Draper Flight Tests Show Progress In Developing Alternatives To GPS

Draper  Caption: Draper’s star-tracking celestial navigation system was installed on a Beech King Air for flight tests

Draper’s star-tracking celestial navigation system was installed on a Beech King Air for flight tests.

Credit: Draper
With the U.S. stepping up efforts to assure position, navigation and timing services as GPS comes under increasing threat from jamming and spoofing—inside and outside war zones—developers are reporting progress on testing alternatives. Draper has completed flight tests of an airborne celestial...
Graham Warwick

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