The initial alignment method, including the identification of inertial device error parameters, has always been a key issue in an inertial navigation system (INS). This study focuses on the error caused by the random noise of inertial devices that can be compensated by the reconstruction of gravitational apparent motion in an inertial frame under the condition of swinging motion. Attitude angles and accelerometer bias can also be estimated. However, the analysis and simulation results indicate that the existing methods cannot estimate the gyroscope bias. The accelerometer and the gyroscope bias will change over a long time, which will lead to long-term parameter identification accuracy decline or even failure. In this paper, a parameter identification algorithm based on Newton iterative optimization combined with a window loop calculation is designed to solve these problems. Simulation and turntable tests indicate that the proposed new algorithm can fulfill the initial alignment of strapdown INS under the swinging condition and estimate accelerometer bias effectively. Moreover, the new algorithm improves data utilization, which also has better time sensitivity, and the calculated alignment errors can nearly approach zero.

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