(Sifted.EU) Lockheed Martin, the US defense contractor and Europe’s Element Six, the synthetic diamond-producing arm of diamond company De Beers, are working on a navigation technology that would be perfect for covert operations because it is untrackable.
They have created a prototype device — a quantum magnetometer about the size of a large shoebox — that uses synthetic diamonds engineered to have quantum properties to measure the direction and strength of tiny, almost imperceptible anomalies in the Earth’s magnetic field. Combine this with a magnetic field map and you can pinpoint your location on the planet down to the closest — in theory — 50 metres or so.
It is not as precise as GPS, which has an accuracy of a few metres. But it can work in conditions where GPS cannot — underwater and underground. Or when users want to ensure they aren’t tracked or want to make assure navigation devices aren’t being jammed or interfered with.
Quantum Diamond Navigation Device More Stealth than GPS
