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Engineers Turn to Quantum Tech to Replace GPS in Flight Navigation

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Airbus has teamed with SandboxAQ, a Silicon Valley company specializing in artificial intelligence and quantum sensing, to field-test a new approach to navigation. Their collaboration focuses on quantum-sensing devices, specifically the MagNav system. This compact instrument reads subtle magnetic cues from the Earth's crust to pinpoint an aircraft's location, even...Read Entire Article

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World, Jul 20, 2025 (ATB Digital) .- Air navigation is about to undergo a radical transformation with the arrival of a new technology that promises to reduce dependence on traditional satellite systems. Airbus, through its Acubed innovation center in Silicon Valley, collaborates with SandboxAQ, a company derived from Google, in the development of a navigation alternative that uses the Earth's own magnetic field as the main reference for the loca…

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Tech Spot broke the news in on Sunday, July 20, 2025.
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