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Russian VA Technologies 'SOVA' visual navigation eliminates GPS dependency

Published 10 October 2026

VA Technologies presented ‘SOVA’ at Drone Expo 2026 — a visual navigation system that matches live camera imagery against satellite maps to determine position without GPS, external comms or up-to-date charts. The model weighs approximately 60 MB, runs on a standard CPU without a GPU, accumulates no positional drift over distance, and already integrates with ArduPilot and PX4. The developer reports it performs across fields, forests and desert terrain and tolerates seasonal changes such as snow cover and new structures.

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