Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming
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Battlefield GPS spoofing and jamming in Ukraine forcing new navigation tech is a harsh proof that autonomy dependent on a single signal is brittle. For any critical drone or robotics deployment, assume degraded or hostile environments and invest in multi-sensor, multi-modal navigation now — not after your system goes blind.
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