Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The first FutureNAV Industry Day, on 18 February 2025, will bring together European stakeholders in satellite navigation to explore the future of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies. This gathering will spotlight emerging opportunities and foster a network of European companies in the PNT and GNSS sector.
By Inside GNSS
Europe’s Galileo navigation system has taken a significant leap forward with the completion of a major upgrade to its Galileo Ground Segment. As one of the most complex ground segments ever developed in Europe, the challenge lay in seamlessly upgrading a system that serves more than four billion users globally—without disrupting service.
By Inside GNSS
Positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies have become indispensable in an ever-widening range of industrial sectors. That trend promises to continue, with major players in the PNT industry making moves to expand their markets, lowering barriers and offering new means of entry, trimming price points and making integration easier.
By Peter Gutierrez
Partners SpacePNT and European Engineering and Consultancy (EECL) have delivered the final presentation of the European Space Agency (ESA)-funded ‘Earth Moon GNSS Spaceborne Receiver For In-Orbit Demonstration’ project, the aim of which was to develop and qualify a GNSS spaceborne receiver called NaviMoon for lunar applications.
By Peter Gutierrez
The National Standards Authority of Ireland’s National Metrology Laboratory (NSAI NML) has announced the launch of a verified GPS/GNSS Data Stream (VGDS) service, an extension to the National Timing Grid of Ireland.
By Inside GNSS
Adtran announced that its Oscilloquartz team of network synchronization specialists has demonstrated the robust capabilities of the OSA aPNT+™ platform, its assured positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solution, at Jammertest 2024 in Norway.
By Inside GNSS
LabSat has announced that even those who missed Jammertest 2024—the largest open GNSS resilience test in the world—can still assess how their GNSS receiver would have performed in this high-stakes environment.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency-funded DANGO project has developed a method for transforming Galileo high-accuracy service (HAS) signals for use in the Danish national reference frame (ETRS89DK).
By Peter Gutierrez
Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Stonex is a supplier of GNSS receivers and advanced surveying technologies. The company showed off some of its more recent solutions at InterGEO 2024 in Stuttgart.
By Peter Gutierrez
Juniper Systems has introduced a simple but ingenious device, the Geode Grip. It is basically a mounting bracket to which users can attach a GNSS receiver and a smartphone or tablet data collection device, ergonomically designed to be held easily in one hand.
By Peter Gutierrez
Maryland-based GNSS antenna manufacturer Maxtena is working on a new anti-jamming, anti-spoofing solution. Speaking at InterGEO 2024 in Stuttgart, Maxtena Antenna Engineer Leo Vincelj told Inside GNSS, “Right now we’re developing our own CRPA [controlled reception pattern antenna], based on a two-by-two patch plan.” CRPAs are specifically designed to reject interference signals like those used in jamming and spoofing attacks.
By Peter Gutierrez
The Lunar Pathfinder (LP) satellite has entered its integration and testing phase, to be completed by the end of this year (2024). Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), LP will provide communications services in the lunar orbit.
By Peter Gutierrez
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recently launched two Galileo satellites from the Kennedy Space Center into medium Earth orbit (MEO).
By Inside GNSS
