A Novel Robust Position Integration Optimization-Based Alignment Method for In-Flight Coarse Alignment.

Sensors (Basel)

Department of Automation, School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.

Published: October 2024

In-flight alignment is a critical milestone for inertial navigation system/global navigation satellite system (INS/GNSS) applications in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The traditional position integration formula for in-flight coarse alignment requires the GNSS velocity data to be valid throughout the alignment period, which greatly limits the engineering applicability of the method. In this paper, a new robust position integration optimization-based alignment (OBA) method for in-flight coarse alignment is presented to solve the problem of in-flight alignment under a prolonged ineffective GNSS. In this methodology, to achieve a higher alignment accuracy in case the GNSS is not effective throughout the alignment period, the integration of GNSS velocity into the local-level navigation frame is replaced by the GNSS position in the Earth-centered, Earth-fixed frame, which avoids the need for complete GNSS velocity data. The simulation and flight test results show that the new robust position integration method proposed in this paper achieves higher stability and robustness than the conventional position integration OBA method and can achieve an alignment accuracy of 0.2° even when the GNSS is partially time-invalidated. Thus, this greatly extends the application of the OBA method for in-flight alignment.

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