--- title: Drone makers race to build navigation that survives... description: GPS jamming and spoofing in Ukraine have made satellite-based drone navigation unreliable, spurring a wave of alternative navigation technologies. At the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/drone-makers-race-to-build-navigation-that-survives-warzone-jamming-gyk5rhywu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming | daily.dev og:description: GPS jamming and spoofing in Ukraine have made satellite-based drone navigation unreliable, spurring a wave of alternative navigation technologies. At the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/drone-makers-race-to-build-navigation-that-survives-warzone-jamming-gyk5rhywu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gYk5RhYwU.png og:image:alt: Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GPS jamming and spoofing in Ukraine have made satellite-based drone navigation unreliable, spurring a wave of alternative navigation technologies. At the Farnborough Airshow, three companies showcased solutions: Q-CTRL (Australia) uses quantum measurements of Earth's magnetic and gravitational fields, ASIO (Israel) relies on onboard cameras and image processing, and ANELLO Photonics (US) built a matchbook-sized fibre-optic laser gyroscope with no moving parts. All approaches supplement inertial navigation systems, which drift over time, with methods that require no external signal an adversary can jam. Ukraine's long-range drone strikes on Russian targets have made the problem urgent, as drones must navigate hundreds of kilometres through contested electromagnetic environments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What alternatives to GPS are being developed for drone navigation in jammed environments? Several companies are building GPS-independent navigation systems. Q-CTRL uses quantum measurements of earth's magnetic and gravitational fields, ASIO navigates using onboard cameras and image processing, and ANELLO Photonics built a matchbook-sized fibre-optic laser gyroscope with no moving parts. Most pair these with inertial navigation to correct drift without relying on jammable external signals. _daily.dev surfaces the latest engineering approaches for anyone tracking navigation without GPS._ ### Why did GPS-guided weapons like Excalibur artillery shells become less effective in Ukraine? Excalibur artillery shells fell out of favor because their GPS guidance became jammable, as GPS spoofing and jamming turned into standard Russian countermeasures that separated drones from operators and rendered some guided munitions useless. Even fibre-optic control wires have been countered by entangling lines strung across fields. _engineers weighing jam-resistant guidance options can follow this space on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Quantum navigation could solve the military’s GPS jamming problem](https://daily.dev/posts/quantum-navigation-could-solve-the-military-s-gps-jamming-problem-ynlm983ku) · MIT Technology Review · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Quantum sensing could become the next foundation of navigation](https://daily.dev/posts/quantum-sensing-could-become-the-next-foundation-of-navigation-jo47fdluu) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [GPS is vulnerable to jamming—here’s how we might fix it](https://daily.dev/posts/gps-is-vulnerable-to-jamming-here-s-how-we-might-fix-it-gefgxoz6y) · Ars Technica · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Lockheed Martin Sees GPS And Quantum Navigation Working Together](https://daily.dev/posts/lockheed-martin-sees-gps-and-quantum-navigation-working-together-31zroiafw) · The Quantum Insider · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#autonomous-systems](https://daily.dev/tags/autonomous-systems) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/drone-makers-race-to-build-navigation-that-survives-warzone-jamming-gyk5rhywu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Drone makers race to build navigation that survives warzone jamming","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/drone-makers-race-to-build-navigation-that-survives-warzone-jamming-gyk5rhywu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/drone-makers-race-to-build-navigation-that-survives-warzone-jamming-gyk5rhywu"},"datePublished":"2026-07-23T16:45:37.764Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:14:38.759Z","description":"GPS jamming and spoofing in Ukraine have made satellite-based drone navigation unreliable, spurring a wave of alternative navigation technologies. 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