GPS-denied landing
Land without
satellites.
Two ways to bring a drone down when GNSS is jammed. With a tag, a ground beacon ranges to the unit on the drone. Without a tag, the same IFF Core lands on its own radar reflections.
One core. Two landing modes. No GPS.
Two landing modes
How it works
The drone approaches the landing zone, acquires the ground beacon or reads the ground with radar, and descends on relative position alone.
- 1Approach
- 2Acquire
- 3Range or sense
- 4Descend
- 5Touch down
Technical specifications
Preliminary, subject to change- Landing modes
- Beacon (tag), radar only
- Positioning
- UWB ranging
- Update rate
- 50 Hz
- Ranging accuracy*
- down to <5 cm
- GNSS dependency
- None
- Ground infrastructure
- Optional, beacon mode only
- Module size
- Smaller than a two-euro coin
- Modules
- On-board unit + ground beacon
- Autopilot integration
- ArduPilot, PX4
- Firmware changes
- None required
- Hardware
- Same core, software mode
- Target platforms
- Logistics, delivery, carrier drones
* Best value in a defined configuration. Radar-only landing depends on surface, altitude and configuration.
With a tag
A coin-sized ground module ranges to the unit on the drone. Relative position at 50 Hz.
Without a tag
Radar mode: the same board reads reflections from the ground. Nothing needed on the landing zone.
Plug-and-play
Works with ArduPilot and PX4 without firmware changes.
Same hardware
Landing is a software mode of the core. No extra sensor to integrate.