General Electric Company

1951 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 10A-10A
Keyword(s):  
General Electric ◽  
General Electric Company ◽  
Electric Company

An Experimental Airborne Computer

1963 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-219
Author(s):  
W. R. Payne
Keyword(s):  
General Electric ◽  
Typical Problem ◽  
General Electric Company ◽  
Electric Company ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Improved Accuracy

The continual increase in the complexity and performance of modern aircraft give rise to the need for improved accuracy and versatility in the electronic aids available to the crew. The system described is an example of digital computing techniques applied to the problems of air navigation. Navigation was chosen as a typical problem but the flexibility of the computer would allow it to be applied to other in-flight problems, such as the calculation of fuel and air data.Dexan (Digital Experimental Airborne Navigator) is the outcome of some three years' work at the Applied Electronics Laboratories of the General Electric Company at Stanmore and the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. The calculations performed by the computer to carry out a particular navigation process are shown schematically in Fig. 1.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document