The modules provide accurate positioning to the formation of multiple drones that can travel up to 30 mph while maintaining a distance of only approximately 2 m between the drones. Gary Howell, a technical specialist from the collaborative team between Morgan Walsh Consultancy, SkyTec and Droneshop, said: “Super accurate GNSS positioning was vital to the safe operation of the drones.
u‑blox’s high performing GNSS module NEO-M8N provided a highly configurable and reliable source of real-time positioning to allow us to confidently fly the drones at high speed in close formation.
In testing of the new high precision NEO-M8P module with integrated RTK, we measured GNSS accuracy to within 2 cm horizontally and 1 cm vertically which is a significant advance over the normal 2 m accuracy of standard GPS”.