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Today, GPS is used by everyone on the planet, having become a habit that has changed everyone's life. The Global Positioning System (GPS) allows people to know first-hand the location of a person or object anywhere on the planet, thanks to a network of satellites, but with certain limitations. Looking to the future, Boeing has gone further and launched a new quantum navigation system that could end GPS as we know it.
This is quantum navigation GPS
Traditional GPS calculates position by triangulating data with several satellites, while quantum navigation uses the motion of atoms, i.e. it is more accurate, does not cut out and cannot be eavesdropped on. Boeing tested it months ago, and it was a real success.
Traditional GPS, on the other hand, can sometimes lose connection, and its accuracy is only a few meters, while atoms use more millimetric accuracy that is not cut off, achieving this with sensors that create the ability to detect movements, rotations and accelerations
This is the purpose of quantum navigation GPS
The main objective of quantum navigation GPS is to avoid the problems of traditional GPS, while also achieving technological independence from satellites. Boeing conducted the tests in St. Louis, installing an IMU in the Beechcraft 1900D aircraft that flew multiple kilometers without problems with this type of GPS.
Quantum navigation GPS is more a reality than a utopia, being an alternative to the future of traditional GPS, especially in more commercial or military environments, as maximum and accurate precision is needed.