Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Businesspeople, politicians, civil servants and a range of engineers and researchers gathered in Brussels for the 15th European Space Conference in January. Topics were many and varied, with war, dependency, resilience and a big-time launcher crisis heading the list.
By Peter Gutierrez
GPS, even when encrypted, is susceptible to spoofing and jamming and cannot be a single point of failure in critical PNT services such as military applications. Secure, resilient and assured PNT with six 9’s reliability is required, and is what ADVA and Brandywine Communications will provide through a new collaboration.
By Renee Knight
Identifying multipath reflectors for validating ray tracing in urban canyons.
By Inside GNSS
Fixposition and Agtonomy have many of the same goals. The company leaders, introduced by a mutual investor, are committed to accelerating autonomy and helping to solve global challenges such as food security and labor shortages, so it just made sense for the startups to form a partnership.
By Renee Knight
Identifying seismic signals in GNSS reference stations using machine learning.
By Inside GNSS
A: While GPS satellite faults have always been infrequent, they have become rarer in the past decade due to the maturity of the GPS constellation and its Operational Control Segment (OCS). Lessons learned from past GPS satellite failures have also aided the development of newer GNSS constellations such as the European Galileo.
By Inside GNSS
Why the timekeeping and GNSS communities should start preparing.
By Inside GNSS
IRVINE, Calif.—Fairview Microwave, an Infinite Electronics brand and a leading provider of radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave products, has introduced a new series of mil-spec GPS/GNSS antennas for use in a variety of mobile and small-form-factor applications.
By Inside GNSS
A look at the state of 5G NR NTN.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
As part of its climate change policy aimed at reducing emissions by 70% by 2030, the Danish Government is rapidly moving towards the introduction of a GNSS-based road user charging (RUC) scheme for heavy goods vehicles (HGV). The intention is to introduce the new system starting in 2025, which will replace Denmark’s participation in the Eurovignette scheme, which applies to HGV weighing 12 tons or more.
By Peter Gutierrez
In May, leading experts in New Space will gather for the Munich New Space Summit 2023, where established companies, government organizations, research institutions, start-ups and investors will discuss how to transform New Space regionally, nationally and across Europe. This is the first time leaders from this field will meet in Munich.
By Inside GNSS
GMV is selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of the Galileo Second Generation System Test Bed (G2STB)
The G2STB is one of the Key infrastructure elements that ESA is developing for the correct functioning of the Galileo second generation satellites
By Inside GNSS
ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Orolia, a Safran Electronics & Defense company, announced that Skydel, its flagship GNSS simulation engine software, can generate more than 500 signals from a single platform. By leveraging its software-defined architecture, Skydel’s potential can be massively scaled upwards when employing a robust set of hardware components.
By Inside GNSS
IRVINE, Calif.—Pasternack, an Infinite Electronics brand and a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products, recently introduced an innovative series of mil-spec GPS/GNSS antennas for use in various small form factor and mobile applications.
By Inside GNSS
A few weeks after its successful January launch aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, the GPS III Space Vehicle 06 (GPS III SV06) received Operational Acceptance.
By Inside GNSS
This is the most efficient way to combine INS with aiding data. Here’s a look at the key principles and benefits.
By Andrey Soloviev
NASA’s Ames Research Center will leverage NextNav’s TerraPoiNT commercial grade network to capture inflight data on drone navigation, detection and collision avoidance as part of BVLOS testing for its urban air mobility (UAM) program.
By Renee Knight
Ansys says the latest version of its Orbit Determination Tool Kit (ODTK), which provides highly accurate spacecraft orbit estimates, is better suited to operating near the moon and in “cislunar space,” the region between the Earth and the moon where orbiting spacecraft are influenced by the gravity of both bodies.
By Brett Davis GPS, even when encrypted, is susceptible to spoofing and jamming and cannot be a single point of failure in critical PNT services such as military applications. Secure, resilient and assured PNT with six 9’s reliability is required, and is what ADVA and Brandywine Communications will provide through a new collaboration.
By Renee Knight
Honeywell’s EAGLE-M Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System ready to be delivered in 2023
By Inside GNSS
Movella and Fixposition are working together to create GNSS inertial navigation systems (INS) that leverage visual inertial odometry, with the goal of accelerating their development and commercialization.
By Renee Knight
ROCK Robotic also joins the Web3 GEODNET initiative as a high-definition mapping ecosystem partner
By Inside GNSS
Orolia recently received certifications for the Ultima-S survival emergency locator transmitter (ELT). The Ultima-S is a new generation ELT installed in either the cabins or liferafts and relays accurate aircraft location information to search and rescue teams.
By Inside GNSS
EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of advanced mixed-signal products that serve the aerospace & defense, communications, and sensing markets, announced today the introduction of the TAC-450 line of Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), which includes three high-performance IMUs with tactical-grade photonic Fiber Optic Gyros (FOGs), and features EMCORE′s patented Photonic Integrated Chip (PIC) technology.
By Inside GNSS
Oxford Technical Solutions Ltd (OxTS) is an established supplier of inertial navigation systems (INS), particularly to the automotive industry. Since 1998, its products have been providing critical data about where a vehicle is, how it’s oriented and how it’s moving. More recently the company has been making a big splash in the airborne mapping sector.
By Peter Gutierrez
The Boreas D70, a fiber-optic gyroscope (FOG) inertial navigation system (INS) from Advanced Navigation, is designed to open up new application possibilities for FOG INS.
By Inside GNSS
infiniDome has added a new device to its anti-jamming solutions that’s designed to defend small to medium tactical UAS: GPSdome 2, the latest generation of the company’s GPSdome.
By Inside GNSS
Septentrio introduces the latest generation of GPS/GNSS base station receivers, designed for the creation of top-quality measurements for RTK and differential corrections.
By Inside GNSS
Orolia is the first company to receive certification from Cospas-Sarsat and the European Union Safety Agency for its new-generation distress tracking emergency locator transmitter, the ELT-DT.
By Inside GNSS
In early 2023, new explorer kits that provide centimeter-level positioning accuracy will be available from u-blox, allowing engineers to design and evaluate products that require such capabilities quickly and easily.
By Inside GNSS
SBG Systems recently released the Quanta Micro, an inertial navigation system (INS) for UAS surveying.
By Inside GNSS
Rx Networks, the dedicated North American distribution team for Unicore Communications, is pleased to announce the release of the next generation High-precision GNSS modules from Unicore.
By Inside GNSS
Orolia has expanded its family of Skydel-based simulators with the GSG-7.
The new GNSS signal testing solution has a small form factor and features an internal RF combiner, a 1000 Hz simulation iteration rate, real-time synchronization, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) integration, automation, and multi-constellation and multi-frequency simulations, according to a news release.
By Inside GNSS
Added GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology (GRIT) enhances VERIPOS assured positioning for marine oil and gas applications
By Inside GNSS
In an effort to constantly improve its geomatics and surveying product offering, Geneq Inc. has just released the SXblue SMART to meet the requirements of professionals looking for accuracy and flexibility for field work.
By Inside GNSS
Tallysman® Wireless recently introduced the housed TW3885T dual-band (L1/L5) Accutenna® technology timing antenna. The antenna supports GPS/QZSS L1/L5, Galileo E1/ E5a/b, BeiDou B1/B2/B2a, GLONASS G1/G3 and in the region of operation, satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS): WAAS (North America), EGNOS (Europe), MSAS (Japan), or GAGAN (India), according to a news release.
By Inside GNSS
u-blox recently released the SAM-M10Q Antenna module to allow product developers to easily integrate u-blox M10 GNSS technology into their devices. Typical applications leveraging the technology include industrial tracking and telematics, automation and monitoring, and small drones.
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
Focal Point Positioning, a deep tech start-up whose technologies address the core problem of GNSS inaccuracies due to multipath and spoofing, hasannounced the hire of GPS industry veteran Jim LaMance as Chief Experience Officer
By Inside GNSS
Focal Point Positioning, a UK-based deep tech start-up whose patented technology improves the performance of GPS chips in smartphones, wearables and vehicles, announced the hiring of GPS industry veteran Scott Pomerantz as its new CEO.
By Inside GNSS
AIRMAR®Technology Corporation, a world leader in ultrasonic transducers and Chirp technology, is pleased to welcome Diana Sufariu to the company as Director of Engineering.
By Inside GNSS
The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull has been appointed to the Advanced Navigation board of directors. Mr Turnbull will serve as a Director on the Board and will help accelerate the company’s expansion across their global markets.
By Inside GNSS IRVINE, Calif.—Fairview Microwave, an Infinite Electronics brand and a leading provider of radio frequency, microwave and millimeter-wave products, has introduced a new series of mil-spec GPS/GNSS antennas for use in a variety of mobile and small-form-factor applications.
By Inside GNSS GMV is selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development of the Galileo Second Generation System Test Bed (G2STB)
The G2STB is one of the Key infrastructure elements that ESA is developing for the correct functioning of the Galileo second generation satellites
By Inside GNSS Honeywell’s EAGLE-M Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System ready to be delivered in 2023
By Inside GNSS ROCK Robotic also joins the Web3 GEODNET initiative as a high-definition mapping ecosystem partner
By Inside GNSS
Companies to collaborate on potential application of Supercorrelation™ in EVs and AVs
By Inside GNSS
TerraStar-X Enterprise PPP corrections enable lane-level accuracy with convergence in under a minute.
By Inside GNSS
GMV and Lockheed Martin have plans to develop a global satellite based augmentation system (SBAS), changing the model for how navigation and precise point positioning (PPP) services are received.
By Renee Knight
When responding to a wireless 911 call, knowing the location of that call is everything.
By Renee Knight
A European project symbol of Belgian space competitiveness funded by the European Space Agency
By Inside GNSS
In November, 2022, Spain’s GMV announced it had signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin Corporation, to develop two core elements of the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) system, the first SBAS (satellite-based augmentation system) in the Southern Hemisphere.
By Peter Gutierrez
With the new SimORBIT high-accuracy orbital modeling software from Spirent, developers can now calculate LEO orbits and their characteristics for more precise GNSS/PNT testing.
By Inside GNSS
The team at UK based OxTS recently completed a survey with its developmental LiDAR mounted backpack at an unexpected location: Minster Lovell Hall, an English Heritage site in Oxfordshire.
By Inside GNSS
Through its recent acquisition of IoT firm Nestwave, NextNav can now combine its highly synchronized TerraPoiNT GPS backup system with Nestwave’s existing terrestrial LTE/5G signals to create near nationwide resilient PNT capabilities—lowering deployment costs by an estimated 75%, or more than $250 million, and allowing the company to scale sooner.
By Renee Knight
MADRID—The Spanish company UAV Navigation announced Nov. 14 it will participate in the OSNMAplus consortium, led by Italys’ Qascom, intended to authenticate signals from Galileo, the European satellite navigation system.
By Inside GNSS
Rx Networks TruePoint.io today announced its high precision solution can be integrated with Snapdragon® mobile platforms to enable precise positioning on smartphones.
By Inside GNSS Orolia is the first company to receive certification from Cospas-Sarsat and the European Union Safety Agency for its new-generation distress tracking emergency locator transmitter, the ELT-DT.
By Inside GNSS
Autonomous technology specialists, aiMotive, and Indoor Mapping provider and connected vehicle services leader, Parkopedia, are now able to offer automakers scalable, autonomous parking solutions which minimise everyday parking hassles for drivers, without relying on the presence of additional infrastructure within parking facilities, thanks to a recent partnership.
By Inside GNSS
Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) announced it has completed the acquisition of Jackson Labs Technologies, a leader in Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) solutions for critical infrastructure serving both military and civilian applications.
By Inside GNSS
ESA has awarded an €800,000 NAVISP (Navigation, Innovation and Support Program) contract to Celestia UK for the development of an innovative PNT solution, based on LEO satellite constellations for 5G networks and applications.
By Peter Gutierrez 
Businesspeople, politicians, civil servants and a range of engineers and researchers gathered in Brussels for the 15th European Space Conference in January. Topics were many and varied, with war, dependency, resilience and a big-time launcher crisis heading the list.
By Peter Gutierrez Identifying multipath reflectors for validating ray tracing in urban canyons.
By Inside GNSS 
