Performance Grade

What is the definition of performance grade?

A term used to describe typical applications of a navigation system, based on gyroscopic bias instability.

Consumer/Automotive

• Gyro Bias Stability: over 20 °/h
• Cost: $
• Example Applications: Motion detection
• Sensor Technology: MEMS
• Advanced Navigation Products: –

Industrial/Tactical

• Gyro Bias Stability: 5 – 20 °/h
• Cost: $$
• Example Applications: Robotics and industrial applications
• Sensor Technology: MEMS
• Advanced Navigation Products: GNSS Compass

High-End Tactical

• Gyro Bias Stability: 0.1 – 5 °/h
• Cost: $$$
• Example Applications: Platform stabilisation and autonomous systems
• Sensor Technology: MEMS / FOG (Fibre-optic gyroscope) /RLG (Ring laser gyroscope)
• Advanced Navigation Products: Spatial, Certus, Certus Evo

Navigation

• Gyro Bias Stability: 0.01 – 0.1 °/h
• Cost: $$$$
• Example Applications: Aircraft/maritime navigation
• Sensor Technology: FOG/RLG
• Advanced Navigation Products: Spatial FOG, Spatial FOG Dual

Strategic

• Gyro Bias Stability: 0.0001 – 0.01 °/h
• Cost: $$$$$
• Example Applications: Submarine navigation
• Sensor Technology: FOG/RLG
• Advanced Navigation Products: Boreas

What are the applications for performance grade?

• Autonomous Systems
• Autonomous Agriculture
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Defence
• Marine
• Subsea
• Surveying

What other terms are related to performance grade?

• Bias instability.
• Navigation

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