Inertial navigation is widely used for the guidance of aircraft, missiles ships and land vehicles, as well as in a number of novel applications such as surveying underground pipelines in drilling operations. This book sets out to provide a clear and concise description of the physical principles of inertial navigation, the associated growth of errors and their compensation. There is also detailed treatment of recent developments in inertial sensor technology and a description of techniques for implementing and evaluating such systems.

This text covers basic principles, system mechanization, instrumentation and computation and design analysis. It features particularly modern treatment of inertial sensors, computational techniques for navigation and error analysis, as well as integrated systems incorporating additional navigational aids and examples of current applications in both civilian and military applications.