The companies are introducing IroNav, an alternative navigation system that combines visual navigation with GNSS anti-jamming to keep small UAVs on mission when satellite signals are disrupted or unavailable, according to product information.
IroNav is described as an “alternative navigation system” that pairs Wonder Robotics’ OptiPilot autonomous guidance, navigation and landing pod with infiniDome’s GNSS anti-jamming technology. The goal is to maintain autonomous operation in environments where jamming, spoofing or other forms of interference would otherwise force a mission abort or emergency landing.
At the architecture level, the system provides two independent layers of positioning. When GNSS is available, infiniDome’s anti-jamming layer is designed to protect GPS signals in real time, hardening the receiver against interference. If GNSS becomes unreliable or is denied altogether, the system can fall back to an optical navigation mode that uses onboard vision for positioning and guidance, rather than external signals or pre-surveyed maps, the companies’ product materials state.
IroNav is described as being able to integrate with a range of airframes, including rotary- and fixed-wing UAVs, FPV platforms and VTOL designs. In addition to in-flight navigation, the system is marketed as providing end-to-end autonomous guidance and landing, including GNSS-free takeoff and landing “on the move” and in maritime environments. A “GPS availability voting” function is intended to assess GNSS reliability and hand off between satellite-based and visual navigation modes as conditions change.
The collaboration builds on infiniDome’s prior work in GNSS protection and resilient navigation. The company has previously demonstrated anti-jamming solutions with partners including Honeywell and Easy Aerial, integrating GPS protection with inertial and radar-based sensors for UAV navigation in challenged and denied environments. It has also supported GNSS resilience trials with the National Land Survey of Finland, where lightweight anti-jamming hardware was integrated on UAVs to maintain satellite connectivity under jamming conditions.
The IroNav introduction comes as militaries, civil agencies and commercial operators report more frequent and geographically widespread GNSS interference, prompting greater interest in both GNSS hardening and GNSS-independent PNT solutions. A recent UK review of PNT resilience, for example, highlighted growing opportunities for technologies that can maintain navigation and timing in GNSS-denied conditions, from inertial systems to vision-based navigation and emerging LEO-PNT concepts.
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