Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC)

GNC solutions are crucial in transforming the latest technological advancements in flight control into effective operational systems. Weapon system developers demand advanced GNC solutions that provide stable, robust flight control while meeting challenging mission requirements. Intelligence analysts also require detailed GNC analysis and simulation for accurate assessments of threat weapon system capabilities. Dynetics’ expertise in the design, analysis, and simulation of GNC systems covers a broad base of weapon system platforms including smart bombs, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and kinetic kill vehicles. Our distinguished history of analyzing guidance systems for foreign and domestic missile systems includes:

• Short-Range Man-Portable Air Defense Systems,
• Medium- and Long-Range Air Defense Missiles,
• Air-to-Air Missiles,
• Anti-Ballistic Missiles,
• Anti-Satellite Systems,
• Short- and Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles,
• Anti-ship Cruise Missiles, and
• Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles.

Modeling and simulation of guidance system components are critical processes in accurately predicting the performance of guided platforms. Dynetics has expertise and tools to thoroughly test, characterize, and model the entire spectrum of GNC subsystems, including:

• Active, Semiactive, and Passive Seekers;
• Guidance Laws and Algorithms;
• Navigation Computers;
• Autopilots;
• Inertial Reference Units;
• Accelerometers;
• Gyros;
• Fin Actuators; and
• Thrust Vector Control Systems.

Large-scale operational systems demonstrate the importance of sophisticated GNC system analysis, since they require extensive GNC solutions that deviate from conventional processes. Dynetics’ extensive GNC capabilities extend beyond customary GNC problems into advanced application areas such as:

• Adaptive Signal Processing of Guidance Inputs,
• Kalman Filtering and Observer-Based Techniques,
• Bank-to-Turn Missiles,
• GPS-Integrated Navigation Systems,
• Hit-to-Kill Systems,
• Jet-Interaction Actuation, and
• Disturbance-Accommodation Control.

As your integrator of advanced GNC solutions, Dynetics provides the full range of design, analysis, and simulation expertise that transitions current concepts into future capabilities.