Guidance, Navigation and Control
- Guidance, Navigation and Control
Guidance, Navigation and Control (abbreviated GNC or GN&C) is a branch of engineering science dealing with the design of systems to automatically control or remote-control devices which are moving in space.
Examples for GNC systems are:
*Autopilots
*Driverless cars, like Mars rovers or those participating in the DARPA Grand Challenge
*Guided missiles
*precision-guided airdrop systems
*Spacecraft launch vehicles
ee also
*Guidance system
*Navigation
*Control engineering
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