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Article: Northrop Grumman Developing GPS-Free Navigation System.
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- October 6, 2009
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Oct 06, 2009 (FinancialWire via COMTEX) -- (Comment on this article at http://www.financialwire.net/2009/10/06/northrop-grumman-developing-gps-free-navigation-system/)
Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) has received a contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense to further demonstrate a revolutionary advance in inertial navigation. The demonstration project makes use of traditional electro-optic cameras, atomic clocks, and advanced vision processing technologies to provide inertial navigation system updates to aircraft, ground vehicles and ground troops without the need for continuous Global Positioning System input to maintain precise position and ...