The market is widely feeds by powerful and reliable Trends, Drivers & Challenges at the core of stakes.
Cleary, Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) is widely
used in commercial aviation (in aircraft), defense (ground vehicles, missiles,
unmanned aerial vehicles, and aircraft), naval (ships and submarines), and
space research (spacecraft).
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| Gimballed systems. |
For those who are unfamiliar, an inertial navigation system (INS) helps in
determining the position, orientation, and velocity of a moving object. It consists of an inertial measurement
unit (IMU), such as an accelerometer (measures linear acceleration) and
gyroscope (measures angular velocity), which tracks the position of the object.
One can also recall that, there are two types of INS: gimballed and
strapdown systems. Gimballed systems
use mechanical gyroscopes in the device to keep the platform level while Strapdown systems use a platform on
which sensors are mounted.
According to Research and Markets, market trends, drivers & challenges include:
- Popularity of Inertial navigation sensors such as MEMS owing to its smaller size, lower cost, and lighter weight advantages.
- The systems using mechanical instruments and RLG are expected to be replaced by interferometric fiber optic gyro (IFOG) and MEMS technologies.
- RLG may dominate due to its extremely high scale factor stability.
- Continuous developments in MEMS sensors will result in lightweight inertial sensors that are small, economical, and reliable.
The firm also indicates that vendors in the global INS market are required
to adhere to rigorous regulatory norms for the design and engineering of a
navigation system.
Among key
vendors, we have:
- Honeywell International
- Northrop Grumman
- Sagem
- Thales Group
- Atlantic Inertial Systems
- KVH Industries
- Systron Donner Inertial
- Teledyne
- VectorNav Technologies.