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July 16, 2026

FocalPoint, STMicroelectronics Move GNSS Automotive Partnership to Commercial Agreement

FocalPoint has entered into a commercial agreement with STMicroelectronics to bring the companies’ joint GNSS positioning solution to market for automotive applications, the UK-based GNSS software firm announced July 14. The agreement builds on a collaboration first announced in May 2025 and combines FocalPoint’s S-GNSS Auto software with STMicroelectronics’ Teseo GNSS hardware.

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July 15, 2026

DoD’s APFIT Program Tops $2 Billion, Funds New Round of PNT and Navigation Awards

The Department of Defense has issued its final FY26 round of awards under the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program, pushing total program funding past $2 billion since its inception. The July 14 announcement marks the first cycle to include software-only capability awards alongside the program’s traditional hardware selections.

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July 14, 2026

Iridium Announces Commercial Availability of Iridium PNT ASIC, Bringing Resilient GNSS Protection to Devices Worldwide

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced the commercial availability of the Iridium PNT ASIC, a first-to-market chip designed to help protect GPS- and GNSS-dependent devices from jamming, spoofing, and other growing threats.

July 13, 2026

SBG Systems Unveils Pulse-40 OEM v2 with Onboard Vibration Monitoring

SBG Systems has released a second-generation Pulse-40 OEM, a miniature tactical-grade IMU aimed at guidance, stabilization, and navigation applications in space- and power-constrained platforms.

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July 10, 2026

Xona Space Systems Launches Pulsar Verified Ecosystem Certification Program

Xona Space Systems has introduced Pulsar Verified, a partnership program that certifies receivers, chipsets, and test equipment for interoperability with the company’s Pulsar low Earth orbit positioning, navigation, and timing signal, said Tyler Reid, co-founder and CTO at Xona.

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July 9, 2026

Jericho Receivers Launches Software-Defined Atomic Clock Combining GNSS, ATSC 3.0 and Network Timing

Jericho Receivers, a subsidiary of All 6G, has announced commercial availability of its Software-Defined Atomic Clock (SDAC), a timing device designed to maintain atomic-clock-grade accuracy by fusing multiple independent references rather than relying on a single source.

Goran Jedrejcic at the Calian display at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

July 7, 2026

Calian for Resilient GNSS, From Water to Space

Readers will not be surprised to learn resilience was a major focus at Eurosatory 2026. Across giant exhibit halls packed with the latest military gear, companies and customers were discussing how autonomous systems, sensors and communications networks can continue operating in increasingly contested environments.

By Peter Gutierrez

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July 6, 2026

Iridium Closes Aireon Acquisition, Adding Space-Based ADS-B to Its Portfolio

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) announced July 6 that it has completed its acquisition of Aireon LLC, operator of the space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system.

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June 30, 2026

What Simple Measures Can Be Taken to Limit the Potential Impact of Spoofing of Differential GNSS Correction Messages?

Jamming and spoofing of GNSS signals to prevent use of GNSS or to alter user position solutions has become a significant concern over the last decade, as discussed in many recent papers and articles.

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June 30, 2026

Pacific Defense Wins Army PM PNT Contract for CMFF APNT Block 2 Plug-In Card

Pacific Defense has received a contract from the U.S. Army Program Manager Positioning, Navigation and Timing to develop a Block 2 Assured Position, Navigation and Timing plug-in card under the CMOSS Mounted Form Factor program — extending the company’s role in one of the Army’s key C5ISR modernization initiatives.

June 29, 2026

Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium in $8 Billion Deal, Combining Launch Capabilities With Alternative PNT Network

Rocket Lab Corporation and Iridium Communications Inc. announced today a definitive agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire all outstanding shares of Iridium common stock for $54 per share in a cash and stock transaction, implying an enterprise value for Iridium of approximately $8.0 billion.

June 25, 2026

Taoglas Launches Ultra-Compact Dual-Band L1/L5 GNSS Antenna in 20 mm Footprint

Taoglas has introduced the GVLB208 series, a dual-band L1/L5 GNSS stacked patch antenna family in a 20 mm x 20 mm x 8 mm footprint. The series is available in passive (GVLB208.A) and active (AGVLB208.A) configurations, both using a single-feed architecture that supports concurrent L1 and L5 reception without the complexity of multi-feed designs.

June 24, 2026

NASA Expands PlanetiQ CSDA Contract to Include Polarimetric Radio Occultation Data

NASA has awarded PlanetiQ an expanded contract through its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program, adding high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) GNSS polarimetric radio occultation (PRO) data to the company’s existing CSDA portfolio.

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June 22, 2026

Honeywell Kestrel Targets GNSS-Denied Operations

Honeywell Aerospace has introduced Kestrel, an Embedded GNSS/INS navigation solution designed to maintain continuous position, velocity and attitude estimates independent of external signals — a capability the company is positioning directly against the GNSS-degraded environments that have come to define modern contested operations.

Jackson Williams at the Inertial Labs stand at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

June 19, 2026

Inertial Labs Expands Options for Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

At Eurosatory 2026, one of the themes echoing across exhibition halls packed with armored vehicles, autonomous systems, and electronic warfare technologies was that the era of uncontested satellite navigation is over. Growing threats include jamming, spoofing, and signal obstruction, and companies throughout the PNT ecosystem are searching for new ways to deliver resilience.

By Peter Gutierrez

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June 18, 2026

SparkFun Launches SparkPNT, a New Open-Source GNSS Receiver Subsidiary

SparkFun Electronics has launched SparkPNT as a dedicated subsidiary for its positioning, navigation and timing business, the company announced June 17. The new business grew out of SparkX, SparkFun’s experimental division, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary while functioning as an independent business unit, drawing on more than two decades of SparkFun’s product design, manufacturing and distribution infrastructure.

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June 17, 2026

Can Russia’s Guarantor Jamming System Defeat the Starlink Mega-constellation?

As Ukraine uses Starlink-enabled drones to target Russian fuel logistics in occupied Ukraine, Russia’s military is reportedly scaling up efforts to solve one of the harder tactical EW problems of the war: locally denying Starlink connectivity without having to suppress the entire constellation by scaling deployment of an electronic warfare system called Volna Kupol Garant, or “Wave Dome Guarantor.”

By Sebastien Roblin

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June 16, 2026

HENSOLDT Introduces SkyBarrier GNSS Jamming System at Eurosatory

German defense electronics firm HENSOLDT unveiled SkyBarrier at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris on June 16, positioning the system as a mobile broadband jammer for satellite-based navigation signals. The company describes the system as an electronic countermeasure intended for armed forces and government agencies seeking to deny adversaries the use of navigation-dependent systems.

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June 15, 2026

u-blox GNSS Receiver Enables Sub-Nanosecond Sync for Optical SETI Array

A u-blox high-precision GNSS timing receiver is providing the synchronization backbone for PANOSETI, a distributed optical telescope array designed to scan the entire sky for potential signatures of extraterrestrial intelligence.

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July 13, 2026

SBG Systems Unveils Pulse-40 OEM v2 with Onboard Vibration Monitoring

SBG Systems has released a second-generation Pulse-40 OEM, a miniature tactical-grade IMU aimed at guidance, stabilization, and navigation applications in space- and power-constrained platforms.

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July 10, 2026

Xona Space Systems Launches Pulsar Verified Ecosystem Certification Program

Xona Space Systems has introduced Pulsar Verified, a partnership program that certifies receivers, chipsets, and test equipment for interoperability with the company’s Pulsar low Earth orbit positioning, navigation, and timing signal, said Tyler Reid, co-founder and CTO at Xona.

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July 9, 2026

Jericho Receivers Launches Software-Defined Atomic Clock Combining GNSS, ATSC 3.0 and Network Timing

Jericho Receivers, a subsidiary of All 6G, has announced commercial availability of its Software-Defined Atomic Clock (SDAC), a timing device designed to maintain atomic-clock-grade accuracy by fusing multiple independent references rather than relying on a single source.

Goran Jedrejcic at the Calian display at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

July 7, 2026

Calian for Resilient GNSS, From Water to Space

Readers will not be surprised to learn resilience was a major focus at Eurosatory 2026. Across giant exhibit halls packed with the latest military gear, companies and customers were discussing how autonomous systems, sensors and communications networks can continue operating in increasingly contested environments.

By Peter Gutierrez

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June 30, 2026

Pacific Defense Wins Army PM PNT Contract for CMFF APNT Block 2 Plug-In Card

Pacific Defense has received a contract from the U.S. Army Program Manager Positioning, Navigation and Timing to develop a Block 2 Assured Position, Navigation and Timing plug-in card under the CMOSS Mounted Form Factor program — extending the company’s role in one of the Army’s key C5ISR modernization initiatives.

June 25, 2026

Taoglas Launches Ultra-Compact Dual-Band L1/L5 GNSS Antenna in 20 mm Footprint

Taoglas has introduced the GVLB208 series, a dual-band L1/L5 GNSS stacked patch antenna family in a 20 mm x 20 mm x 8 mm footprint. The series is available in passive (GVLB208.A) and active (AGVLB208.A) configurations, both using a single-feed architecture that supports concurrent L1 and L5 reception without the complexity of multi-feed designs.

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June 22, 2026

Honeywell Kestrel Targets GNSS-Denied Operations

Honeywell Aerospace has introduced Kestrel, an Embedded GNSS/INS navigation solution designed to maintain continuous position, velocity and attitude estimates independent of external signals — a capability the company is positioning directly against the GNSS-degraded environments that have come to define modern contested operations.

Jackson Williams at the Inertial Labs stand at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

June 19, 2026

Inertial Labs Expands Options for Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

At Eurosatory 2026, one of the themes echoing across exhibition halls packed with armored vehicles, autonomous systems, and electronic warfare technologies was that the era of uncontested satellite navigation is over. Growing threats include jamming, spoofing, and signal obstruction, and companies throughout the PNT ecosystem are searching for new ways to deliver resilience.

By Peter Gutierrez

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June 16, 2026

HENSOLDT Introduces SkyBarrier GNSS Jamming System at Eurosatory

German defense electronics firm HENSOLDT unveiled SkyBarrier at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris on June 16, positioning the system as a mobile broadband jammer for satellite-based navigation signals. The company describes the system as an electronic countermeasure intended for armed forces and government agencies seeking to deny adversaries the use of navigation-dependent systems.

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June 15, 2026

u-blox GNSS Receiver Enables Sub-Nanosecond Sync for Optical SETI Array

A u-blox high-precision GNSS timing receiver is providing the synchronization backbone for PANOSETI, a distributed optical telescope array designed to scan the entire sky for potential signatures of extraterrestrial intelligence.

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June 11, 2026

GlobalFoundries, Qualinx Complete First All-European GNSS Chip Manufacturing Flow

GlobalFoundries (GF) and Qualinx have completed what they describe as the first fully European, end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing flow for a GNSS system-on-chip, marking a concrete step toward supply chain sovereignty for PNT-dependent aerospace, defense, and critical infrastructure applications.

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June 8, 2026

Murata Manufacturing, Xona Space Systems Sign MOU for LEO PNT Product Development

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June 2, 2026

VectorNav Adds Iridium STL Aiding to Inertial Navigation Systems in Collaboration with NAL Technologies

VectorNav Technologies announced June 2 expanded support for Low Earth Orbit satellite signals as an aiding source for its inertial navigation systems, with the capability now available as a development kit centered on the VN-210E GNSS-Aided INS and broader support available across the Tactical Series upon request.

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June 1, 2026

From Stack Compression to Trusted Autonomy: The PNT Case Behind Hyfix H1

As small autonomous aircraft move into more demanding operating environments, the PNT challenge is shifting from nominal accuracy to system coherence. Hyfix argues that tighter integration across positioning, timing, estimation, and control can reduce hidden error, improve integrity, and make autonomy stacks more resilient under degraded conditions.

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June 1, 2026

VIAVI’s Transcoder Moves Resilient PNT From Architecture to Adoption

As jamming, spoofing and GNSS denial become operational realities, VIAVI’s transcoder is emerging as a practical bridge between legacy vehicle systems and the next generation of assured positioning, navigation and timing.

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June 1, 2026

Calian Introduces Pole Mount CRPA Variants for Fixed and Marine GNSS Applications

Calian has announced two new pole mount controlled reception pattern antennas — the CR8894PXF+ and CR8854PXF+ — expanding its CRPA line with installation options suited to communications towers, vessels, monitoring stations, and critical infrastructure.

June 1, 2026

VIAVI Launches Postage Stamp-Sized GNSS-Disciplined Oscillator for SWaP-Constrained Platforms

VIAVI Solutions has introduced the µPNT GDO-1000, a GNSS-disciplined oscillator built in the M.2 B-key form factor measuring 22mm by 42mm and weighing under four grams — designed for defense, airborne, and unmanned platforms where traditional timing modules are too large or power-hungry to integrate.

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May 29, 2026

Xairos Completes Free-Space Quantum and Optical Timing Demonstration

Colorado-based Xairos Systems has completed two-kilometer free-space range testing with its Ares Quantum Optical Terminal, establishing simultaneous quantum and optical links from a single integrated unit.

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May 29, 2026

TRX Systems to Showcase DAPS GEN II Mounted Capability at JNC 2026

TRX Systems will present new enhancements to its Dismounted Assured PNT System GEN II at the Joint Navigation Conference, held June 1–4 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center.

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April 28, 2025

The UK’s System-of-Systems Approach to Robust PNT

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

Ramsey Faragher at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

April 25, 2025

Ramsey Faragher Discusses Aviation Spoofing

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

Thomas Fuhrmann in Munich; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

April 15, 2025

Airbus Tests Dual-Frequency, Multi-Constellation EGNOS V3

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

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October 22, 2024

Human Engineering: Love at First Sight

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

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September 24, 2024

Dr. John Raquet Receives Kepler Award

The Institute of Navigation recognizes Dr. John Raquet with prestigious Johannes Kepler Award at the ION GNSS+ 2024 Conference.

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August 28, 2024

Human Engineering: Making the Magic Happen

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

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August 23, 2024

Topcon Positioning Systems announces retirement plan of Ray O’Connor, appointment of Ivan Di Federico as new president and CEO

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.

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June 3, 2024

Silicon Sensing Establishes US Office, Appoints Head of Americas Sales

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.

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May 14, 2024

Inertial Labs Tackles GNSS Vulnerability with Advanced Navigation Solutions: Interview with CEO Jamie Marraccini at Xponential 2024

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.

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January 2, 2024

Trimble executive: GNSS still core of PNT

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

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November 30, 2023

NextNav Announces Mariam Sorond as New CEO

Industry veteran Mariam Sorond has taken over as the CEO of NextNav.

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March 13, 2023

Silicon Sensing Appoints New Chief Engineer

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.

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December 6, 2022

Human Engineering: Cheryl Gramling, Carrying Through on a Dream

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

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October 26, 2022

Helix Geospace appoints Tom Beese as Chairman

Helix is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Beese as Chairman of its Board of Directors.

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October 19, 2022

John Carley to Succeed Michael Longinotti as Rx Networks Chief Executive Officer

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.

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September 27, 2022

Dr. Boris Pervan Receives Kepler Award

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.

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January 28, 2022

ION 2022 Fellow Memberships Announced

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.

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January 27, 2022

Human Engineering: Faragher Ascendant

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

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January 21, 2022

Orolia CEO Courtois on Acquisition by Safran

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.

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July 16, 2026

FocalPoint, STMicroelectronics Move GNSS Automotive Partnership to Commercial Agreement

FocalPoint has entered into a commercial agreement with STMicroelectronics to bring the companies’ joint GNSS positioning solution to market for automotive applications, the UK-based GNSS software firm announced July 14. The agreement builds on a collaboration first announced in May 2025 and combines FocalPoint’s S-GNSS Auto software with STMicroelectronics’ Teseo GNSS hardware.

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July 15, 2026

DoD’s APFIT Program Tops $2 Billion, Funds New Round of PNT and Navigation Awards

The Department of Defense has issued its final FY26 round of awards under the Accelerate the Procurement and Fielding of Innovative Technologies (APFIT) program, pushing total program funding past $2 billion since its inception. The July 14 announcement marks the first cycle to include software-only capability awards alongside the program’s traditional hardware selections.

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July 10, 2026

Xona Space Systems Launches Pulsar Verified Ecosystem Certification Program

Xona Space Systems has introduced Pulsar Verified, a partnership program that certifies receivers, chipsets, and test equipment for interoperability with the company’s Pulsar low Earth orbit positioning, navigation, and timing signal, said Tyler Reid, co-founder and CTO at Xona.

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July 9, 2026

Jericho Receivers Launches Software-Defined Atomic Clock Combining GNSS, ATSC 3.0 and Network Timing

Jericho Receivers, a subsidiary of All 6G, has announced commercial availability of its Software-Defined Atomic Clock (SDAC), a timing device designed to maintain atomic-clock-grade accuracy by fusing multiple independent references rather than relying on a single source.

Goran Jedrejcic at the Calian display at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

July 7, 2026

Calian for Resilient GNSS, From Water to Space

Readers will not be surprised to learn resilience was a major focus at Eurosatory 2026. Across giant exhibit halls packed with the latest military gear, companies and customers were discussing how autonomous systems, sensors and communications networks can continue operating in increasingly contested environments.

By Peter Gutierrez

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July 6, 2026

Iridium Closes Aireon Acquisition, Adding Space-Based ADS-B to Its Portfolio

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) announced July 6 that it has completed its acquisition of Aireon LLC, operator of the space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic surveillance system.

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June 30, 2026

Pacific Defense Wins Army PM PNT Contract for CMFF APNT Block 2 Plug-In Card

Pacific Defense has received a contract from the U.S. Army Program Manager Positioning, Navigation and Timing to develop a Block 2 Assured Position, Navigation and Timing plug-in card under the CMOSS Mounted Form Factor program — extending the company’s role in one of the Army’s key C5ISR modernization initiatives.

June 29, 2026

Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium in $8 Billion Deal, Combining Launch Capabilities With Alternative PNT Network

Rocket Lab Corporation and Iridium Communications Inc. announced today a definitive agreement under which Rocket Lab will acquire all outstanding shares of Iridium common stock for $54 per share in a cash and stock transaction, implying an enterprise value for Iridium of approximately $8.0 billion.

June 25, 2026

Taoglas Launches Ultra-Compact Dual-Band L1/L5 GNSS Antenna in 20 mm Footprint

Taoglas has introduced the GVLB208 series, a dual-band L1/L5 GNSS stacked patch antenna family in a 20 mm x 20 mm x 8 mm footprint. The series is available in passive (GVLB208.A) and active (AGVLB208.A) configurations, both using a single-feed architecture that supports concurrent L1 and L5 reception without the complexity of multi-feed designs.

June 24, 2026

NASA Expands PlanetiQ CSDA Contract to Include Polarimetric Radio Occultation Data

NASA has awarded PlanetiQ an expanded contract through its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program, adding high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) GNSS polarimetric radio occultation (PRO) data to the company’s existing CSDA portfolio.

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June 22, 2026

Honeywell Kestrel Targets GNSS-Denied Operations

Honeywell Aerospace has introduced Kestrel, an Embedded GNSS/INS navigation solution designed to maintain continuous position, velocity and attitude estimates independent of external signals — a capability the company is positioning directly against the GNSS-degraded environments that have come to define modern contested operations.

Jackson Williams at the Inertial Labs stand at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

June 19, 2026

Inertial Labs Expands Options for Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

At Eurosatory 2026, one of the themes echoing across exhibition halls packed with armored vehicles, autonomous systems, and electronic warfare technologies was that the era of uncontested satellite navigation is over. Growing threats include jamming, spoofing, and signal obstruction, and companies throughout the PNT ecosystem are searching for new ways to deliver resilience.

By Peter Gutierrez

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June 18, 2026

SparkFun Launches SparkPNT, a New Open-Source GNSS Receiver Subsidiary

SparkFun Electronics has launched SparkPNT as a dedicated subsidiary for its positioning, navigation and timing business, the company announced June 17. The new business grew out of SparkX, SparkFun’s experimental division, and operates as a wholly owned subsidiary while functioning as an independent business unit, drawing on more than two decades of SparkFun’s product design, manufacturing and distribution infrastructure.

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June 17, 2026

Can Russia’s Guarantor Jamming System Defeat the Starlink Mega-constellation?

As Ukraine uses Starlink-enabled drones to target Russian fuel logistics in occupied Ukraine, Russia’s military is reportedly scaling up efforts to solve one of the harder tactical EW problems of the war: locally denying Starlink connectivity without having to suppress the entire constellation by scaling deployment of an electronic warfare system called Volna Kupol Garant, or “Wave Dome Guarantor.”

By Sebastien Roblin

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June 16, 2026

HENSOLDT Introduces SkyBarrier GNSS Jamming System at Eurosatory

German defense electronics firm HENSOLDT unveiled SkyBarrier at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris on June 16, positioning the system as a mobile broadband jammer for satellite-based navigation signals. The company describes the system as an electronic countermeasure intended for armed forces and government agencies seeking to deny adversaries the use of navigation-dependent systems.

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June 15, 2026

u-blox GNSS Receiver Enables Sub-Nanosecond Sync for Optical SETI Array

A u-blox high-precision GNSS timing receiver is providing the synchronization backbone for PANOSETI, a distributed optical telescope array designed to scan the entire sky for potential signatures of extraterrestrial intelligence.

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June 11, 2026

GlobalFoundries, Qualinx Complete First All-European GNSS Chip Manufacturing Flow

GlobalFoundries (GF) and Qualinx have completed what they describe as the first fully European, end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing flow for a GNSS system-on-chip, marking a concrete step toward supply chain sovereignty for PNT-dependent aerospace, defense, and critical infrastructure applications.

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June 8, 2026

Murata Manufacturing, Xona Space Systems Sign MOU for LEO PNT Product Development

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June 5, 2026

Congress Weighs the State of U.S. PNT: GPS Modernization, Interference Enforcement and the Search for Complementary Architecture

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology convened a wide-ranging examination of U.S. positioning, navigation and timing capabilities on June 4, drawing five witnesses across the GPS, broadcast, terrestrial and public-interest sectors to a hearing titled “Where Are We? Examining Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Capabilities in the United States.”

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July 10, 2026

Xona Space Systems Launches Pulsar Verified Ecosystem Certification Program

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July 9, 2026

Jericho Receivers Launches Software-Defined Atomic Clock Combining GNSS, ATSC 3.0 and Network Timing

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GNSS TIMELINE

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Assured PNT Summit 2026

March 26, 2026

Assured PNT Summit to Focus on Resilience, Governance and the Future of National PNT

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March 14, 2024

XPONENTIAL 2024

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January 24, 2024

IGNSS 2024 Conference in Sydney: Celebrating 50 Years of GNSS and Navigating the Next 50

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COLUMNS & EDITORIALS

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June 30, 2026

What Simple Measures Can Be Taken to Limit the Potential Impact of Spoofing of Differential GNSS Correction Messages?

Jamming and spoofing of GNSS signals to prevent use of GNSS or to alter user position solutions has become a significant concern over the last decade, as discussed in many recent papers and articles.

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June 9, 2026

The Empty Field that Wasn’t: GPS, OTAD and Two Decades of Encrypted Broadcasts

What 12 million GPS special messages reveal about military rekeying on a public channel.

By Steven J. Murdoch

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June 4, 2026

The Case for Spatializing Global SBAS

This major shift in architectural framework would spatialize core SBAS components within a distributed network of LEO satellites.

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