Leidos using quantum technology to thwart GPS jamming

RESTON, Va., June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Susceptibility to jamming is a significant military vulnerability of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal. Through a Defense Innovation Unit contract, Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) is developing an alternative navigation technology that measures variations in the Earth's magnetic field and harnesses the quantum properties of nitrogen in diamonds."With magnetic navigation (MagNav) there's no signal to jam," said Aaron Canciani, manager of the Leidos Transition of Quantum ...