Palantir and Red Cat Successfully Test Drone Navigation Without GPS
An announcement detailed a successful flight test of Palantir's VNav software on a U.S. Army drone, achieving a positional error of just seven meters.
A Breakthrough for Contested Environments
Red Cat Holdings announced the successful flight testing of its Black Widow drone equipped with Palantir Technologies' Visual Navigation (VNav) software. The test demonstrated that the drone, which is part of a U.S. Army program, can navigate and complete a mission in a GPS-denied environment using only its onboard sensors. This capability is critical for military operations where traditional navigation systems are often jammed or otherwise unavailable.
"Palantir Visual Navigation performed well in real-world conditions," said Akash Jain, President and CTO of Palantir USG. The test marks the first known commercial demonstration of visual …
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