guidance and navigation

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• Guidance, Navigation and Control — (abbreviated GNC or GN C) is a branch of engineering science dealing with the design of systems to automatically control or remote control devices which are moving in space.Examples for GNC systems are: *Autopilots *Driverless cars, like Mars… …   Wikipedia

• Navigation — This article is about determination of position and direction on or above the surface of the earth. For other uses, see Navigation (disambiguation). Table of geography, hydrography, and navigation, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. Navigation is the… …   Wikipedia

• Apollo Guidance Computer — and DSKY Invented by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory Manufacturer Raytheon Introduced August 1966 …   Wikipedia

• Kearfott Guidance & Navigation — Kearfott was a defense equipment manufacturer founded in 1917. Today the electronics division is part of BAE Systems, while the remaining Kearfott Guidance Navigation division is a subsidiary of the Astronautics Corporation of America. Kearfott… …   Wikipedia

• navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …   Universalium

• Guidance system — A guidance system is a device or group of devices used to navigate a ship, aircraft, missile, rocket, satellite, or other craft. Typically, this refers to a system that navigates without direct or continuous human control. Systems that are… …   Wikipedia

• Navigation research — Whereas originally the term Navigation applies to the process of directing a ship to a destination, Navigation research deals with fundamental aspects of navigation in general. It can be defined as The process of determining and maintaining a… …   Wikipedia

• Navigation system — A navigation system is a (usually electronic) system that aids is navigation. Navigation systems may be entirely on board a vehicle or vessel, or they may be located elsewhere and communicate via radio or other signals with a vehicle or vessel,… …   Wikipedia

• navigation — The process of directing an aircraft from one geographical location to another with the intentions of reaching the intended destination either directly or by planned routing. Navigation usually implies the presence of a human, a navigator, aboard …   Aviation dictionary

• guidance light facility — A lighting facility in the terminal area navigation system located in the vicinity of an airport. It consists of one or more high intensity lights to guide a pilot into the departure or approach corridor and away from populated areas for safety… …   Aviation dictionary

• rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction       any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion.       Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… …   Universalium