State-of-the-Art and Development Trends of Inertial Navigation Systems Based on the Ring Laser Gyroscopes

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The article summarizes and analyzes information on the batch-produced high-end inertial navigation systems. The market dynamics for the high-end inertial systems and gyro pickups over the past 10 years are given. The dominance of inertial systems based on the ring laser gyroscopes for the mid-term and autonomous navigation is shown. The prevailing design and technological solutions of modern ring laser gyroscopes are considered. The similarity of foreign devices due to the optico-physical circuit is noted. The key developers of laser inertial systems are identified. A trend towards the reduced weight and dimensional specifications, decreased cost and energy consumption of the ring laser gyroscopes while maintaining the required accuracy and resistance to the external influences is shown.

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Anton O. Sinelnikov

State Research Institute of Instrument Engineering JSC; Peoples Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: photonics@technosphera.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5579-3509

Ph.D. in Technical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory, Associate Professor of the Department of Nanotechnology and Microsystem Engineering

Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

Nikolay V. Tikhmenev

State Research Institute of Instrument Engineering JSC

Email: photonics@technosphera.ru

Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Department

Russian Federation, Moscow

Aleksander A. Ushanov

State Research Institute of Instrument Engineering JSC

Email: photonics@technosphera.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-3703-9981

leading electronics engineer

Russian Federation, Moscow

Vladimir M. Medvedev

State Research Institute of Instrument Engineering JSC

Email: photonics@technosphera.ru

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Director General

Russian Federation, Moscow

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2. Fig. 1. Evolution of the world market of inertial technologies from 2011 to 2019

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3. Fig. 2. Global RLG market trends

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4. Fig. 3. Distribution of gyroscopic sensors by the bias stability in 2011 (a) and 2019 (b)

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5. Fig. 4. ZLG-type RLG with the magneto-optical bias (a) and LN-100 INS (b) by Northrop Grumman

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6. Fig. 5. Dither devices and RLG housings with a cavity of 16–34 cm

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7. Fig. 6. RLG GG-1308 (a), GG-1320 (b) and INS HG 1700, HG 5700, HG 9900 by Honeywell Corporation

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8. Fig. 7. Positioning and guidance systems PNU/UPNU and DRU-H-R by EMCORE

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9. Fig. 8. Small-sized IMU KI-4921 based on the monolithic RLG T24-B by Kearfott

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10. Fig. 9. RLGs of GLC-16 (a), GLC-32 (b) types and INS of Sigma-95L (c), Sigma-95N (d) types by SAGEM

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11. Fig. 10. Three-axial monolithic RLG PiXYZ-22 (a) and IMU TopAxyz (b) by Thales

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12. Fig. 11. Triangular RLG (a) and IMU TRL-16m (b) by IAI

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13. Fig. 12. Laser INSs Mins 3 by Raytheon (a) and iPRENA-M-H by iMAR (b)

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14. Fig. 13. Demonstration samples of SNP products at the Photonics 2023 exhibition

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