Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Inside GNSS
