Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
With the 6 August 2024 release of Public Notice DA 24-776, the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology are seeking comments on a petition for rulemaking set forth by NextNav.
By Peter Gutierrez
The “National GNSS Competence Centre” will be developed and managed by Telespazio as the prime contractor of a team that includes universities, research centres and Italian companies.
By Inside GNSS
Researchers funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) NAVISP program have developed a new EGNOS performance prediction model using state-of-the-art machine-learning (ML) techniques.
By Peter Gutierrez
The EU-funded SAMVA project recently completed a series of successful electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft flights at the first EGNOS-enabled ‘vertiport’, at Lleida–Alguaire International Airport in Catalonia, Spain.
By Peter Gutierrez
On Thursday, September 12, 2024, from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT, join Inside GNSS, Inside Unmanned Systems, and Spirent Communications experts for an in-depth webinar on simulation challenges and the inherent difficulties in replicating realistic jamming effects.
By Inside GNSS
OpenStreetMap (OSM), the free geographic database, celebrated its 20th anniversary in August 2024. Updated and maintained by a community of volunteers, via open collaboration, OSM has grown by leaps and bounds over the past two decades, playing a role in the changing geospatial data landscape.
By Peter Gutierrez
Carnegie Robotics, an advanced robotics systems and sensors company, announced that it has acquired the Duro product line from Swift Navigation, a provider of precise positioning technologies for automotive, industrial, and mobile applications. The acquisition expands Carnegie Robotics’ IP portfolio of smart machinery across heavy industry such as rail, intermodal, agriculture, construction, mining, marine and more.
By Inside GNSS
The facility will provide a key capability to develop UK assets that can perform in the harshest electromagnetic environments on operations. Under the new £20 million contract, QinetiQ will build a radio frequency, anti-jamming test facility at the Ministry of Defence’s Boscombe Down site in Wiltshire, UK.
By Inside GNSS
TrustPoint to mature critical GPS-independent constellation operations and advanced security technologies under dual demonstration contracts.
By Inside GNSS
After an in-depth assessment and test campaign, Jan De Nul, the offshore energy, dredging and construction firm, has selected Navsight-Apogee by SBG Systems for integration into its unmanned bathometric survey vessel.
By Peter Gutierrez
Next phase of USAF contract will explore additional configurations for deployment on a wider range of aircraft platforms, including unmanned aerial systems.
By Inside GNSS
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) aims to provide Earth-based position and navigation. Spaceborne GNSS receivers have become universal sensors for spacecraft navigation, especially in low Earth orbits (LEOs), often also supporting science endeavors or acting as dedicated science payloads.
By Inside GNSS
The European Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) recently marked the one year anniversary of its take-over of EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) Front Desk operations.
By Peter Gutierrez
A look at lunar in-situ PNT GNSS-like frequencies and how we can open the “radio window” into the universe.
By Inside GNSS
Members of the Australian Department of Defence recently partnered with the Joint Navigation Warfare Center. JNWC’s mission is to enable positioning, navigation and timing superiority for the Department of Defense, interagency and coalition partners. The objective was to test GPS devices’ performance under simulated jamming conditions and enhance their resilience in contested environments.
By Inside GNSS
With the threat of spoofing and jamming on the rise, this work demonstrates how cellular signals can be used as a reliable PNT source for aircraft.
By Inside GNSS
On 30 July 2024, European navigators commemorated the 90th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi’s first demonstration of microwave-guided navigation. In the Bay of Silence, off Sestri Levante, Italy, the historic vessel Leudo performed a blind navigation maneuver, crossing the space delimited by two buoys, guided by radio impulses transmitted from the shore. The operation was, in effect, a reenactment of radio pioneer Marconi’s demonstration of 30 July 1934.
By Peter Gutierrez
The spoofing and jamming threat continues to grow, making GNSS resiliency for warfighters a hot topic at ION’s JNC 2024.
By Renee Knight
CACI International Inc. has announced that it was awarded a ten-year expertise contract valued at up to $450 million to support the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC), an operational center of U.S. Space Forces – Space and the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) center of excellence for navigation warfare (NAVWAR).
By Inside GNSS
UAVOS partnered with its client to test UAVOS’ autopilot system using computer vision. UAVOS’ Engineering Service supported this testing with its advanced avionics system integrated into its unmanned helicopter.
By Inside GNSS
Switzerland-based firm onocoy has debuted its RTK service, designed to enhance operational efficiency, cost effectiveness, and GNSS reliability in multiple applications and industries.
By Inside GNSS
uAvionix has announced that the ping200XR Mode S ADS-B transponder with integral aviation GPS, has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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The ICON project (‘Innovative cloud cooperative navigation’), led by GMV, has developed a concept demonstrator, enabled by high-speed, low-latency wireless communication networks and cloud-based data/signal processing.
By Peter Gutierrez
One of the biggest challenges for satellite based positioning is mitigating the effects of multipath interference and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) signals, particularly in urban environments.
By Peter Gutierrez
GPS technology developer oneNav has announced the successful results of a test of its technology’s resilience to widespread GPS interference. The tests took place in and around Haifa, Israel, and examined the performance of its L5-direct GPS receiver against the performance of GPS receivers in leading smartphone and smartwatch brands.
By Inside GNSS
The US Army released a Request for White Papers (RfWP) to develop new CMFF prototypes. CMFF—C5ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) Mounted Form Factor—is the Army’s effort to easily and rapidly equip ground vehicles and aviation platforms with capabilities like positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) and electronic warfare (EW), through capability cards plugged into a common chassis.
By Inside GNSS
Inertial Labs has announced the integration of its RESEPI LIDAR solution into the high-performance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) manufactured by ideaForge. This collaboration aims to advance UAV-based LIDAR mapping, providing industries with an enhanced, highly accurate, and reliable solution.
By Inside GNSS
Designed in Boulder, Colorado, USA, the SparkFun RTK EVK (Evaluation Kit) provides a development platform for fixed or mobile high-precision positioning and navigation needs. The RTK EVK comes with a range of options for prototyping: L1 + L2 RTK GNSS, with L-Band correction built-in if needed, running on an agile processor.
By Inside GNSS
Taoglas, a provider of antennas and IoT components, has announced the launch of Inception, a new GNSS L1/L5 ultra-low-profile “patch-in-a-patch” antenna. The HP5354.A offers dual-band stacked patch performance in a single 35 x 35 x 4mm form factor. This design integrates the second antenna within the first, eliminating the need for stacking parts and reducing the antenna height by 50%.
By Inside GNSS
SandboxAQ has announced AQNav, a navigation system designed for air, land, and sea navigation in environments where GPS signals are jammed or unavailable. After development and testing with government and private sector partners, AQNav aims to offer a resilient, unjammable alternative to GPS.
By Inside GNSS
PSIONIC is taking a different approach to RF and jamming mitigation. The company’s new laser-based sensor, SurePath, features a proprietary navigation filter that uses real-time velocity vectors to correct IMU sensor errors—providing information in one platform that typically requires multiple. And, according to the company, the undetectable velocimeter can’t be spoofed or jammed.
By Renee Knight
The development of the Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites has achieved a significant milestone as independent Satellite Critical Design Review (CDR) boards have confirmed that the satellite designs meet all mission and performance requirements. This accomplishment marks another step forward in the schedule to develop the first 12 satellites of the G2 fleet.
By Inside GNSS
GPR Ground Positioning Radar, a producer of ground-penetrating radar technology for autonomous vehicle localization, has announced a strategic collaboration with Rheinmetall Provectus, a global provider of autonomous navigation solutions. This partnership aims to integrate GPR’s WaveSense localization system into Rheinmetall Provectus’ autonomous platforms, enhancing positioning and navigation capabilities in GNSS-denied environments.
By Inside GNSS
Safran Federal Systems recently launched two new IMUs that leverage advanced Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and core Hemispherical Resonator Gyro (HRG) technology: Iconyx and the Small Tactical IMU (STIM).
By Renee Knight
Inertial Labs has introduced its latest product, the INS-FI, a GPS-aided Inertial Navigation System designed for enhanced performance and reliability across various platforms including land, marine, and aerial applications.
By Inside GNSS
Spirent has successfully implemented Xona Space Systems’ PULSAR™ production signals for integration into the existing SimXona product line. Xona and Spirent have collaborated closely and have announced that the PULSAR™ X1 production signal implementation has successfully passed a diligent Xona certification.
By Inside GNSS
LabSat has introduced the LabSat 4 GNSS Simulator, a GNSS test solution. This latest addition to the LabSat range is designed to meet the rigorous demands of modern GNSS signal testing, providing enhanced customization and precision.
By Inside GNSS
Safran Federal Systems, a provider of advanced NAVWAR and simulation solutions, announced the launch of the BroadSim Duo, its dual-frequency GNSS simulator designed specifically for testing military receivers in an unclassified environment.
By Inside GNSS
Steve Woolven’s early experience running his family’s resort coupled with his ambitious academic pursuits helped lay the groundwork for a successful career in the PNT industry and his current role as President of Trimble Applanix.
By Peter Gutierrez
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced that Ray O’Connor, president and chief executive officer, will retire in September 2025 after over three decades of exceptional leadership. O’Connor will transition to the role of Chairman of the Topcon Positioning Systems Board of Directors effective September 1, 2024, providing guidance and support to the executive leadership team during this important year of transition.
By Inside GNSS
Silicon Sensing is to open its first US office, with a dedicated in-country team lead by the new head of sales – Americas, Kevin Swain. This new facility will help ensure the company efficiently supports the growing demand for their rugged, high performance inertial products across North and South America.
By Inside GNSS
At Xponential 2024 in San Diego, Inside GNSS sat down with Jamie Marraccini, CEO of Inertial Labs, to discuss the company’s advanced solutions for GNSS vulnerability and their role in enhancing navigation for UAS operations in GNSS-denied environments.
By Inside GNSS
Speaking to Inside GNSS at the recent InterGEO conference in Berlin, Olivier Casabianca, Vice President of Trimble Positioning Services, said “If you look at the way we work today, GNSS is still the key component, serving all of what we would consider the central geospatial industries, meaning construction, agriculture, transportation, etcetera. People talk about making a digital version of the world, and we understand that starts with knowing where you are, before, during and after, whatever job you’re doing. Precise positioning is fundamental.”
By Peter Gutierrez
Industry veteran Mariam Sorond has taken over as the CEO of NextNav.
By Inside GNSS
Dr Mark Marshall takes on role as emerging inertial sensing technologies open new market opportunities.
Dr Mark Marshall has been appointed as Chief Engineer of Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd. Dr Marshall joined Silicon Sensing in 2017 as the lead engineer on numerous inertial programmes. Immediately prior to commencing as Chief Engineer he was the company’s Consultant Engineer and Electronics Discipline Manager. In this role he was responsible for the electronics and mechanical design of the company’s latest generation, tactical grade inertial measurement unit (IMU) – the DMU41.
By Inside GNSS
Cheryl Gramling knew early on what she wanted to do in life. Today, she is assistant chief for technology, mission engineering and systems analysis division, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and she’s playing a key role in getting us back to the Moon.
By Peter Gutierrez
Helix is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Beese as Chairman of its Board of Directors.
By Inside GNSS
Rx Networks announced today that Michael Longinotti, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from the company at the end of 2022, then continue to serve as a board member. John Carley, VP of Sales and Marketing, has been appointed by the Board of Directors to succeed Longinotti as Chief Executive Officer on January 1, 2023.
By Inside GNSS
The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Satellite Division presented Dr. Boris Pervan with its Johannes Kepler Award September 23, 2022 during the ION GNSS+ Conference held September 19-23, at the Hyatt Regency Denver At Colorado Convention Center.
By Inside GNSS
The Institute of Navigation (ION) announced the recipients of the 2022 Fellow membership during the ION International Technical Meeting (ITM) and Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications (PTTI) meeting held January 25- 27, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach in Long Beach, California.
By Inside GNSS
FocalPoint Positioning, founded in 2015, is, as they say, very happening. Its Supercorrelation is a chipset-level software product for mobiles, wearables and vehicles that is changing the positioning game in urban environments. Interesting and energetic, FocalPoint founder Ramsey Faragher came out of the defense industry and has a risen rapidly in the GNSS firmament.
By Peter Gutierrez
As CEO Jean-Yves Courtois puts it, Orolia is focused on solving the hard problems. To do that, the France-based company, a global provider of resilient positioning, navigation and timing (RPNT) solutions, has become a technology integrator.
By Inside GNSS
Industry veteran Simon Baksh is joining JAVAD GNSS as Head of Product Development. Baksh trained as a chartered surveyor and first applied his land and hydrographic survey expertise to optimize oil exploration working for Schlumberger internationally.
By Inside GNSS
Zak Kassas, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California-Irvine, has receuved the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Kassas was one of 36 scientists and engineers from 30 institutions in the country to earn the recognition for 2022.
By Inside GNSS
Javier Benedicto, for nearly 14 years the Head of the Galileo Programme Department within the Directorate of Navigation at the European Space Agency (ESA), has been appointed Director of Navigation at the agency.
By Inside GNSS
The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Satellite Division presented Dr. Mark Psiaki with its Johannes Kepler Award during the Institute of Navigation (ION) GNSS+ 2021 Conference. In addition to many other achievements, Psiaki co-authored the Inside GNSS cover story, “TRANSIT on Steroids: Doppler-Based GNSS Meets Large LEO Constellations”
By Inside GNSS
The European satellite service provider (ESSP) placed Charlotte Neyret, former European Development Director for Thales Alenia Space, at its helm as chief executive officer.ESSP manages EGNOS, the European GNSS satellite-based augmentation system.
By Inside GNSS
With the 6 August 2024 release of Public Notice DA 24-776, the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and Office of Engineering and Technology are seeking comments on a petition for rulemaking set forth by NextNav.
By Peter Gutierrez
The “National GNSS Competence Centre” will be developed and managed by Telespazio as the prime contractor of a team that includes universities, research centres and Italian companies.
By Inside GNSS
The EU-funded SAMVA project recently completed a series of successful electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft flights at the first EGNOS-enabled ‘vertiport’, at Lleida–Alguaire International Airport in Catalonia, Spain.
By Peter Gutierrez
UAVOS partnered with its client to test UAVOS’ autopilot system using computer vision. UAVOS’ Engineering Service supported this testing with its advanced avionics system integrated into its unmanned helicopter.
By Inside GNSS
Carnegie Robotics, an advanced robotics systems and sensors company, announced that it has acquired the Duro product line from Swift Navigation, a provider of precise positioning technologies for automotive, industrial, and mobile applications. The acquisition expands Carnegie Robotics’ IP portfolio of smart machinery across heavy industry such as rail, intermodal, agriculture, construction, mining, marine and more.
By Inside GNSS
u-blox, a provider of positioning and wireless communication technology and services, and Nordian, a precision location technology company providing GNSS hardware solutions and services for the South American market, have announced the further expansion of the PointPerfect Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) correction service in Brazil by enabling L-band satellite delivery.
By Inside GNSS
The facility will provide a key capability to develop UK assets that can perform in the harshest electromagnetic environments on operations. Under the new £20 million contract, QinetiQ will build a radio frequency, anti-jamming test facility at the Ministry of Defence’s Boscombe Down site in Wiltshire, UK.
By Inside GNSS
TrustPoint to mature critical GPS-independent constellation operations and advanced security technologies under dual demonstration contracts.
By Inside GNSS
After an in-depth assessment and test campaign, Jan De Nul, the offshore energy, dredging and construction firm, has selected Navsight-Apogee by SBG Systems for integration into its unmanned bathometric survey vessel.
By Peter Gutierrez
Next phase of USAF contract will explore additional configurations for deployment on a wider range of aircraft platforms, including unmanned aerial systems.
By Inside GNSS
Switzerland-based firm onocoy has debuted its RTK service, designed to enhance operational efficiency, cost effectiveness, and GNSS reliability in multiple applications and industries.
By Inside GNSS
uAvionix has announced that the ping200XR Mode S ADS-B transponder with integral aviation GPS, has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
By Inside GNSS
ANELLO Photonics, the creator of the SiPhOG™ and a leading provider of cutting-edge photonics solutions for autonomous applications and BEAMAGINE, a pioneer in innovative solid-state LiDAR and vision solutions, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership aimed at revolutionizing vehicle localization for automotive OEM customers operating in GPS-Challenged environments.
By Inside GNSS
CACI International Inc. has announced that it was awarded a ten-year expertise contract valued at up to $450 million to support the Joint Navigation Warfare Center (JNWC), an operational center of U.S. Space Forces – Space and the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) center of excellence for navigation warfare (NAVWAR).
By Inside GNSS
A look at how far we’ve come, where we are today and where we’re going in the effort to protect PNT and critical infrastructure when GNSS services aren’t available.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
Inertial Labs has announced the integration of its RESEPI LIDAR solution into the high-performance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) manufactured by ideaForge. This collaboration aims to advance UAV-based LIDAR mapping, providing industries with an enhanced, highly accurate, and reliable solution.
By Inside GNSS
Swift Navigation and Bad Elf have announced a partnership to deliver a complete, turnkey solution for high volume and high precision GIS data collection. GIS data enables workers across industries to create precise digital maps (showing the location of buried infrastructure, for example) that improve worker safety and efficiency in construction, utilities, and environmental management.
By Inside GNSS
The European Defence Fund (EDF) and the Ministries of Defence of Estonia and Finland have awarded a €6 million investment to Project BadB, a consortium led by Estonian defence technology company KrattWorks. The project focuses on developing advanced navigation solutions for land and aerial vehicles that do not rely on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
By Inside GNSS
When Jeffrey Sanders founded UHU Technologies a few years after selling his first company, it wasn’t because he needed the work or a new income stream. He wanted to fix the GNSS spoofing and jamming problem impacting the U.S. and allied militaries. He did it primarily for the warfighter, and said this is the work that will become his legacy.
By Renee Knight
Steve Woolven’s early experience running his family’s resort coupled with his ambitious academic pursuits helped lay the groundwork for a successful career in the PNT industry and his current role as President of Trimble Applanix.
By Peter Gutierrez
A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) aims to provide Earth-based position and navigation. Spaceborne GNSS receivers have become universal sensors for spacecraft navigation, especially in low Earth orbits (LEOs), often also supporting science endeavors or acting as dedicated science payloads.
By Inside GNSS
In high-performance applications, the debate over quartz and silicon MEMS inertial sensors rages on, but guest columnist David Gaber of Epson makes the case for why products from OEMs versus integrators are superior.
By Inside GNSS
