Gun-launched munitions rely heavily on the global positioning system (GPS) receivers for position, velocity, and -up-finding-in their guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) systems. These receivers account for substantial cost in the GN&C electronics due to the contractor intellectual property and non-recurring engineering (NRE) costs. Typically, the designs are not optimized for gun-launched munitions, but rather as general purpose receivers for missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, aircraft,man-portable location systems, and vehicles. Due ...
During the design phase of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) systems for guided projectiles, performance evaluation of the algorithms, and the resulting flight dynamics, is invaluable. In order to characterize the performance of a system's effectiveness, a Monte Carlo analysis is typically performed using empirically derived random variable distributions. Due to the complexity of the GN&C system, typical methods of linearization and closed form solution evaluation do not provide adequate ...
Monte Carlo simulation is crucial in the design, development, and execution of a guided projectile program. Graphics processing units (GPUs) are powerful parallel computing devices that are increasingly being used for general purpose (GP) computing. This technical report details the use of GPUs for Monte Carlo simulations with the goal of aiding the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) engineer during the design phase of a guided weapon. This report provides ...
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