Honeywell Alternative Navigation Architecture
Overview
No GNSS? No Problem. Resilience on Demand.In today’s contested environments, military aircraft must be ready to fly—and navigate—at a moment’s notice. When Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals are jammed or spoofed, Honeywell’s Alternative Navigation Architecture delivers the resilience you need to stay on mission.Why Honeywell?With over five decades of innovation in inertial navigation technology, Honeywell leads the way in alternative navigation solutions. Our layered architecture integrates multiple modalities, ensuring precise position, velocity, and orientation—even when GNSS is unavailable.Key Features & Modalities: • Vision-Aided Navigation: Uses live camera feeds and map databases to navigate in GNSS-denied environments. Resistant to jamming and spoofing. Available now.• Magnetic Anomaly-Aided Navigation: Detects variations in Earth’s magnetic field for location determination. Immune to jamming, unaffected by weather, and available in 2026.• Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Navigation: Leverages signals from satellites closer to Earth for stronger, more resilient navigation. Available in 2026.• Layered Architecture: Mix and match modalities to meet your mission’s unique requirements. No single system replaces GNSS, but Honeywell’s integrated approach delivers unmatched operational flexibility.Software Solution for APNT: • Runs on existing onboard sensors and computing platforms.• Supports ASPN data standard and other messaging protocols.• Integrates vision, magnetic anomaly, LEO PNT, radar TAN, and third-party apps.Proven Resilience:Zurich University of Applied Sciences reports over 700 jamming and spoofing incidents per day in 2024, forcing countless pilots and unmanned aerial vehicles to operate without GNSS data. Honeywell’s solutions ensure you’re never grounded by interference.
