A magnetic navigation system developed by an MIT organization is loaded onboard a Boeing C-17 during the Golden Phoenix exercise in May 2023.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
A Boeing C-17 has navigated with the assistance of a quantum magnetometer, becoming the first military aircraft to use real-time magnetic navigation (MagNav) in flight, U.S. Air Force and industry officials say. The Air Force hailed the test flights as a “groundbreaking achievement” in a decade-long...
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