Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
These misleading narratives are keeping the U.S. from advancing PNT policy, putting everyone who depends on GNSS at risk.
By Dana A. Goward
Every January, the neighboring capitals of Paris and Brussels host back-to-back gatherings that set the tone for the year ahead in European space. At this year’s European Space Agency (ESA) Director General’s press briefing in Paris, Galileo, low Earth orbit (LEO) PNT and launchers took center stage, while the 18th European Space Conference in Brussels highlighted defense and security, autonomy and strategic partnerships.
By Peter Gutierrez
UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía is extending its footprint in Europe’s tactical UAS market, with its flight control and GNSS-resilient navigation stack now integrated on the ZEUS fixed-wing VTOL family developed by Poland-based Ekolot Aerospace & Defense (EAD).
By Inside GNSS
Topcon Positioning Systems has signed a commercial agreement with Xona to secure early-adopter access to Pulsar, Xona’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite navigation constellation.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the inaugural launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission with the first two satellites scheduled to lift off no earlier than 24 March, aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Māhia Launch Complex in New Zealand.
By Inside GNSS
A new EUSPA–Thales Alenia Space framework contract advances the European GNSS Service Demonstrator, enabling smooth deployment of future EU Space services while engaging users and developers.
By Inside GNSS
In a high-level discussion at the recent European Space Conference in Brussels, GMV General Manager of Navigation Systems Miguel Romay framed the future of Europe’s satellite navigation ambitions around three priorities. “The key parameters,” he said, “are service continuity, resilience, and innovation.”
By Peter Gutierrez
Topcon Positioning Systems and Fixposition have entered an agreement to collaborate on integrated technology for future product offerings.
By Inside GNSS
Safran Electronics & Defense has signed an agreement to acquire French navigation specialist Syntony GNSS, further consolidating its position in the resilient PNT market three years after bringing Orolia into the group.
By Inside GNSS
Among other things highlighting the need for resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) is noted GNSS interference across Eastern Europe, particularly in geopolitically sensitive maritime regions.
By Peter Gutierrez
Divirod Inc. says it has completed a collaborative field project with Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (OKI) to monitor landslide risk and slope stability across multiple vulnerable areas in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture, using GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) sensors and software analytics to detect and classify terrain changes.
By Inside GNSS
As concerns over GNSS vulnerability mount, Dutch technology company Syntony is drawing increased attention for its work on terrestrial-based positioning and timing services designed to complement satellite-based navigation, particularly in the maritime domain.
By Peter Gutierrez
Reliable positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) will be a fundamental capability in a new era of lunar exploration.
By Peter Gutierrez
Contract strengthens the company’s growing portfolio of U.S. government-funded PNT initiatives.
By Inside GNSS
Project establishes innovative test framework to help UK operators, providers and suppliers adopt best practice and benchmark success.
By Inside GNSS
New 7.10.00 firmware for OEM7 receivers is designed to improve tracking, PPP and RTK performance under scintillation, foliage and urban-canyon conditions.
By Inside GNSS
Furuno has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Xona Space Systems to develop products that integrate Xona’s Pulsar low Earth orbit positioning, navigation and timing (LEO PNT) service, with a particular focus on timing and synchronization applications, the companies announced February 3.
By Inside GNSS
European Space Agency (ESA) NAVISP-funded project LOCFIT (‘Localization for IoT and tracking’), led by Thales Alenia Space France with partners Qascom, Kinéis and Traxens, has explored infrastructure-based position-bounding solutions that exploit satellite uplink measurements from connected devices.
By Peter Gutierrez
System enables full D3SOE operation on land, air and sea by integrating state-of-the-art positioning, navigation and timing technologies from VIAVI.
By Inside GNSS
UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía is extending its footprint in Europe’s tactical UAS market, with its flight control and GNSS-resilient navigation stack now integrated on the ZEUS fixed-wing VTOL family developed by Poland-based Ekolot Aerospace & Defense (EAD).
By Inside GNSS
Topcon Positioning Systems has signed a commercial agreement with Xona to secure early-adopter access to Pulsar, Xona’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite navigation constellation.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the inaugural launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission with the first two satellites scheduled to lift off no earlier than 24 March, aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Māhia Launch Complex in New Zealand.
By Inside GNSS
A new EUSPA–Thales Alenia Space framework contract advances the European GNSS Service Demonstrator, enabling smooth deployment of future EU Space services while engaging users and developers.
By Inside GNSS
Among other things highlighting the need for resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) is noted GNSS interference across Eastern Europe, particularly in geopolitically sensitive maritime regions.
By Peter Gutierrez
Divirod Inc. says it has completed a collaborative field project with Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (OKI) to monitor landslide risk and slope stability across multiple vulnerable areas in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture, using GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) sensors and software analytics to detect and classify terrain changes.
By Inside GNSS
Reliable positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) will be a fundamental capability in a new era of lunar exploration.
By Peter Gutierrez
Contract strengthens the company’s growing portfolio of U.S. government-funded PNT initiatives.
By Inside GNSS
Project establishes innovative test framework to help UK operators, providers and suppliers adopt best practice and benchmark success.
By Inside GNSS
New 7.10.00 firmware for OEM7 receivers is designed to improve tracking, PPP and RTK performance under scintillation, foliage and urban-canyon conditions.
By Inside GNSS
European Space Agency (ESA) NAVISP-funded project LOCFIT (‘Localization for IoT and tracking’), led by Thales Alenia Space France with partners Qascom, Kinéis and Traxens, has explored infrastructure-based position-bounding solutions that exploit satellite uplink measurements from connected devices.
By Peter Gutierrez
System enables full D3SOE operation on land, air and sea by integrating state-of-the-art positioning, navigation and timing technologies from VIAVI.
By Inside GNSS
The companies are introducing IroNav, an alternative navigation system that combines visual navigation with GNSS anti-jamming to keep small UAVs on mission when satellite signals are disrupted or unavailable, according to product information.
By Inside GNSS
Satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) such as EGNOS, WAAS and MSAS have been quietly underpinning safety-critical navigation for decades, delivering correction and integrity data that enable more accurate and dependable GNSS positioning.
By Peter Gutierrez
Low Earth Orbit Navigation System (LEONS) milestone advances commercial LEO PNT and reduces satellites’ reliance on legacy GPS signals.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA)-funded project ‘Lithium niobate photonic integrated circuit based high-speed, low voltage modulators for microwave photonics’ has demonstrated a new class of ultra-high-performance optical modulators with direct relevance to future positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems.
By Inside GNSS
Over the past year, Brussels-based Agilica BV has completed major milestones in the ‘Safe autonomous integrated landing system for ships’ (SAILS) initiative.
By Peter Gutierrez
Qualinx announced a €20 million investment led by Invest‑NL, with additional participation from existing investors FORWARD.one, InnovationQuarter Capital and Waterman Ventures, and brings Qualinx’s total funding to date to €40 million.
By Inside GNSS
ANELLO Photonics today announced the launch of the ANELLO Aerial INS, a compact, high-performance inertial navigation system built around the company’s Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope technology and integrated with multi-band GNSS receivers.
By Inside GNSS
Speaking at the recent Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, Mark Brammer, Positioning Program Lead for the UK’s National PNT Office, outlined the United Kingdom’s bold vision for the future of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), a system built not on a single pillar, but on international cooperation, multi-technology fusion, and a clear-eyed view of GNSS resilience.
By Peter Gutierrez
At the 2025 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, Ramsey Faragher, Director and CEO of the UK Royal Institute of Navigation, delivered a sobering assessment of satellite navigation vulnerabilities based on findings of the ‘Operational Performance of Satellite Navigation Systems’ (OPS) report.
By Peter Gutierrez
Airbus is leading the development of the next generation of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), Europe’s satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS). EGNOS version three (V3) will provide a completely new DFMC service – dual frequency, multi-constellation – augmenting both GPS and Galileo signals.
By Peter Gutierrez
The impact Ignacio Fernández Hernández, Galileo Authentication and High Accuracy Manager for the European Commission, has had on the EGNOS and Galileo programs, as he does his part to advance GNSS.
By Peter Gutierrez
The Institute of Navigation recognizes Dr. John Raquet with prestigious Johannes Kepler Award at the ION GNSS+ 2024 Conference.
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
UAV Navigation–Grupo Oesía is extending its footprint in Europe’s tactical UAS market, with its flight control and GNSS-resilient navigation stack now integrated on the ZEUS fixed-wing VTOL family developed by Poland-based Ekolot Aerospace & Defense (EAD).
By Inside GNSS
Topcon Positioning Systems has signed a commercial agreement with Xona to secure early-adopter access to Pulsar, Xona’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite navigation constellation.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the inaugural launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission with the first two satellites scheduled to lift off no earlier than 24 March, aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Māhia Launch Complex in New Zealand.
By Inside GNSS
A new EUSPA–Thales Alenia Space framework contract advances the European GNSS Service Demonstrator, enabling smooth deployment of future EU Space services while engaging users and developers.
By Inside GNSS
In a high-level discussion at the recent European Space Conference in Brussels, GMV General Manager of Navigation Systems Miguel Romay framed the future of Europe’s satellite navigation ambitions around three priorities. “The key parameters,” he said, “are service continuity, resilience, and innovation.”
By Peter Gutierrez
Topcon Positioning Systems and Fixposition have entered an agreement to collaborate on integrated technology for future product offerings.
By Inside GNSS
Safran Electronics & Defense has signed an agreement to acquire French navigation specialist Syntony GNSS, further consolidating its position in the resilient PNT market three years after bringing Orolia into the group.
By Inside GNSS
Among other things highlighting the need for resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) is noted GNSS interference across Eastern Europe, particularly in geopolitically sensitive maritime regions.
By Peter Gutierrez
Divirod Inc. says it has completed a collaborative field project with Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (OKI) to monitor landslide risk and slope stability across multiple vulnerable areas in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture, using GNSS reflectometry (GNSS-R) sensors and software analytics to detect and classify terrain changes.
By Inside GNSS
As concerns over GNSS vulnerability mount, Dutch technology company Syntony is drawing increased attention for its work on terrestrial-based positioning and timing services designed to complement satellite-based navigation, particularly in the maritime domain.
By Peter Gutierrez
Reliable positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) will be a fundamental capability in a new era of lunar exploration.
By Peter Gutierrez
Contract strengthens the company’s growing portfolio of U.S. government-funded PNT initiatives.
By Inside GNSS
Project establishes innovative test framework to help UK operators, providers and suppliers adopt best practice and benchmark success.
By Inside GNSS
New 7.10.00 firmware for OEM7 receivers is designed to improve tracking, PPP and RTK performance under scintillation, foliage and urban-canyon conditions.
By Inside GNSS
Furuno has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Xona Space Systems to develop products that integrate Xona’s Pulsar low Earth orbit positioning, navigation and timing (LEO PNT) service, with a particular focus on timing and synchronization applications, the companies announced February 3.
By Inside GNSS
European Space Agency (ESA) NAVISP-funded project LOCFIT (‘Localization for IoT and tracking’), led by Thales Alenia Space France with partners Qascom, Kinéis and Traxens, has explored infrastructure-based position-bounding solutions that exploit satellite uplink measurements from connected devices.
By Peter Gutierrez
System enables full D3SOE operation on land, air and sea by integrating state-of-the-art positioning, navigation and timing technologies from VIAVI.
By Inside GNSS
The agreement ensures Europe’s satellite-based augmentation continues enhancing navigation for aviation and other critical users and lowering emissions.
By Inside GNSS
After four years of Army and Marine Corps experiments, DARPA says its RACER autonomy stack is ready to move into DoD and commercial use, enabling off-road ground vehicles to operate at speed in complex terrain without GPS or detailed maps.
By Inside GNSS
These misleading narratives are keeping the U.S. from advancing PNT policy, putting everyone who depends on GNSS at risk.
By Dana A. Goward
More than 50 years ago, the Department of Defense (DoD) began a PNT project to support deployed forces and “put five bombs in the same hole.” While not part of its original mission, signals from GPS are now accessed by and even more important to civil users.
By Dana A. Goward
The PNT industry must adapt to a changing landscape and find a way to provision for continual improvement. Why SDR architectures may be the answer.
By Logan Scott
