Honeywell has announced Kestrel, a new compact Embedded GNSS/INS (EGI) navigation system designed for uncrewed aerial systems operating in GPS-jammed and spoofed environments. The system is aimed squarely at the Group 2 and 3 drone market, including collaborative combat aircraft and loitering munitions platforms, where size, weight, cost, and resilience in contested environments are the defining requirements. The performance claims are significant. Kestrel is 40% smaller and lighter than comparable navigation products, delivers up to 80% improvement in navigation accuracy for uncrewed platforms, reduces costs by as much as 50%, and cuts UAS attrition by 60% while more than doubling…
