Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has introduced HYPNOSIS, a high-power navigation warfare (NAVWAR) system designed to defend fixed, high-value sites against GNSS-guided aerial threats — chiefly the large drone swarms that have become a defining feature of recent conflicts — by attacking their satellite navigation link rather than shooting them down.
By Inside GNSS
FocalPoint has entered into a commercial agreement with STMicroelectronics to bring the companies’ joint GNSS positioning solution to market for automotive applications, the UK-based GNSS software firm announced July 14. The agreement builds on a collaboration first announced in May 2025 and combines FocalPoint’s S-GNSS Auto software with STMicroelectronics’ Teseo GNSS hardware.
By Inside GNSS
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
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
Tersus GNSS has launched the AG993, a modular autosteer retrofit kit for agricultural vehicles that pairs high-precision GNSS positioning with the company’s proprietary TAP (Tersus Advanced Positioning) satellite correction service alongside conventional RTK support. The system targets better-than-2.5 cm accuracy across a 0.2–30 km/h working speed range, with support down to 0.1 km/h and standard automatic headland U-turns.
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
