Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
ANELLO Photonics has secured $25 million in Series B-2 financing round to accelerate production of its silicon-photonics-based inertial navigation systems for GPS-denied and contested environments.
By Inside GNSS
Lockheed Martin has completed the “core mate” production phase for GPS IIIF Space Vehicle 11, the assembly milestone that formally marks a satellite’s structural birth. SV11 will be the first GPS IIIF satellite to launch, though no launch date has been announced.
By Inside GNSS
Hexagon has completed its acquisition of Inertial Sense, a Utah-based provider of GNSS+INS navigation technology, adding more than 30,000 deployed inertial systems to its assured positioning, navigation, and timing portfolio.
By Inside GNSS
As of May 20, Starlink users will no longer be able to access location data on their devices. The gRPC API software interface on the Starlink terminals has been allowing users to get their location, in many instances despite GPS jamming and spoofing in their area.
By Dana A. Goward
BAE Systems has entered full-rate production and commenced initial deliveries of its NavGuide GPS receiver, a portable, field-installable system designed to provide secure military M-Code positioning, navigation, and timing for vehicle, handheld, and sensor-based applications.
By Inside GNSS
u-blox has announced the ZED-X20P-01B, a new variant of its ZED-X20P all-band GNSS module that adds global Precise Point Positioning capability and native support for the Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS), enabling decimeter-level accuracy without dependence on local RTK correction infrastructure.
By Inside GNSS
NorthStrive Defense Tech LLC, a subsidiary of PMGC Holdings Inc., has secured an exclusive option to license U.S. Patent No. 12,277,716 B2, covering a cooperative navigation system for unmanned aircraft operating in GPS-denied and GPS-degraded environments.
By Inside GNSS
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is calling for urgent action to protect civilian aircraft from an expanding set of military threats, including GNSS radio frequency interference.
By Inside GNSS
Microchip Technology has introduced the MD-990-0011-B plug-in timing module family, with holdover performance engineered to maintain synchronization through GNSS outages.
By Inside GNSS
The U.S. Space Force has cancelled the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System program after integrated systems testing revealed pervasive technical failures that the government and Raytheon were unable to resolve on an operationally relevant timeline.
By Inside GNSS
This sets the stage for the GPS IIIF satellites currently being produced by Lockheed Martin.
By Inside GNSS
PlanetiQ has been awarded a $15 million Strategic Funding Increase (STRATFI) contract by the U.S. Air Force to develop and launch a new generation of satellites combining three GNSS-based Earth observation techniques in a single platform.
By Inside GNSS
Northrop Grumman has delivered the first production unit of the EGI-M, a modernized airborne positioning, navigation and timing system engineered to maintain accuracy in GPS-contested and denied environments.
By Inside GNSS
