Guia docente 2024_25
Escuela de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio
Máster Universitario en Enxeñería Aeronáutica
 Subjects
  Advanced air navigation systems
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Introduction to Navigation. Aeronautical cartography. Reference system WGS84 linked to Earth. - Introduction, motivation, course and evaluation rules, etc.
- Review of reference systems applied to aeronautics.
- Review of aeronautical cartography.
2. Positioning by situation surfaces based on radio beacons. VOR, ILS, DME systems. - Review of navigation systems based on ground radio aids.
3. Satellite positioning. GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO systems. ADSB system. - Review of navigation systems based on satellite radio aids.
4. Inertial measurement systems. - Operational flight (Random Navigation, PBN).
- Guidance, navigation and control: positioning and inertial navigation.
5. Algoritmos de estimación de la posición. Filtro de Kalman. - Estimation algorithms. Filter of n-measures and alpha-beta (linear).
- Kalman filter.
6. Airspace organization and design. Flow and separation management. - Introduction to common optimization methods.
- Air traffic flow management (ATFM - route optimization)
- Laboratory: methods for optimizing air traffic.
- Collision and evasion maneuvers.
- Laboratory: Collision and evasion maneuvers.
7. CNS/ATM systems. Regulations, definition of operational requirements, operation and maintenance. - Review of CNS/ATM concepts.
- ATM system performance.
- Introduction to SESAR.
- Laboratory: Flight plan.
- Laboratory: Flight simulator.
- Air navigation procedures (instrumental approach and takeoff).
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