Rafael seeks to help military vehicles navigate in GPS-denied environments using cameras and 3D models
HAIFA, Israel – Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in Haifa, Israel, has created a system that combines vehicle-mounted cameras with 3D models and mapping algorithms to help manned and unmanned vehicles operate in GPS-denied environments. C4ISRnet reports. Continue reading original article
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9 Nov. 2020 -- Developed over the last several years, CT-MENTOR combines the Israeli company’s existing enabling technologies for a vehicle suite as part of the Carmel program for an armored fighting vehicle of the future with its work on electro-optics for the Spike and Spice missiles.
Militaries increasingly are seeking ways to overcome adversarial jamming in GPS-denied places. The U.S. Army, for example, opened an office in September to study the challenge, but the service has been working on the issue for several years. The Defense Department further stressed this need for positioning, navigation, and timing solutions in 2019. The year before, BAE Systems said it was developing ammunition that can operate in GPS-denied environments.
CT-MENTOR is based on a 3D model database that matches points with a cloud of points such that the vehicle on the ground, using cameras, matches the points it sees with those that correspond to those scanned from above.
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