NDB or VOR?

[dresoccer4]

quick question, can the Harrier can track NDBs or VORs? or if TACANs are the only radio beacons available for on-the-fly navigation?

 

thanks!

[Ramsay]

AFAIK, it's only TACAN and ILS for radio navigation.

 

Core AV-8B navigation is GPS/INS based with GPS falling back to INS in the event of failure (overfly INS update before attack run, etc.).

 

ATM waypoints can be only entered in the ME but eventually we'll be able to edit/add our own using the UFC and Lat/Long or UTM coordinates.

 

So to fly a holding pattern over a NDB i.e. Smolenskaya, we'd just add a waypoint at it's location. The same would hold true for an airfield without TACAN or ILS.

[dresoccer4]

AFAIK, it's only TACAN and ILS for radio navigation.

 

Core AV-8B navigation is GPS/INS based with GPS falling back to INS in the event of failure (overfly INS update before attack run, etc.).

 

ATM waypoints can be only entered in the ME but eventually we'll be able to edit/add our own using the UFC and Lat/Long or UTM coordinates.

 

So to fly a holding pattern over a NDB i.e. Smolenskaya, we'd just add a waypoint at it's location. The same would hold true for an airfield without TACAN or ILS.

 

thanks for the thorough explanation!