NAVIDUS – Navigation without a clear line of sight

🚀 NAVIDUS – Navigation Beyond GNSS and Clear Visibility. ➡️ How can autonomous systems navigate reliably when GNSS is unavailable and visual conditions are limited?

👉  This is where NAVIDUS comes in.

🟠 Launched in September 2026, the three-year research project explores new approaches to navigation under challenging conditions such as darkness and stray light, where conventional camera-based systems reach their limits.

🟠 Together with Hochschule Schmalkalden of Applied Sciences, we are investigating how sensor technologies and intelligent data processing can enable robust positioning without GNSS.

🔵 As consortium leader, ANavS contributes its expertise in navigation, sensor fusion and positioning algorithms.

💡 Because resilient navigation should not depend on perfect conditions.
NAVIDUS is funded by Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt as part of Germany’s national navigation programme, with the Deutsche Raumfahrtagentur im DLR, Bonn as project management agency.

🔗 Learn more about NAVIDUS on our website.