Honeywell Aerospace was granted a patent for underwater vehicle navigation.

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    "patent_title": "Underwater vehicle dynamics modeling enhanced navigation with releasable training system",
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    "uspto_assignee": "Honeywell Aerospace US LLC",
    "patent_abstract": "A system comprises a vehicle platform of an underwater vehicle, and a model based navigation system for vehicle dynamics modeling navigation of the underwater vehicle. The model based navigation system comprises inertial sensors on the vehicle platform; a strapdown navigation processor that receives inertial sensor data from the inertial sensors; platform input sensors and a vehicle physics model that receives platform input measurements from the platform input sensors; a propagator-estimator filter that receives vehicle data from the vehicle physics model; and a depth sensor that determines depth measurements for the vehicle platform. A tethered platform is releasably coupled to the vehicle platform and communicates with the model based navigation system. The tethered platform comprises an aiding source that determines position and velocity measurements that are transmitted to the propagator-estimator filter. A navigation solution from the strapdown navigation processor is sent to a vehicle control system for navigating the vehicle platform.",
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