Inertial Navigation Solutions for navies

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An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is at the heart of a vessel’s navigation. It provides key position and time data without having to rely on easily disrupted GNSS signals. Such a critical role requires both high-performance, and unfaltering reliability.

iXblue is the European leader in naval navigation systems and equips over 40 navies worldwide. Our wide range of sensors and systems are designed to address the requirements of the full spectrum of naval platforms, from smaller coastal and support vessels to aircraft carriers, including main surface combatants and submarines. All of our INS are maintenance and ITAR-free.

Unmatched Performance

The performance of a fiber-optic gyroscope can be changed by altering the length and diameter of its coil, making it adaptable to a wide range of performance needs. Performance can further be increased by pushing back the technological limits of the optical components that are used within the FOG gyroscope.

Because iXblue has complete mastery over all the components that are integrated into its systems, from its own optical fiber and components, to its accelerometers and algorithms, the company can push the limits of the FOG technology to have it reach new peaks of performance.

Powered by FOG

The FOG (Fiber-Optic Gyroscope) is the result of more than 30 years of research and development and is today considered to be the best gyroscope in the world: its performance is deemed genuinely unlimited.

Based on the Sagnac effect, FOGs are passive systems that use light to calculate motion. Rotations movements are measured by sending identical laser beams, in opposite directions, through a long fiber-optic coil.The laser beam travelling against the direction of rotation experiences a slightly shorter path delay than the other beam. Measuring the phase shift between the two beams reveals changes in orientation. Objects being free to rotate in three dimensions, iXblue’s Fiber-optic based inertial navigation systems contains three FOG gyroscopes, measuring rotations on those three different axes.

Outstanding Reliability

Fiber-Optic Gyroscopes are truly solid-state passive systems. Indeed, the FOG technology does not involve any movement of mechanical parts causing dithers, vibrations, frictions and resulting in parts’ weariness and noise. This ensures many benefits for the user: acoustic stealth, robustness of the system (Power-on and Forget), cost-effectiveness and the lowest cost-of-ownership on the market

Operating as a single component and relying only on light motion, FOGs are resistant to external disruptions such as shocks, extreme temperatures, magnetism or vibrations. This is why FOGs equip systems operating in extreme environments or expecting high resistance from their sensors: satellites, strategic submarines, long-range artillery, extreme deep-water robots and vehicles.

Complete Mastery of Technology Through Vertical Integration

iXblue has end-to-end control of its value chain, from the design work carried out in its engineering offices through to manufacturing in the company’s own production facilities. Its control over the performance of its products and its capacity to adapt are guarantees of quality and excellence.

An Inertial Navigation Solution for Every Vessel

Strategic and military grade INS for warship and submarine

 

Phins and Marins Series form a family of state-of-the-art naval inertial navigation systems, designed to meet the demands of the navy for the highest performance INS.

Marins Series enables stealth autonomous navigation for submarines, providing very accurate heading, roll, pitch, speed and position. These products also uniquely address the need for advanced naval surface vessels, operating under severe GNSS-denied environment. Phins and Marins Series are based on iXblue FOG technology, proven for superior reliability and performance. iXblue high-performance navigation systems are chosen by world leading navies.

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  Phins Phins Marins M3 Marins M3 Marins M5 Marins M5 Marins M7 Marins M7 Marins M8 Marins M8 Marins M9 Marins M9 Marins M11 Marins M11
Type INS INS INS INS INS INS INS
Heading accuracy (seclat RMS) 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01°
Roll&Pitch accuracy (RMS) 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01°
Position accuracy no aiding, without GNSS (TRMS) 0.6 NM/h 1NM/12h 1NM/24h 1NM/72h 1NM/96h 1NM/120h 1NM/360h
Certification IMO/IMO HSC
Certifications MIL STD 810 / MIL STD 461
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  Phins Phins Marins M3 Marins M3 Marins M5 Marins M5 Marins M7 Marins M7 Marins M8 Marins M8 Marins M9 Marins M9 Marins M11 Marins M11
Type INS INS INS INS INS INS INS
Heading accuracy (seclat RMS) 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01°
Roll&Pitch accuracy (RMS) 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01° 0.01°
Position accuracy no aiding, without GNSS (TRMS) 0.6 NM/h 1NM/12h 1NM/24h 1NM/72h 1NM/96h 1NM/120h 1NM/360h
Certification IMO/IMO HSC
Certifications MIL STD 810 / MIL STD 461
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Multipurpose state-of-the-art Attitude Heading Referencing System (AHRS)

Quadrans are fully strap-down Fiber-Optic Gyrocompass (FOG) and attitude reference system.

IMO and IMO-HSC certified, they provide all the necessary data for demanding navigation and control applications at a fast rate and with precise time-stamping.

Thanks to their low weight and small size, their low power consumption and their Ethernet/serial connectivity, they can be integrated with ease on any platform.

Based on state-of-the-art Fiber-Optic Gyroscope technology, Quadrans and Octans answers to a full range of navigation needs, without any compromise on performance and without requiring any maintenance during its service life.

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  Quadrans Quadrans Octans Octans
Type AHRS AHRS
Heading accuracy (seclat RMS) 0.15° 0.1°
Roll&Pitch accuracy (RMS) 0.1° 0.01°
Position accuracy no aiding, without GNSS (TRMS) N/A N/A
Certification IMO/IMO HSC
Certifications MIL STD 810 / MIL STD 461
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  Quadrans Quadrans Octans Octans
Type AHRS AHRS
Heading accuracy (seclat RMS) 0.15° 0.1°
Roll&Pitch accuracy (RMS) 0.1° 0.01°
Position accuracy no aiding, without GNSS (TRMS) N/A N/A
Certification IMO/IMO HSC
Certifications MIL STD 810 / MIL STD 461
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INS for Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles

Phins Compact Series is a complete range of subsea Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) specifically designed to improve accuracy and bring reliable cost-efficient navigation solutions to all Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles (AUVs). Offering a fully scalable and ITAR-free solution, it allows AUVs industry players to choose the INS the most suited to their needs, whatever the platform’s size and mission type.

 

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  Phins Compact C3 Phins Compact C3 Phins 9 Compact Phins 9 Compact Phins Compact C7 Phins Compact C7
Heading (Deg) 0.15 0.07 0.01
Roll & pitch (Deg) 0.05 0.01 0.01
DVL-Aided performance (straight line from origin (%TD – CEP 50)* 0.2 0.1 0.05
DVL-aided performances (area survey pattern) (%TD – CEP 50)* 0.04 0.02 0.01
Power consumption (W) 12 12 20
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  Phins Compact C3 Phins Compact C3 Phins 9 Compact Phins 9 Compact Phins Compact C7 Phins Compact C7
Heading (Deg) 0.15 0.07 0.01
Roll & pitch (Deg) 0.05 0.01 0.01
DVL-Aided performance (straight line from origin (%TD – CEP 50)* 0.2 0.1 0.05
DVL-aided performances (area survey pattern) (%TD – CEP 50)* 0.04 0.02 0.01
Power consumption (W) 12 12 20
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Fully customizable Navigation Data Distribution System (NDDS)

Having high performance sensors is key to ensuring a vessel’s operability and survivability. The data collected through these sensors need to be processed, monitored, and distributed to the ship’s systems. This is where Netans NDDS comes into action.

  Netans N1 Netans N1 Netans N3 Netans N3 Netans N5 Netans N5 Netans N7 Netans N7
Ethernet 2 6 24 48
I/O Modules 2 modules 6 modules 11 modules 22 modules
Cabling Cable glands Connectors Cable glands Cable glands
Front screen External External External Optional
Time clock External External Optional Optional
UPS External External Optional Included
Dimensions (H x W x D) in mm 164 x 239 x 336 250x400x400 700x600x600 1400x600x600
Power supply (default) 24 VDC 24 VDC 115VAC 240VAC 115VAC 240VAC
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  Netans N1 Netans N1 Netans N3 Netans N3 Netans N5 Netans N5 Netans N7 Netans N7
Ethernet 2 6 24 48
I/O Modules 2 modules 6 modules 11 modules 22 modules
Cabling Cable glands Connectors Cable glands Cable glands
Front screen External External External Optional
Time clock External External Optional Optional
UPS External External Optional Included
Dimensions (H x W x D) in mm 164 x 239 x 336 250x400x400 700x600x600 1400x600x600
Power supply (default) 24 VDC 24 VDC 115VAC 240VAC 115VAC 240VAC
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Powerful and Easy to Use Warship Electronic Chart Display and Information System (WECDIS)

In addition to sensors and data distribution systems, iXblue provides an in-house ECDIS system, Gecdis-W, covering the full spectrum of a vessel critical’s navigation systems.

Gecdis-W is fully compliant with the latest IEC-IMO and IHO standards and regulations. It is the most intuitive interface available on the market.

Thanks to a 100% proprietary chart engine, Gecdis-W provides key benefits to military sailors:

  • A highly configurable man-machine interface where most frequently used functions can be reached in one click
  • Smooth data management to import and export data, according to regulations, and a rich database functionality

Among other application, Gecdis-W can be used for:

  • Screen kilo: to ensure safe naval fleet navigation by allowing to visualize the areas of navigation for each ship in the fleet, with respect to reference ship.
  • Gun sector: to visualize the weapon coverage areas. It provides optimized navigation with respect to the weapon categories onboard.
  • Submarine Moving Haven: to avoid collisions with submarines. This feature specifies dynamic or static 3D risk areas.

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Marins Series – Datasheet

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Phins – Datasheet

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Octans – Datasheet

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Quadrans -Datasheet

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Phins Compact Series – Datasheet

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Naval Solutions Brochure

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Netans Series – Datasheet

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