Test Results of a Digital Beamforming GPS Receiver in a Jamming Environment

NAVSYS High Gain Advanced GPS Receiver (HAGR) uses a digital beam-steering antenna array to provide additional gain in the direction of the GPS satellite signals. This increases the received signal/noise ratio on the satellites tracked and also improves the accuracy of the pseudo-range and carrier-phase observations. The directivity of the digital beams created from the antenna array also reduces the effect of jamming and interference. This paper describes the operation of the HAGR digital beam steering array in a jamming environment and includes test data collected from the HAGR at the Electronic Proving Grounds, Fort Huachuca, that demonstrate the performance of a digital, beam-steering receiver against interference sources.