For the integration of different navigational aids of an aircraft by a general purpose computer the following way is proposed: The basic navigational system is a doppler or inertial dead reckoning system (D.R.S.). The other navigational aids serve for control measurements, with the help of which the error of the D.R.-position and the most important systematic error sources of the D.R.S. are determined by least square adjustment during flight. These error quantities are then used for a corresponding correction of the D.R.S. The supplementary navigational aids are consequently used both for the correction of the D.R. position and for the calibration of the D.R.S. The method is described for the example of the integration of a doppler D.R.S. with Tacan.

From the great number of different navigational aids, which are today available or in development, we can draw the conclusion that none of these navigational systems can satisfy all requirements. Therefore, for many years it has been the custom to combine several navigational aids, and thus the human navigator has the task of evaluating the different navigational information. This evaluation is, however, often disturbed by unfavourable conditions. In a high-speed aircraft for example the navigator is overburdened by a lack of time and space, errors in the navigational sensors, &c. This necessarily means that the evaluation of the data is reduced to a minimum, and that a great deal of the available information is lost.