Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Xona Space Systems, a developer of a high-performance complementary alternative to GPS, announced that it has secured a contract with Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to demonstrate and mature resilient commercial PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) solutions for DoD missions.
By Inside GNSS
Editor’s Note: Jon Damush, uAvionix CEO, provides context on existing technological safeguards that can help prevent aircraft collisions like the one near Washington, DC on Jan 29.
By Jon Damush
On February 19th, the receiver successfully acquired and tracked signals from GPS and Galileo satellites in lunar orbit, at 63 Earth radii, approximately 401,814 kilometers from Earth.
By Inside GNSS
To drive the development of optical positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technology, the European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with a consortium of companies that will conduct a definition study (Phase A/B1) and associated critical technology predevelopment.
By Inside GNSS
Zephr.xyz, a provider of augmented position, navigation, and timing (AugPNT) technologies, has been awarded a $1.74 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct-to-Phase II contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop real-time detection of GNSS jamming and spoofing in contested domains while geolocating the sources of these attacks.
By Inside GNSS
Xairos Systems, Inc. has been selected by SpaceWERX for a Direct-to-Phase II contract, in the amount of $1.9M, focused on demonstrating a fusion PNT (position, navigation and timing) of quantum and optical synchronization of clock ensembles to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF).
By Inside GNSS
Northrop Grumman Corporation is advancing the U.S. Navy’s airborne navigation capabilities with implementation of the LN-251M, the next-generation upgrade of the LN-251 Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System (INS/GPS).
By Inside GNSS
Leveraging Galileo and introducing new GNSS measurements to the current network enables Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS) availability below the vertical limit.
By Inside GNSS
This follow-up to a 2007 Inside GNSS article looking at the potential future role for C-band in navigation details how, nearly 20 years later, it’s moved from an interesting idea to critical for resilient position, navigation and timing (PNT).
By Inside GNSS
The multinational technology company GMV has been selected by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to develop a new version of the High Accuracy Data Generator (HADG) as part of Phase 2 of the Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS) development.
By Inside GNSS
Locata’s radio based ranging and enhanced time synchronization algorithms are significantly enhancing timing stability—providing a resilient solution that complements GNSS and offers fiber-levels of performance without requiring the fiber.
By Inside GNSS
Beginning in September, Controlled Reception Pattern Antennas (CRPA), a highly effective anti-jam technique, will no longer fall under stringent International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)—finally opening the market to U.S. manufacturers and expanding use of the technology.
By Renee Knight
ANELLO was selected for a Small Business Innovation Research Phase I due to its innovative optical gyroscope technology and its unique sensor fusion engine following their selection as an “Alternative Navigation System for Hypersonic Vehicles in Global Positioning System (GPS)-Degraded and GPS-Denied Environment”.
By Inside GNSS
