India Tests ‘TARA’ Kit That Turns Dumb Bombs Into Precision Guided Weapons
India has taken its first homegrown glide weapon kit, TARA, through its maiden test, moving the system beyond development into real-world conditions.
Northrop Unveils GPS-Free Navigation System for Deep Space Missions
Spacecraft could soon navigate far beyond Earth without relying on GPS or satellite signals.
Northrop Delivers Airborne Navigation System Built to Withstand GPS Jamming
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first production unit of its modernized airborne navigation system EGI-M.
MIT Develops Algorithms That Enable Human-Robot Teaming Underwater
MIT is making underwater operations easier for human-machine teams, unveiling algorithms to improve coordination in challenging environments.
Kongsberg’s North-Seeking Navigation Lets Drones, Subsea Vehicles Ditch GPS
Kongsberg is advancing GPS-free navigation by turning small, micro-electromechanical systems into north-seeking devices.
Ukraine Gives Drones Vision-Based Navigation to Push Past Heavy Jamming
Ukraine is exploring a new set of eyes for its drones, aiming to take them beyond GPS navigation.
US Army Explores GPS-Independent Navigation With ‘Unjammable’ MagNav
Magnav is a next-generation magnetic navigation system, using sensitive magnetometers to detect Earth’s magnetic field, GPS-independent, and jam-resistant.
Drones Gain New Flight Intelligence With Indra’s New System
Anti-collision tech is a collision detection and avoidance system, with multiple cameras and electronically steered radar, providing 360-degree coverage, and high onboard processing power.
Puma LE Drone Gets New ‘Eyes’ and ‘Brain’ for GPS-Jammed Missions
Visual Navigation System is a navigation kit that enables drones to navigate accurately without satellite signals, using downward-facing cameras, sensors, and onboard computing.
Red Cat’s ‘Black Widow’ Drone Masters GPS-Denied Skies With Palantir Software
Red Cat’s “Black Widow” drone flew through a signal-denied environment, marking the first instance a US Army-certified drone using visual navigation.
GPS Out? Safran’s Blacknaute Steps In to Navigate the Signal-Denied Battlefield
Blacknaute delivers high-precision navigation and timing in GPS-denied environments, combining resilient INS tech, multi-constellation GNSS, and an ultra-stable atomic clock.
MAPS GEN II Brings Anti-Jamming Navigation to US Army Vehicles
MAPS GEN II is the US Army’s next-gen navigation system, bringing M-Code encryption, sensor fusion, and upgraded anti-jam and anti-spoof antennas.
AFRL Launches Experimental Satellite Into Orbit to Secure Navigational Edge
The US Air Force Research Laboratory has taken a major step toward securing the nation’s navigation advantage with the launch of the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket in Florida.
California Firm Claims Its Cloud Tech Can Make GPS 100x More Accurate
Swift Navigation unveiled Skylark, a cloud-powered positioning tech designed to correct GPS errors and deliver centimeter-level accuracy.
Bat-Inspired Sensor Could Help Drones Navigate Without Cameras
A new echolocation system developed by researchers at the University of Michigan could help drones and robots “see” in darkness without cameras, laser-based sensors, or GPS.
British Firm Builds ‘Ultra-Compact’ Navigation System for Tactical Drones
UK-based HBK has developed an “ultra-compact” inertial navigation system designed to support high-precision localization in tactical drones.
Sodern’s New Tech Uses Stars to Guide Aircraft When GPS Fails
French company Sodern has developed a system that looks to the stars instead of satellites to keep aircraft and drones on course amid electronic warfare.
Honeywell to Upgrade Japan’s H60, CH-47F Aircraft Systems
Honeywell will provide advanced systems for the modernization of Japan’s H60 fleet and the new CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift helicopters.
Indra to Modernize US Air Force Tactical Navigation Systems
The US Air Force has awarded Indra Air Traffic Inc. a contract worth up to $198.36 million to replace its military air navigation systems.
Exail to Equip Klein Marine’s Sonar With Octans Nano Navigation Solution
Klein Marine Systems has selected the Exail Octans Nano OEM Attitude and Heading Reference System to equip its 5900 Side Scan Sonar.
Czech Republic Selects Exail to Enhance Land Vehicle Navigation
The Czech Republic has chosen Exail to provide its artillery command and reconnaissance vehicles with Advans Series Inertial Navigation Systems.
Exail Provides Navigation Equipment for Finnish Pohjanmaa-Class Corvettes
Exail has supplied critical navigation equipment to the Finnish Navy for Helsinki’s Pohjanmaa-class corvettes program.
US Army Approves Full Production of Navigation System for GPS-Denied Environments
The US Army has greenlighted full-rate production of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System (MAPS) Gen II from Collins Aerospace.
German Brandenburg Warships to Receive Navigation, Cyber Upgrade
Exail has teamed with Saab and Arche to upgrade the navigation and cyber capabilities of the German Navy’s F123 Brandenburg-class frigates.
