Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Pentagon’s APFIT program is providing $20 million in procurement funding to scale Anello’s silicon-photonics inertial navigation systems for GPS-contested and GPS-denied environments, the company said.
By Inside GNSS
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is sharpening its focus on developing the Broadcast Positioning System™ (BPS) as a timing service and then progressing it into full positioning, navigation and timing (PNT). NAB is proposing BPS as a complementary terrestrial service to GPS.
By Dana A. Goward
The companies are introducing IroNav, an alternative navigation system that combines visual navigation with GNSS anti-jamming to keep small UAVs on mission when satellite signals are disrupted or unavailable, according to product information.
By Inside GNSS
Resilient GPS (R-GPS), an experimental plan to add a proliferated layer of small navigation satellites on top of the core GPS constellation, has been terminated, according to reporting by SpaceNews. Early design work from multiple contractors will be used to inform future architecture decisions, but no on-orbit demonstrations are moving forward.
By Inside GNSS
Low Earth Orbit Navigation System (LEONS) milestone advances commercial LEO PNT and reduces satellites’ reliance on legacy GPS signals.
By Inside GNSS
New multi-year initiative seeks long-endurance unmanned survey platforms to collect high-precision geomagnetic data and enable magnetic navigation across trans-oceanic routes.
By Inside GNSS
ANELLO Photonics today announced the launch of the ANELLO Aerial INS, a compact, high-performance inertial navigation system built around the company’s Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope technology and integrated with multi-band GNSS receivers.
By Inside GNSS
Swift’s new Starling SAL Plugin for NVIDIA DriveWorks provides automotive OEMs and developers with a seamless, drop-in path to high-integrity, centimeter-accurate vehicle positioning.
By Inside GNSS
Small form factor Assured Precision Navigation and Timing solution unveiled at All-Domain Persistent Experiment.
By Inside GNSS
A new commercial positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) collaboration, anchored by TrustPoint’s low Earth orbit (LEO) C-band navigation service, is taking shape with industry partners on both sides of the Atlantic.
By Peter Gutierrez
Since we last reported on the Safran-Xona/TrustPoint integrations, the low-Earth-orbit PNT narrative has advanced decisively, moving from laboratory interoperability tests to tangible in-orbit demonstrations and coordinated industry validation.
By Peter Gutierrez
FAST Labs™ organization awarded $16 million contract for DARPA’s Oversight program
By Inside GNSS
More than 50 years ago, the Department of Defense (DoD) began a PNT project to support deployed forces and “put five bombs in the same hole.” While not part of its original mission, signals from GPS are now accessed by and even more important to civil users.
By Dana A. Goward
