An autonomous drone is usually only as good as its GPS navigation system. Without it, the uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are essentially dead in the air unless a human can remotely take over piloting duties.

A surge in GPS jamming attacks in drone warfare has inspired Australian researchers to develop a celestial navigation system that uses visual data from stars rather than relying on the global positioning system.

A new lightweight vision-based navigation system uses star data for accurate drone positioning, providing a reliable GPS alternative at night.

Australian researchers developed a lightweight celestial navigation system for drones, enhancing reliability in GPS-denied environments like warfare zones.