Client: Thales Optronics Limited
Contract: Trial Conditions Recreator
The open loop nature of the BGTI navigation, and guidance algorithms allowed the development of a design cycle strategy that allowed design changes to be assessed using computer based simulation rather than repeated field trials. This was achieved by creating a Simulink Real Time Workshop application that, when embedded in the BGTI Navigation System processor, allowed the acquisition and storage of real-time GPS and navigation sensor data during field trials. Thus the actual conditions during the field trials could be recreated, and performance assessed and compared, by replaying the data through different algorithm designs and enhancements.