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July 14, 2026

Iridium Announces Commercial Availability of Iridium PNT ASIC, Bringing Resilient GNSS Protection to Devices Worldwide

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today announced the commercial availability of the Iridium PNT ASIC, a first-to-market chip designed to help protect GPS- and GNSS-dependent devices from jamming, spoofing, and other growing threats.

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July 13, 2026

SBG Systems Unveils Pulse-40 OEM v2 with Onboard Vibration Monitoring

SBG Systems has released a second-generation Pulse-40 OEM, a miniature tactical-grade IMU aimed at guidance, stabilization, and navigation applications in space- and power-constrained platforms.

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July 10, 2026

Xona Space Systems Launches Pulsar Verified Ecosystem Certification Program

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.

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July 9, 2026

Jericho Receivers Launches Software-Defined Atomic Clock Combining GNSS, ATSC 3.0 and Network Timing

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.

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Goran Jedrejcic at the Calian display at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

July 7, 2026

Calian for Resilient GNSS, From Water to Space

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

July 6, 2026

Iridium Closes Aireon Acquisition, Adding Space-Based ADS-B to Its Portfolio

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.

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June 30, 2026

What Simple Measures Can Be Taken to Limit the Potential Impact of Spoofing of Differential GNSS Correction Messages?

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.

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Pacific Defense Wins Army PM PNT Contract for CMFF APNT Block 2 Plug-In Card

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.

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June 29, 2026

Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium in $8 Billion Deal, Combining Launch Capabilities With Alternative PNT Network

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.

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June 25, 2026

Taoglas Launches Ultra-Compact Dual-Band L1/L5 GNSS Antenna in 20 mm Footprint

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.

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June 24, 2026

NASA Expands PlanetiQ CSDA Contract to Include Polarimetric Radio Occultation Data

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.

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June 22, 2026

Honeywell Kestrel Targets GNSS-Denied Operations

Honeywell Aerospace has introduced Kestrel, an Embedded GNSS/INS navigation solution designed to maintain continuous position, velocity and attitude estimates independent of external signals — a capability the company is positioning directly against the GNSS-degraded environments that have come to define modern contested operations.

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Jackson Williams at the Inertial Labs stand at Eurosatory 2026; Photo by Peter Gutierrez

June 19, 2026

Inertial Labs Expands Options for Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)

At Eurosatory 2026, one of the themes echoing across exhibition halls packed with armored vehicles, autonomous systems, and electronic warfare technologies was that the era of uncontested satellite navigation is over. Growing threats include jamming, spoofing, and signal obstruction, and companies throughout the PNT ecosystem are searching for new ways to deliver resilience.

By Peter Gutierrez

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Iridium Announces Commercial Availability of Iridium PNT ASIC, Bringing Resilient GNSS Protection to Devices Worldwide

SBG Systems Unveils Pulse-40 OEM v2 with Onboard Vibration Monitoring

Xona Space Systems Launches Pulsar Verified Ecosystem Certification Program

Jericho Receivers Launches Software-Defined Atomic Clock Combining GNSS, ATSC 3.0 and Network Timing

Calian for Resilient GNSS, From Water to Space

Iridium Closes Aireon Acquisition, Adding Space-Based ADS-B to Its Portfolio

What Simple Measures Can Be Taken to Limit the Potential Impact of Spoofing of Differential GNSS Correction Messages?

Pacific Defense Wins Army PM PNT Contract for CMFF APNT Block 2 Plug-In Card

Rocket Lab to Acquire Iridium in $8 Billion Deal, Combining Launch Capabilities With Alternative PNT Network

Taoglas Launches Ultra-Compact Dual-Band L1/L5 GNSS Antenna in 20 mm Footprint

NASA Expands PlanetiQ CSDA Contract to Include Polarimetric Radio Occultation Data

Honeywell Kestrel Targets GNSS-Denied Operations

Inertial Labs Expands Options for Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)