Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) such as EGNOS, WAAS and MSAS have been quietly underpinning safety-critical navigation for decades, delivering correction and integrity data that enable more accurate and dependable GNSS positioning.
By Peter Gutierrez
Low Earth Orbit Navigation System (LEONS) milestone advances commercial LEO PNT and reduces satellites’ reliance on legacy GPS signals.
By Inside GNSS
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
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
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
The UK government has unveiled a £155 million investment package to harden the country’s Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) infrastructure, backing a mix of terrestrial, satellite-independent, and monitoring capabilities aimed at reducing dependence on vulnerable GNSS signals.
By Inside GNSS![Some of the equipment that makes up Indra’s GBAS; Image courtesy Indra[87]](https://insidegnss.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Some-of-the-equipment-that-makes-up-Indras-GBAS-Image-courtesy-Indra87-150x150.jpg)
Indra Navia’s ground-based augmentation system (GBAS), developed in Norway, is installed at airports worldwide, enhancing satellite navigation accuracy for aircraft landings. Positioned at or near runways, it provides precise guidance and integrity data, enabling safer, more efficient, and flexible approaches.
By Peter Gutierrez
Spirent Communications, now part of Keysight Technologies, announced PNT Xe, a new global navigation satellite system (GNSS) simulation platform designed to extend high-performance GNSS testing to more users across the development lifecycle.
By Inside GNSS
A project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and led by StatSat AS, in collaboration with Fugro Norway AS, has successfully completed a demonstration of precise point positioning (PPP) onboard the NorSat-TD satellite.
By Peter Gutierrez
Editor’s Note: Inside GNSS recently sat down with technical and executive experts from Iridium following the launch of the company’s new PNT ASIC.
By Inside GNSS
