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Military Applications
| Applications | |
|---|---|
| Title | Military Applications |
| Author(s) | GMV. |
| Level | Medium |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
As mentioned before the first GNSS systems (GPS and GLONASS) were developed for military purposes. Still today the military applications are one of the drivers for these systems.
For instance GPS makes available 2 services: the Precise Positioning Service and the Standard Positioning Service. The Precise Positioning Service is encrypted and is only available to the US military and its allies.
The satellite navigation is applied to military missions for navigation purposes in enemy territories, and are especially important in absence of light missions, during the night. The military forces rely on GPS over conventional compasses, in order to obtain an accurate positioning of their own units, as well as the enemy's forces positions and the locations of enemy's facilities or installations. These positions coordinates can be acquired and distributed to other allied forces, in order to enhance the ground awareness picture.
Satellite navigation is also used to plan and track the movements of convoys and to operations of search and rescue of injured soldiers, with considerable reduction of response time.
Detailed information about Military Navigation can be found here.
Target Acquisition
Detailed information about Target Acquisition can be found here.
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