Northrop MEMS To Guide Weapons When GPS Denied

Credit: U.S. Navy
Tiny inertial sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are used in everyday devices such as cellphones, game controllers and unmanned quadcopters but lack the performance required for navigation applications. Now Northrop Grumman has won a Darpa contract to develop a miniaturized...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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