• August, 2011: Geodetics has earned a position in the 2011 Inc. 5000 annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America.
  • May, 2011:Geodetics Demonstrates Product Compliance with the Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) at the 2011 ITEA Test Instrumentation Workshop in Las Vegas, NV.

High Accuracy TSPI for Dynamic Platforms

A test program was sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, to assess the performance in real time of EBE technology on realistic Advanced Range Data System (ARDS) maneuvers.

The RTD (“Real Time Dynamics”) software package with Epoch-by-Epoch® (EBE) positioning was tested using four high-dynamic simulations based on realistic ARDS maneuvers developed as part of the TSPI study. An omni-directional antenna simulation was utilized for each of the maneuvers. The maneuvers and antenna model were programmed into the Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility (GWEF) satellite simulator.

The NovAtel OEM4 was selected as the test receiver. For three maneuvers, reference data were collected from both a near and far reference receiver. The near reference receiver was located at distances of less than 10 km The RTD software package was tested using four high-dynamic simulations based on realistic ARDS maneuvers developed as part of the TSPI study.

The test configuration is illustrated below:

Three high-dynamics test scenarios were run On the GWEF simulator at Eglin AFB:

Split S – Cuban 8 – Split S
Post Hole
9g Turns

The flight path and dynamics profile for the Split-S – Cuban 8 – Split S scenario

The horizontal and vertical plots for the Post Hole near scenario are shown in the figures below:


The horizontal and vertical plots for the Post Hole far scenario are shown in the figures below:

 

Real-time accuracies (1 standard deviation):

    Baseline up to 10km:
      Horizontal 0.18-7.10 cm
      Veritcal 1.10-21.0 cm

    Baseline up to 96km:
      Horizontal 6.10-12.80 cm
      Veritcal 6.00-29.40 cm