【仪表工程】AIRBORNE NAVIGATION DATABASES.pdfVIP

EVOLUTION OF AIRBORNE tem. In other words, the data was not interchangeable. NAVIGATION DATABASES This was not a problem because so few of the sys- There are nearly as many different area navigation tems were in use, but as the implementation of (RNAV) platforms operating in the National Airspace RNAV systems expanded, a world standard for air- System (NAS) as there are aircraft types. The range of borne navigation databases had to be created. systems and their capabilities is greater now than at any other time in aviation history. From the sim- plest panel-mounted LOng RAnge Navigation (LORAN), to the mov- ing-map display global positioning system (GPS) currently popular for general aviation aircraft, to the fully integrated flight management system (FMS) installed in corpo- rate and commercial aircraft, the one common essential element is the database. [Figure A-1] RNAV systems must not only be capable of determining an air- craft’s position over the surface of the earth, but they also must be able to determine the location of other fixes in order to navigate. These systems rely on airborne navigation databases to provide detailed information about these fixed points in the airspace or on the earth’s surface. Although, the location of these points is the pri- mary concern for navigation, these databases can also provide many other useful pieces of information about a given location. Figure A-1. Area Navigation Receivers. In 1973, Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC) sponsored HISTORY the formation of a committee to standardize