Navy Flies Drones Without GPS, Lands Autonomously On Moving Ships - The BayNet

Navy navigates, lands unmanned system on ship amid GPS-denial in test

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division successfully navigated and landed an unmanned aircraft aboard a ship without the use of GPS or a pilot in a recent demonstration, the service announced this week. The live-flight demonstration, funded by the Office of Naval Research and the Naval Innovative Science and Engineering Program, at NAWCAD Patuxent River, MD, was executed using cameras, motion sensors and electronics amid a GPS-denied envi…

US Navy Drone Lands On A Moving Ship Without GPS Or Radar Using Only Its Own Camera And Sensors

The US Navy has demonstrated a drone that can autonomously land on moving ships without GPS, using cameras and advanced navigation software.

U.S. Navy teaches drones to land on ships without GPS

The U.S. Navy has flown a drone through mission tasks and landed it on a pitching ship at sea with GPS jammed or unavailable and no pilot at the controls, using only the aircraft’s own cameras, motion sensors and onboard software, the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division said. NAWCAD, the U.S. Navy’s main aviation […]

Navy Flies Drones Without GPS, Lands Autonomously On Moving Ships - The BayNet

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully proved an unmanned system can navigate missions and land aboard Navy ships without GPS or pilot control. “In contested areas where satellites and communications are jammed, autonomy gives significant advantage to our sailors,” said NAWCAD Commander Rear Adm. Todd Evans. “Breakthroughs like […]

U.S. Navy demonstrates successful drone ship landing without GPS

The U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) reports that it has proved that an unmanned system can navigate missions and land aboard Navy ships without GPS or pilot control. “In

Navy Tests Drone Without GPS To Land On Moving Ships

The Navy this week announced that over the summer it successfully proved out software that can have a drone navigate missions then land on moving Navy ships without GPS or […]