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Nov 1, 1996

Progress in Navigation-Grade IFOG Performance

In this paper we report on further advances in navigation-grade IFOG technology achieved at Litton.
Research

Mar 1, 1994

Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscope with Inertial Navigation Performance Over Extended Dynamic Environments

In this paper we report on the bias, scale factor, and input axis alignment performance of the inertial navigation fiber optic gyroscope over extended, dynamic temperature environments.
Research

Oct 1, 1993

Inertial Navigation Performance of an IFOG Over Dynamic Environments

Inertial navigation performance of an interferometric fiber optic gyro has been demonstrated over extended environments.
Research

Feb 1, 1992

A Rate Integrating Fiber Optic Gyro: From the Theoretical Concept to System Mechanization

Discusses the optical phenomenon (SAGNAC effect) at the core of the RLG and FOG and demonstrates how the rate integrating characteristic can be achieved with the IFOG.
Research

Feb 1, 1992

Environmentally Robust Fiber Optic Gyro Component Development and Productization

High performance guided-wave optical components are essential to fiber optic gyros (FOGs).
Research

Feb 1, 1991

Extended Environmental Performance of Attitude and Heading Reference Grade Fiber Optic Rotation Sensors

The paper examines the current status of Litton's design approach to the attitude-and-heading reference system interferometric fiber-optic gyro (IFOG).
Research

Jan 1, 1967

Innovation and military requirements : a comparative study

A examination of two major innovations in military aeronautics--turbojet propulsion and the variable-sweep wing--using the classical economic investment model. Three phases of the innovation process are distinguished: invention or conception, demons...
Research

Sep 1, 1964

Bluntness and Viscous-Interaction Effects on Slender Bodies at Hypersonic Speeds

A study of aerodynamic design and performance of slender vehicles operating in high-altitude, high-velocity environments.
Expert Insights

Jan 9, 1956

On the Stability of a Circular Cylinder at Hypersonic Speeds

A discussion of a single-degree-of-freedom motion of a rigid right circular cylinder (i.e., rotation about any axis normal to the longitudinal axis).
Research

Mar 25, 1954

Statistical Theory of Navigation Employing Independent Inertial and Velocity Measurements

A theoretical study of optimum determination of position by a navigation device employing independent inertial and velocity measurements, which are subject to random errors.
Research

Aug 1, 1953

An Empirical Method for the Prediction of Airplane Drag Divergence Mach Number

A 1953 RAND study that investigates the problem of prediction of airplane drag divergence Mach number and provides an empirically determined expression that is applicable to clean airplane configurations.
Research

Jun 24, 1953

Boundary Layer Drag for Non-Smooth Surfaces

A study of the turbulent boundary-layer drag for production-type or nonideal aircraft surfaces.

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Progress in Navigation-Grade IFOG Performance

Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscope with Inertial Navigation Performance Over Extended Dynamic Environments

Inertial Navigation Performance of an IFOG Over Dynamic Environments

A Rate Integrating Fiber Optic Gyro: From the Theoretical Concept to System Mechanization

Environmentally Robust Fiber Optic Gyro Component Development and Productization

Extended Environmental Performance of Attitude and Heading Reference Grade Fiber Optic Rotation Sensors

Innovation and military requirements : a comparative study

Bluntness and Viscous-Interaction Effects on Slender Bodies at Hypersonic Speeds

On the Stability of a Circular Cylinder at Hypersonic Speeds

Statistical Theory of Navigation Employing Independent Inertial and Velocity Measurements

An Empirical Method for the Prediction of Airplane Drag Divergence Mach Number

Boundary Layer Drag for Non-Smooth Surfaces

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Progress in Navigation-Grade IFOG Performance

Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscope with Inertial Navigation Performance Over Extended Dynamic Environments

Inertial Navigation Performance of an IFOG Over Dynamic Environments

A Rate Integrating Fiber Optic Gyro: From the Theoretical Concept to System Mechanization

Environmentally Robust Fiber Optic Gyro Component Development and Productization

Extended Environmental Performance of Attitude and Heading Reference Grade Fiber Optic Rotation Sensors

Innovation and military requirements : a comparative study

Bluntness and Viscous-Interaction Effects on Slender Bodies at Hypersonic Speeds

On the Stability of a Circular Cylinder at Hypersonic Speeds

Statistical Theory of Navigation Employing Independent Inertial and Velocity Measurements

An Empirical Method for the Prediction of Airplane Drag Divergence Mach Number

Boundary Layer Drag for Non-Smooth Surfaces

Oops! An unexpected error has occurred.