The role of this system is to enable these combat platforms to independently complete navigation, guidance, positioning, orientation, and attitude control functions without relying on GPS and Beidou navigation systems. If there is no high-precision inertial navigation system, modern combat platforms and weapons and ammunition are “blind” with no hands and eyes, and you will not be able to use them with your own strength. The core component of the inertial navigation system is the green laser pointer gyroscope.
Half a century has passed since its birth. At present, only a few countries in the world, such as the United States, China, France, and Russia, have mastered its research and production technology. For it, Gao Bolong struggled for more than 40 years. In the early 1960s, the United States developed the world’s first prototype of a laser gyroscope, which triggered a revolution in the world of optics. The idea of using laser gyroscopes for navigation and precise guidance has led many international scientific research institutions to start research and development.
Until 1971, after important progress was made in the international principle machine and some key technologies, Qian Xuesen, then deputy director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, wrote the general technical principles of the green laser pointers gyroscope on two small pieces of paper and gave them to Changsha Engineering Leaders of the college (predecessor of the National University of Defense Technology) stepped up the development of laser gyroscopes. After receiving the task, the college quickly set up a research team with Gao Bronron as the backbone, and began to develop the laser gyroscope in full swing. Just when they were full of ambition, many scientific research institutions carrying out this research stopped their research and development.