Core aerospace engineering and protocols for GPS-Denied Optical Navigation.
Civilian and military drones depend heavily on GPS/GLONASS signals that originate from satellites 12,000 miles in space, producing faint radio signals on Earth that are trivially jammed or spoofed with inexpensive commercial radio transmitters.
UAVQuantum couples inertial measurement units with downward-facing optical cameras running visual odometry. The system compares optical ground landmarks against pre-cached satellite maps, allowing the aircraft to navigate through complete GPS blackouts with sub-meter accuracy.