Navigational Aids and Devices

Course Content

1. Definitions
2. Needs for Navigation
3. Bases for Navigation Systems Design
4. International Standardization Organizations
5. Reduction of Propagation Errors
6. Methods of Navigation
7. Aids to Electronics Navigation
• Radio Direction Finding
• Rado Beacons
• Long Range Navigation (LORAN)
• Visual Aural Range
• The Omega Navigation System
• Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR)
• Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
• VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR)
• Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN)
• Microwave Landing System (MLS)
• Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System (ATCRBS)
• Transit
• NAVSTAR/GPS
• Instrument Landing System
8. Noise Calculation
9. Radar Systems

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Last updated: September 15, 2007