Military drones trust heavily on GPS for navigation guidance while in the air . But in areas where a signal ca n’t be found , or where someone is using a GPS jammer , a bourdon will find itself in a troublesome quandary . Military sub - contractor BAE Systems has issue forth up with a solution to that trouble : Apositioning organization called NAVSOPthat uses any wireless signal to find its location .
The genius of NAVSOP ( Navigation via sign of Opportunity ) is that it really does n’t count what the signal is . It can be a TV signaling , receiving set signaling , wi - fi signal , or even a GPS jamming signaling . And the part that excites BAE is that the infrastructure is already in place . They do n’t have to build out a connection of transmitters . What excites us is that it works indoors , meaning if this was integrate into all navigation products — and not just military prick — we could have powerful localization help service indoors and in dense cities . The BBC says that the NAVSOP boxrequires GPS at firstto ascertain about its surroundings . But over time as it gather a database of location info , it will become less and less reliant on GPS .
The system is currently a prototype box that can be linked up to whatever is in want of navigation help , but BAE consider it can be shrunk down into a dongle - sized package . It ’s like the navigation equivalent of the tech Bruce Wayne used in Batman Begins to see through walls using people ’s cellphone signal . [ BAEviaBBCviaEngadget ]
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