New Quantum Sensor Lets Northrop's Attack Drone Navigate without GPS

New quantum sensor lets Northrop's attack drone navigate without GPS

Sandbox AQ has tested its quantum sensor-based Magnetic Navigation technology on an unmanned aircraft, paired with visual navigation for the first time.

SandboxAQ Completes Successful Flight Test of AQNav's Quantum Navigation Technology on Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack® Attritable Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

/PRNewswire/ -- SandboxAQ announced it has successfully completed the world's first reported test of a magnetic navigation (MagNav) system on an attritable...

Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack® Proves Quantum-Enabled Flight Capabilities - Seapower Magazine

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif. — Northrop Grumman collaborated with SandboxAQ to demonstrate quantum sensing magnetic navigation on Lumberjack®, a Group 3 uncrewed aircraft system (UAS), just one month after establishing an objective to fly this capability on this type of platform. Lumberjack is equipped with an electronic warfare suite, tactical...

SandboxAQ and Northrop Grumman Flight-Test AQNav Quantum Navigation on Attritable Drone

SandboxAQ and Northrop Grumman successfully flight-tested the AQNav magnetic navigation system on a Lumberjack® attritable drone, marking the first operational flight-test of MagNav on an expendable platform and the first pairing of magnetic anomaly navigation with visual navigation sensors on a one-way attack system. This demonstration validated AQNav's software-first architecture, which processes sensor telemetry using Large Quantitative Model…

Northrop Grumman flies quantum navigation aboard Lumberjack attack drone to support military operations without GPS under jamming

Northrop Grumman has flight-tested a quantum-enabled navigation system on its Lumberjack uncrewed aircraft.

SandboxAQ Tests Quantum Navigation On Northrop Grumman Drone

SandboxAQ completed a successful flight test of AQNav’s quantum navigation technology on Northrop Grumman’s Lumberjack attritable unmanned aircraft system (UAS). This was the world’s first reported test of a magnetic navigation system on an attritable platform and the first instance of such a system paired with visual navigation on a one-way attack platform.