SandboxAQ tests GPS-free navigation software on Northrop Grumman's expendable drone
AQNav ran beside visual navigation on Lumberjack, and SandboxAQ says engineers installed the software on existing systems in under an hour.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: PR Newswire
Why it matters
SandboxAQ is turning magnetic navigation into software that can fit existing drones. That could make GPS-independent positioning practical on lower-cost aircraft, but the test disclosed no accuracy data or contract.
SandboxAQ announced Wednesday that it had flight-tested its AQNav magnetic navigation software on Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack, an attritable one-way attack drone built to operate in contested airspace.…
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