNTSC, Cambridge, MA
Gerald Y. Chin & John H. Kraemer, U.S. DOT, Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA 103-111

A New Highly Integrated P-Code High Dynamics GPS Receiver for Test and Training Range TSPI Applications
Robert E. DeCaro, Interstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim. CA 113-118

P-Code Versus C/A-Code GPS for Range Tracking Applications
Carl Hoefener & Bob Van Wechel, Insterstate Electronics Corp., Anaheim, CA 119-121

SESSION 2B: Loran: Land and Marine

The DOT/DOD Federal Radionavigation Plan
Elisabeth J. Carpenter, The John A. Volpe National Transport. Sys. Ctr., Cambridge, MA 125-133
Vessel Traffic Systems and the Application of Loran-C Automatic Dependent Surveillance
James F. Culbertson, Sr., Coastwatch, Inc., Dockton, WA &
WalterN. Dean, Waldean Engineering, Wilsonville, OR 135-140
From Russia and Beyond
Stephen F. Nuzzi, DOT/Transportation Systems Ctr., Cambridge, MA 141-146
Dual-Rate, Auto-Notch Coupler-Loran with $50 of Parts
Jesse Pipkin, Consultant, Chico, CA 147-153
Electronic Equipment Replacement Project (EERP) for the USCU Loran-C System
LCDR Doug Taggart & LT Ben Stewart,
USCG Electronics Engineering Ctr., Wildwood, NJ 155-163
Forecasting Into the Nineties: The Fast Fourier Method in Loran TD Corrections
A. Chris Daskalakis, DOT/Volpe Center, Cambridge, MA 165-167

SESSION 3A: Surveillance Systems: Space Based

Oceanic Applications of Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS)
Peter L. Massoglia, FAA, Washington, DC 171-181
Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CUSIC)
Heywood Shirer, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Washington, DC 183-185
A Note on the Development and Evolution of Ground and
Space-Based Aeronautical Surveillance Systems
Keith D. McDonald, Sat Tech Systems, Arlington, VA 187-192
A Simulator and Performance Criteria for Evaluation of Ground
and Space-Based ATC Surveillance
J.W. Sennott, I.S. Ahn, Y.W. Lou, & Z. Ting,
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Technology, Peoria, IL 193-201
The FAA Satellite Program: GPS, GLONASS and Related Areas
Robert Lob, The MITRE Corp., & Joseph Dorfler and Joseph Fee, FAA, Washington, DC 203-211
Satellite Surveillance, Operational Requirements and Some Practical Realities
George Lyddane, FAA, Washington, DC 213

SESSION 3B: Inertial: Part 1

Calibration and Test of the World’s Most Accurate Gyroscope
Gaylord Green, Jeremy Kasdin, and Mac Keiser, & Stanford University Gyroscope Team,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 217-227
A Synergistic Solution to the GPS Integrity Problem
John W. Diesel, Litton Aero Products, Moorpark, CA 229-236
A Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Measurement Unit Designed for System Integration Flexibility
Richard Eichner, Robert Hansen, and Richard Ouellette,
Northrop Electronics Systems Division-Norwood, Norwood, MA 237-246

SESSION 4A: Interoperable Systems: Part 1

In-Flight Demonstration of Hybrid GPS/Loran RAIM
Frank van Graas, Avionics Engineering, Ohio University, Athens, OH 249-257
GPS/Loran-C Interoperability or Time and Frequency Applications-A Survey of the Times of Arrival of Loran-C Transmissions via GPS Common Mode, Common View Satellite Observations
Bruce Penrod, Richard Funderburk, and Peter Dana, Austron, Inc., Austin, TX 259-268
Graceful Degradation of GPS/INS Performance with Fewer than Four Satellites
Zdzislaw H. Lewantowicz, USAF Wright Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, OH &
Danny W. Keen, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 269-276

Integrated INS/GPS/GLONASS Navigation Aid for Manned Space Flight
Alfred Anderman, Rockwell Space Systems Division, Downey, CA 277-286


SESSION 4B:
Inertial: Part 2

GPS Inertial Attitude Estimation via Carrier Accumulated Phase Measurements and
Statistical Filtering of Phase Cycle Count Ambiguity
Haywood S. Satz & Duncan B. Cox, Jr., Mayflower Communications Co., Reading. MA, &
Ronald L. Beard & U. Paul Landis, Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC 289-294
Stellar Inertial Navigation Growing with the Times Upgrading of the LN-20 Integrated
Inertial Navigation System
Scott W. Lewis, Marty Hochbrueckner, and John Reeve,
Litton Guidance and Control Systems, Woodland Hills, CA 295-302
Baro-Inertial Loop for the USAF Standard RLG INU
J. Stanley Ausman, Litton Guidance and Control Systems Division. Woodland Hills, CA 303-308
The MK39-A Marine Strapdown Laser Gyrocompass for the Nineties
Dr. E. Levinson & U. Erickson, Sperry Marine Inc., Charlottesville, VA 309-312

SESSION 5A: Aircraft Landing Aids

New Siting Techniques for the ILS Glide Slope
Richard H. McFarland, Ph.D., P.E., Avionics Engineering Center Ohio University, Athens, OH 315-319
GPS for Precision Approaches
Robert Loh, FAA, Washington, DC & Young C. Lee, The MITRE Corp.. McLean, VA 321-329
Precision Approach Using GPS and GLONASS
Paul M. Creamer & E. Michael Geyer, TASC, Reading, MA 331-339
Design and Flight Test of a Differential GPS/Inertial Navigation System
for Approach/Landing Guidance
Lawrence Vallot, Scott Snyder, Brian Schipper, Honeywell Systems and Research Ctr.,
Minneapolis. MN, Nigel Parker, Honeywell Space and Strategic Systems Operations,
Clearwater, FL,
and Cary Spitzer, NASA Langley Research Cir., Hampton, VA 341-352

SESSION 5B: Interoperable Systems: Part 2

A Prelude to Interoperability-Comments on the Lack of Federal Radionavigation
Plan Procedures for Assessing the Potential of a Candidate System to Fit Into the
Mix of Domestic Radionavigation System
Edward L. McGann, Megapulse, Inc., Bedford, MA 355-360
The Statistical Estimation of Navigation Errors
W. A. Poor, The MITRE Corp., McLean, VA 361-369
A Proposal for a Dynamic Test Platform for Inertial Units and/or GPS
Bal N. Agamata, Diniar M. Shroff, Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Ctr., San Diego, CA
and Stan C. Maki, Space Systems Division, General Dynamics Corp., San Diego, CA 371-381
Air Navigation Training at Mather Air Force Base-Synergism Between Humans and Machines
Kevin S. C. Darnell, USAF, Mather AFB, CA 383-389

SESSION 6A: Surveillance Systems: Ground-Based

An Electronically Scanned Precision Runway Monitor
Denis A. Ureening & Allen I. Sinsky, Bendix Communications Division, Towson, MD 393-398
Developments in Airborne Surveillance and Control Systems
D. Burnette, R. E. Hendrix, U. Kahlon, M. Michael, P. J. Queeney,
and W. R. Gretsch, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Baltimore, MD 399-403
Saberliner Flight Test and Results for Forward Looking Detection
and Avoidance of Airborne Windshear
Bruce D. Mathews, Westinghouse Electric Corp., Baltimore, MD 405-410
TCAS in the 1990s
Joseph Walsh & John Wojciech, FAA Research & Development Service, Washington, DC 411-420


SESSION 6B: Omega/VLF Radio Navigation Surveillance Systems: Ground-Based


The 1990 Federal Radionavigation Plan and Its Impact on the Omega Navigation System
Heywood O. Shirer, U.S. DOT, Research & Special Programs Adm., Washington, DC 423-430
Omega System Status Update-1990
Capt. Robert J. Wenzel, USCG Omega Navigation System Ctr., Alexandria, VA 431-436
Omega/VLF Now and Into the 21st Century
Andrew Stratton, International Omega Assoc., Arlington, VA 437-442
Omega GPS Integration Platform
Darrell W. Davis, Trimble Navigation, Austin, TX 443-447
Integration of Omega and Satellite Navigation Systems
Henry B. Schlachta, Canadian Marconi Co., Montreal, Canada 449-454
The Soviet VLF Navigation System
Benjamin B. Peterson, Ctr. for Advanced Studies & Dept. of Engineering,
USCG Academy, New London, CT
455-463
Pre-Registration List 465-470
Author Index 471