Abstract:s: GNSS signals are susceptible to interference, which can lead to sudden changes in the measurement noise variance in the GNSS/SINS integrated navigation system. The classic adaptive Kalman filtering based on Allan variance method (ALAKF) is an effective way to estimate the unknown measurement noise variance. However, it has the problem of low detection accuracy. Therefore, an improved adaptive Kalman filtering based on Allan variance method (AL_IAKF) is proposed. Firstly, to address the difficulty in detecting the beginning and ending times of the variance mutation of the measurement noise, a residual chi-square detection criterion based on the normal measurement noise variance was constructed. Then, to solve the problem that ALAKF cannot accurately track the "rising edge" and "falling edge" of the measurement noise variance mutation, a variable forgetting factor model was constructed to dynamically adjust the forgetting factor in AL_IAKF. Finally, a comparative navigation experiment based on ALAKF and AL_IAKF was conducted. The experimental results show that, compared with ALAKF, AL_IAKF can significantly improve the estimation accuracy of the measurement noise variance for sudden and gradual changes, thereby enhancing the filtering accuracy of the combined navigation system.