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August 13, 2024
EUSPA Reaches Space Asset Protection Milestone

The European Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) recently marked the one year anniversary of its take-over of EU Space Surveillance and Tracking…

By Peter Gutierrez


August 6, 2024
ESA Addresses Radio-Navigation Commemoration

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,…

By Peter Gutierrez


July 30, 2024
GMV Demonstrates Cloud Cooperative Navigation

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…

By Peter Gutierrez


July 26, 2024
Focal Point Tests Real-Time S-GNSS Receiver

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…

By Peter Gutierrez


July 12, 2024
ESA White Paper Takes PNT Vision to 2035

The European Space Agency’s Navigation Innovation and Support Program Advisory Committee (NAVAC) has released a new white paper outlining its vision for the…

By Peter Gutierrez


June 27, 2024
Improved Height Determination with GNSS CORS and InSAR Technologies

Researchers in Hungary have developed a new method for geodetic height determination, exploiting the synergies of multi-constellation GNSS and interferometric synthetic aperture radar…

By Peter Gutierrez


June 24, 2024
New NAVISP INSPIRe Project Targets Integrity

The European Space Agency’s NAVISP program continues to churn out on-point, PNT-related research at a time of increasing interest in the resilience, or…

By Peter Gutierrez


June 10, 2024
Using LEO Signals of Opportunity for PNT

A new paper (June 2024) published in Navigation, the Journal of the Institute of Navigation, by Arial Baron, Pini Gurfil and Hector Rotstein of Technion-Israel…

By Peter Gutierrez


June 7, 2024
ESA-funded ADVENT Project Demonstrates VDES-based PNT

In the maritime sector, work is ongoing towards the identification and development of alternative PNT (positioning, navigation and timing) solutions, that is, solutions…

By Peter Gutierrez


May 27, 2024
GSAB Project Demonstrates Assisted Port Operations Solution

The Grimaldi Satellite Autonomous Berthing (GSAB) project, funded by the European Space Agency’s NAVISP program, has developed a system enabling automatic, high-precision port…

By Peter Gutierrez


May 20, 2024
ESA-funded Project Advances Hybrid GNSS/5G Positioning Technology

The advantage of incorporating 5G within a global positioning solution lies in its extensive coverage and accessibility, especially in urban areas, where GNSS…

By Peter Gutierrez


May 7, 2024
Hexagon Releases New iCON 120 Machine Smart Antenna

In April 2024, Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced the launch of its new iCON 120 Machine Smart Antenna, designed to deliver highly…

By Peter Gutierrez


May 2, 2024
Skydel GNSS simulators support LEO PNT and Galileo OSNMA

In April 2024, Safran Electronics and Defense demonstrated the latest version of Skydel GNSS simulation software, at the 39th Space Symposium in Colorado…

By Peter Gutierrez


April 25, 2024
New GNSS-based Aid for the Blind

A Danish company, NaviBlind ApS, develops products that help blind and visually impaired people get around outdoors, enabling them to orient themselves and…

By Peter Gutierrez


March 27, 2024
EUSPA Launches EGNOS Safety of Life Assisted Service for Maritime Users

Designed to complement ground-based augmented signals, the new EGNOS Safety of Life Assisted Service for Maritime Users (ESMAS) adds an additional layer of…

By Peter Gutierrez


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