Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions

Navigation Support - satellite, air and ground-based navigation systems studies

Key words and phrases: navigation support, navigation systems studies, procedure design, safety analysis, flight checking, route availability, flexible use of airspace, data quality tool set, GPS monitoring

Navigation support

Capabilities

For more than 10 years, Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions has provided operational, technical and scientific expertise to support its customers in the planning, management and performance monitoring of satellite, air and ground-based navigation equipment.

This includes a significant scientific research capability and the production of standalone, networked and web-based software applications, individually designed for the customer.

Operating at the leading edge of navigation system developments, Lockheed Martin UK - Integrated Systems & Solutions also supports procedure design and safety analysis activities associated with new implementations.

Activities and Achievements: Examples

  • Continuous support to ECAC airspace development initiatives in respect of navigation system planning and management.
  • Production and maintenance of a PC-based tools to support the planning and flight checking of ground based navigation aid resources.
  • Support to safety analyses and safety cases for navigation system developments within the ECAC States.
  • Development of operational concepts for new navigation systems (e.g. GBAS Cat III).
  • Production and operation of an Internet-based conditional route availability message tool to support the Flexible Use of Airspace Concept (FUAS).
  • Production and maintenance of a data quality tool set to support the validation and integrity of aeronautical data throughout the ECAC States.
  • GPS (and Galileo) receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM) availability studies and service provision.
  • Maintenance of navigation-related websites and helpdesks.
  • Production and operation of GPS monitoring system for civil aviation.
  • Conduct of flight trials.

Navigation equipment

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