Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Europe’s role in lunar exploration has crystallized around a clear strategic theme: enabling reliable positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) beyond Earth, in close coordination with international partners, particularly NASA.
By Peter Gutierrez
Europe has found an intriguing new player in the contest to strengthen resilience in positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT). iNGage is a Franco-Italian startup formed in early 2025 to commercialize a novel class of micro- and nano-electro-mechanical systems (M&NEMS)-based inertial sensors.
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
Under a European Union Aviation Safety Association (EASA)-implemented project, European and South American partners are conducting targeted technical exchanges, operational assessments, and regulatory coordination on satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS).
By Peter Gutierrez
Off the coast of Venezuela, U.S. forces seized the tanker Skipper in a helicopter-launched raid, an operation confirmed by U.S. officials on 11 December, after the vessel spent weeks spoofing its GNSS-derived AIS position. The incident throws a glaring spotlight on the global ‘dark fleet’, a network of sanctions-evading tankers whose illicit movements resonate far beyond the Caribbean.
By Peter Gutierrez
New research by Finland’s National Land Survey (NLS) seeks to measure and mitigate GNSS interference and to quantify receiver tolerance, in response to a surge of jamming and spoofing incidents in the Baltic region. Co-funded by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the project runs through March 2027.
By Peter Gutierrez
Funded under the European Space Agency’s NAVISP program, the ‘Deployable Satellite Navigation Antenna’ project has delivered a compact Ka-band antenna prototype for small satellite platforms.
By Peter Gutierrez
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
GNSS jamming and spoofing usually comes from the ground with signals traveling line-of-sight. This means they are most likely to be detected by and impact aircraft. But what about maritime and shore infrastructure?
By Dana A. Goward
A new perspective on positioning safety analyses.
By Inside GNSS
The new G5 receiver from Septentrio optimizes resilience, efficiency and capability without any compromises at the performance level.
By Peter Gutierrez
While celebrating the Galileo milestone, the conference focused on addressing today’s GNSS vulnerabilities and moving toward a more assured PNT.
By Richard Thomas
