--- title: SandboxAQ Tests GPS-Free Navigation on Northrop Grumman... description: SandboxAQ and Northrop Grumman completed a flight test combining magnetic navigation (MagNav) and visual navigation on the Lumberjack attritable, one-way... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sandboxaq-tests-gps-free-navigation-on-northrop-grumman-drone-rpfonkuoz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SandboxAQ Tests GPS-Free Navigation on Northrop Grumman Drone | daily.dev og:description: SandboxAQ and Northrop Grumman completed a flight test combining magnetic navigation (MagNav) and visual navigation on the Lumberjack attritable, one-way... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sandboxaq-tests-gps-free-navigation-on-northrop-grumman-drone-rpfonkuoz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/rpfOnkuOz.png og:image:alt: SandboxAQ Tests GPS-Free Navigation on Northrop Grumman Drone 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. # SandboxAQ Tests GPS-Free Navigation on Northrop Grumman Drone **[The Quantum Insider](https://daily.dev/sources/thequantuminsider)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SandboxAQ and Northrop Grumman completed a flight test combining magnetic navigation (MagNav) and visual navigation on the Lumberjack attritable, one-way attack drone, marking what they describe as the first such pairing on this class of platform. SandboxAQ's AQNav software provided GPS-independent positioning and was installed on the drone's existing compute hardware in under an hour. AQNav has previously been flight-tested with Airbus, Boeing, and the U.S. Air Force, and participates in NATO's DIANA cohort and the Defense Innovation Unit's Transition of Quantum Sensing program. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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