ACS

Battlefield orientation and accurate navigation are among the most fundamental requirements for situational awareness – which is the key to battlefield effectiveness.

Just like naval vessels at sea and aircraft in the air, ground vehicles also depend on accurate navigation to determine their own positions, reach their destinations and conduct their operations relative to the terrain and other friendly and enemy elements.

In today’s battlefield, manual navigation methods (dead reckoning, compass bearing to a charted object, etc.) are too inaccurate and time-consuming to be effective. The two primary navigation techniques currently in use are GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation – a method based on input from a satellite system, and INS (Inertial Navigation System) – a method based on continuous electronic computation of motion data relative to a known initial point.

Tactical vehicles, both wheeled and tracked, require a modern, compact, lightweight and efficient navigation system to relieve operators of the burdensome task of manual navigation during battlefield operations.