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New Quantum Navigation System Promises a Backup to GPS — and It’s 50 Times More Accurate
Onboard was a new device called MagNav, developed by Australian startup Q-CTRL, and it may mark the beginning of a new era in navigation. For decades, the Global Positioning System (aka GPS ...
Space.com5mon
Drones look to the stars to make themselves stealthier
A new celestial navigation system designed for drones could make them harder to detect by eliminating the need for GPS signal emissions. Scientists from the University of South Australia have ...
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50 times more accurate than GPS: the first quantum navigation system has been created, which will save up to $1 billion a day
Australian company Q-CTRL has demonstrated its own secure quantum navigation system, that can work independently of GPS. It is noted that the system, called «Ironstone Opal», cannot be jammed and is ...
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New quantum-based navigation system 50 times more accurate than traditional GPS
Testing of the system on the ground, the researchers claim, showed it to be 50 times as accurate as any other GPS backup system. In the air, it was found to be 11 times more accurate than other ...
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Q-CTRL demonstrates quantum navigation system as GPS backup
A team of researchers at Q-CTRL, a quantum infrastructure software company based in Sydney, Australia, has completed a successful demonstration of a new quantum navigation system called Ironstone Opal ...
Fast Company7mon
The next frontier in navigation: Why businesses, consumers, and investors should pay attention to GPS alternatives
Researchers at Imperial College London are working on the “quantum compass,” a navigation system that doesn’t rely on external signals. Using subatomic particles, this technology can ...
Wired4mon
GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help
Known as the global navigation satellite system, or GNSS, signals from these satellites provide the foundation for mobile networks, energy grids, the internet, and GPS. And increasingly ...
Defense News2mon
US Army approves production of vehicle-mounted GPS alternative
(John Higgins/PEO IEW&S Public Affairs) The U.S. Army approved the full-rate production of a Collins Aerospace-developed vehicle-mounted positioning, navigation and timing, or PNT, system vital to ...
Global Times5mon
China to build next-gen BeiDou system, planning test satellite launches in 2027 and system completion by 2035
on Thursday released major plans for the next stage of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), featuring cutting-edge technologies and enhanced services. The plan includes the launch of three ...
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China is developing an ‘Underwater BeiDou’ network for navigation and tracking
Dubbed the “Underwater BeiDou” – China’s satellite navigation system – the project is being spearheaded by the Ministry of Natural Resources. 01:23 China launches last piece of BeiDou ...
Wall Street Journal1mon
Boeing to Sell Some of Its Navigation Business in $10.55 Billion Deal
aerospace giant said Tuesday that the definitive agreement includes several assets that provide digital tools and services for aviation operations, such as Jeppesen, a provider of navigation ...