The Osprey MK III is testing out new navigation software to keep troops on track even when adversaries jam or spoof GPS satellite signals.
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The Air Force’s 375th Operations Group Detachment 1 is a group of 27 pilots, mission specialists, flying crew chiefs, and other staff who perform a little-known mission upon which military aviation relies: combat flight inspection, or CFIN.
Northrop Grumman has tested a new GPS/INS navigation system that works in GPS-jammed or -denied airspace. The system will make its way onto the F-22 and the Navy E-2D after testing is complete.
An Air Force C-17 transport jet recently tested a new technology that could help aviators stay on course even if the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) that much of modern-day aviation relies on is compromised.
Commander of Air Mobility Command Gen. Mike Minihan delivered a keynote address on “The Mobility Manifesto” at AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference. Watch the video or read the transcript below.
