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  • Geophysics
  • Navigation Systems Engineering
  • Robotics

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  • Gravity gradients offer richer navigation data than gravity alone.
  • Submarine navigation requires high precision for autonomous, long-voyage missions.
  • Existing methods face limitations in passive, autonomous positioning.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an aided navigation method for submarines using strapdown gravity gradiometers.
  • To fuse inertial navigation and gravity gradient data for enhanced positioning.
  • To evaluate the system's performance under various conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a strapdown gravity gradiometer for enhanced navigation information.
  • Employed an unscented Kalman filter for sensor data fusion.
  • Simulated system performance over 10 hours with varied parameters.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated significant improvements in navigation accuracy.
  • Achieved attitude, velocity, and position errors below 1 arcmin, 0.1 m/s, and 33 m, respectively.
  • Validated performance across long voyages, measurement noise, and initial errors.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed gravity gradiometer-aided navigation system is effective for submarines.
  • The method provides a viable solution for passive, autonomous, high-precision underwater navigation.
  • Unscented Kalman filter fusion enhances navigation system robustness and accuracy.