Examples of Systems and Applications

The following pictures show examples of applications which were realized at iMAR GmbH in the area of inertial navigation, surveying and control.

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A few sample applications of advanced inertial measuring technology are the stabilisation of cameras on in-flight helicopters for use in professional cinema productions, the navigation and control of submarine effectors, surveying and alignment tools for missile approach and warning systems, attitude heading reference systems for missiles and unmanned vehicles, inertial measuring systems for the analysis of the dynamical motion behavior of test vehicles, railway surveying systems, stabilization of SAR antennas on airplanes, motion control of construction machinery, determining of trajectory in pipeline surveying etc.

iALS-3D: 3D Laser Scanning System for most accurate airbone surveying
iPEGASUS: Measuring system with optical gyros for alignment of fire-control systems and automatical weapon steering
iVRU, iTGAC: Miniature inertial measuring heads and Vertical Reference Units in FOG and MEMS technology
iIMU-FSAS: Tactical grade IMUs with raw data interface
iNAV-RQH-RAIL: Inertial measuring system for railway surveying
iTraceRT-F200: Miniaturized INS/GPS based navigation system
iDRPOS.32: Systems for road and rail surveying, geographic information systems and autonomous guided vehicles
iOLFOG-S-D: Open-loop fiber optical gyro for motion dynamics analysis and applications in machine tool diagnosis
iNAV-RQH/FJI: Three axes strapdown systeme for high end navigation and surveying tasks (INS/GPS)
iNAV-FMS, iDIS-FMS: Inertial measurement systems for vehicle motion analysis, navigation, stabilisation, motion reference
iICSC-MOD: Gyro stabilisation of cameras, antennas, weapons etc.
iNAV-RQH: High precision trajectory surveying and tracking of vehicles on land, sea and in the air
iICSC-SCM25: Active stabilisation of cameras on controlled gimballed platforms
iACCFSNR, iODOT: Customer specific sensors and systems for airborne applications
iPST: Systems for pipeline surveying and horizontal directional drilling
iNAV-M: Navigation systems for missiles and drones
iNAV-FMT: Navigation systems for AUVs and torpedoes

Airborne Laser Scanning with integrated INS/GPS based on ring laser gyro technology (3D-ALS). Click on the picture to get more information!
Measurement system for the alignment of fire control systems and Missile Approach Warning Systems (MAWS) and for the calibration of turrets (iPEGASUS). Open the picture for more details!
Inertial measurement system with laser gyros for high precision rail surveying (iNAV-RQH-RAIL). Open the picture for more details!
Miniature inertial measuring heads iVRU with fiber optical gyros or MEMS gyros and accelerometers as motion reference and for weapon stabilisation. Open the picture for more details!
Inertial measuring systems with fiber optical gyros for autonomous vehicle guidance, road survying and AGV control (iDRPOS.32).
Open-loop fiber optical gyro iOLFOG-S-D for vehicle motion analysis and machine tool diagnosis. Open the picture to display the OEM version!
Systems for vehicle motion analysis (iDIS-FMS and iNAV-FMS) as a family of a "No.1" motion reference system for the automotive industry all over the world.
Inertial measuring systems (iNAV-RQH, iNAV-FJI) for tasks in surveying, stabilisation, navigation and guidance with laser- und fiber optical gyros of class 0.02 ... 0.001 deg/sqrt(hr). Open the picture for further information!
Miniaturised fiber optic gyro based navigation and motion reference system of class 0.75 deg/hr with integrated INS/GPS processor (iTraceRT-F200-E). Click on the picture to see more details!
Stabilisation of a 2.8 m IR telescope on a Boeing 747 for astronomical observations. Project SOFIA: NASA / DLR / MAN / KT. Consultant for the gyro system: iMAR
Precision trajectory surveying and tracking of vehicles on land, on sea and in the air.
Active stabilisation of cameras on controlled cardanic platforms (iICS); Image-Tracking (iOET²). Click on the picture to obtain more details!
Customer specific sensors and systems for aircraft measurement technique and for difficul environmental conditions (iACCFSNR, iODOT). Open the picture for more details!
Systems for stabilisation of antennae and target tracking systems on naval vessels, trucks and aircrafts (iIPSC). Open the picture for more details!
Systems for surveying of pipelines and for horizontal directional drilling (iPST, iGST) Open the picture for more details!
Systems for navigation and stabilisation of missiles and drones (iVRU, iTGAC)
Systems for underwater applications and defence purposes Open the picture for more details!
IMU of class 0.75 deg/hr / 2 mg with raw data interface for tactical applications, stabilization and INS/GPS navigation (iIMU-FSAS-E) Open the picture to see details!