Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Low Earth Orbit Navigation System (LEONS) milestone advances commercial LEO PNT and reduces satellites’ reliance on legacy GPS signals.
By Inside GNSS
On 13 January 2026, Europe’s Copernicus Earth-observation program carried out a planned reconfiguration of the GNSS receiver aboard the Sentinel-3B satellite, a low-profile engineering activity that nevertheless illustrates how deeply Galileo-based positioning and timing now underpin European Earth-observation services.
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Space Agency (ESA)-funded project ‘Lithium niobate photonic integrated circuit based high-speed, low voltage modulators for microwave photonics’ has demonstrated a new class of ultra-high-performance optical modulators with direct relevance to future positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) systems.
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
Over the past year, Brussels-based Agilica BV has completed major milestones in the ‘Safe autonomous integrated landing system for ships’ (SAILS) initiative.
By Peter Gutierrez
Qualinx announced a €20 million investment led by Invest‑NL, with additional participation from existing investors FORWARD.one, InnovationQuarter Capital and Waterman Ventures, and brings Qualinx’s total funding to date to €40 million.
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
Greece has taken a significant step into operational space capabilities with the launch of MICE-1 (Maritime Identification and Communication System-1).
By Peter Gutierrez
In a corner the globe often overlooked by the GNSS community, the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) is steadily advancing toward full operational capability, and with noteworthy implications for Europe-linked GNSS technologies.
By Peter Gutierrez
The Latvian Positioning System (LatPos) is highlighting how strategic monitoring, operational transparency, and proactive interference management can sustain high-precision GNSS services amid increasing regional signal threats.
By Peter Gutierrez
With funding from the European Space Agency (ESA), Space for Life (S4L), formerly Safe Structures Company (SSC), has developed the PONTI Box, a compact, automotive-grade sensor unit that collects high-frequency accelerometer data and precise GNSS timing as vehicles cross bridges and overpasses.
By Peter Gutierrez
European efforts to strengthen positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) are increasingly focusing on timing, the least celebrated yet foundational element of the triad.
By Peter Gutierrez
