Development of a differential GPS system for positioning and guidance of aircraft in real time

• Grant number: 01/08751-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: March 01, 2002
• End date: April 30, 2005
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Systems
• Principal Investigator: Helio Koiti Kuga
• Grantee: Helio Koiti Kuga
• Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). São José dos Campos , SP, Brazil
• Company: Empresa Brasileira Aeronáutica S/A (EMBRAER)
• City: São José dos Campos

Abstract

This project was aimed at the application of new precise methods of trajectography and guidance in real time to increase the productivity of landing and take-off attempts and aircraft noise. The work involved the development of: 1) a Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) which makes it possible to determine on board, with precision and in real time, the position of the aircraft in a system of coordinates; 2) a guidance system which offers the pilot, in real time, information which permits the overflight of previously defined points under desired conditions, within the precisions required by certification; and 3) a complete and integrated project covering the means necessary for the implementation of the Differential Global Positioning System (antennae, RF, telemetry, real time processing, processors, communications boards and interfaces) aimed at reuse in various aircraft and bases. (AU)