Missile Guidance - GOLIS Systems

GOLIS Systems

Whatever the GOLIS guidance system, it must contain preset information about the target. These systems' main characteristic is the lack of target tracker. The guidance computer and the missile tracker are located in the missile. There is only one type of guidance system of this kind: Navigational Guidance.

Navigational guidance is any type of guidance executed by a system without target tracker. The other two units are on board the missile. These systems are also known as Self Contained Guidance Systems, however they're not always entirely autonomous due to the missile trackers used. They are subdivided function of their missile tracker's type:

• Entirely autonomous - Systems where the missile tracker is not dependent of any navigation external source, and can be divided in:

• Inertial Guidance

• With gyro-stabilized platform
• With strapdown platform

• Preset Guidance

• Dependent on natural sources - Navigational guidance systems where the missile tracker depends of some external source that is provided by nature:

• Celestial Guidance
• Terrestrial Guidance

• Topographic Reconnaissance (Ex: TERCOM)
• Photographic Reconnaissance (Ex: DSMAC)

• Magnetic Guidance

• Dependent on artificial sources - Navigational guidance systems where the missile tracker depends of some external source that is provided by any artificial means:

• Satellite Navigation

• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• GLObal NAvigation Satellite System (GLONASS)

• Hyperbolic Navigation

• DECCA
• LORAN C