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===Aircraft navigation=== The Magnetometer Navigation (MAGNAV) algorithm was initially running as a flight experiment in 2004.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Julie Thienel |author2=Rick Harman |author3=Itzhack Bar-Itzhack |title=AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit |chapter=Results of the Magnetometer Navigation (MAGNAV) Inflight Experiment |publisher=Research Gate |year=2004 |doi=10.2514/6.2004-4749 |isbn=978-1-62410-075-8 }}</ref> Later on, diamond magnetometers were developed by the [[United States Air Force Research Laboratory]] (AFRL) as a better method of navigation which cannot be jammed by the enemy.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/07/18/magnetometers-based-on-diamonds-will-make-navigation-easier |title=Magnetometers based on diamonds will make navigation easier |newspaper=The Economist |date=18 July 2020 }}</ref>
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