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Field notes and engineering from the team building ShoalOS — why satellite navigation fails, how the payload navigates without it, and what it takes to integrate.
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2.1 million jamming reports: reading the GNSS-denial numbers
What reported GNSS interference on commercial flights tells drone makers about navigating in contested airspace.

One fix, two witnesses: why radar and thermal must agree
SenzFusion accepts a position fix only when a radar map match and a thermal scene check agree. Here is why one reference is not enough.

Fixed timing: why the fusion pipeline runs in FPGA logic
Motion prediction, the radar map match and the thermal scene check run in fixed-timing FPGA logic. What that buys, and what is still to be validated.

A formation with no pilot on board
Piloted formations adapt because pilots talk to each other. A UAV squad has no one on board — the case for shared state over a secured link.

SAR to optical, optical to thermal: preparing reference imagery
Onboard matching needs references that look like what the sensor sees. How RECONN.EARTH converts, tiles and caches imagery before flight.

From prototype to pilot programme: integrating ShoalOS on your airframe
We supply the navigation payload and mission software; you keep the vehicle, the customer relationship and certification. The three-step path.

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A payload and SDK that add GNSS-independent navigation alongside your existing autopilot.