INFORMATION AS AN ELEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

The operation of vehicles (watercraft, aircraft, land-based, spacecraft, unmanned) requires the use of navigation systems for their control. These systems can be characterized by varying degrees of complexity and technological advancement. However, each system has sources of information about the state (position) of the navigating object, state of the environment in which the object is moving and the task to be accomplished. These components are integrated by the decision-maker (human or automated), who/which makes and implements decisions adjusted to current conditions.