Maxar Intelligence has announced Raptor, which it says is a "first-of-its-kind" software for navigating drones in contested environments without GPS.

Without GPS, drone pilots often have to find alternative solutions. That sometimes means using odd buildings, natural landmarks, and other guideposts.

“This general GPS-denied problem space really gave us a natural way to fuse together 2D data from drones, 2D data from satellites into a 3D world,” says Wilczynski.

The mosaic family is extended with additional high-accuracy positioning Global Satellite Navigation System (GNSS) receiver modules, tailored for commercial drones, robots, and other size constrained ...

Maxar Intelligence's new software can operate drones even in areas where the GPS signal has been jammed - cutting through modern defenses in the unmanned vehicle age of war.

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Steve Wright, a U.K.-based drone expert, added: "Whenever someone gets in touch asking me to make a drone, the question on whether it can operate in a 'GPS-denied environment' comes up." ...

Drones equipped with back-up methods still often rely on GPS for positioning, navigation, and stabilization, making jammers a way to take a drone down and potentially cause harm to life and property.

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