MONDRIAN: Navigation When GNSS Goes Dark

Why it surfaced

The system combines live camera imagery, inertial data, and preloaded Earth-observation maps to produce an onboard position fix without a satellite signal. Its unusually concrete technical pitch includes a claimed accuracy of under 3 metres CEP, a 60 Hz update rate, and a proof of concept with Leonardo alongside incubation at ESA BIC Lazio—an interesting glimpse of how autonomy is being engineered for a world of jamming and spoofing.

Raysilience presents MONDRIAN, a visual positioning system for autonomous aerial platforms operating in GNSS-denied or GNSS-degraded environments.