Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
VIAVI Solutions has introduced the µPNT GDO-1000, a GNSS-disciplined oscillator built in the M.2 B-key form factor measuring 22mm by 42mm and weighing under four grams — designed for defense, airborne, and unmanned platforms where traditional timing modules are too large or power-hungry to integrate.
By Inside GNSS
Colorado-based Xairos Systems has completed two-kilometer free-space range testing with its Ares Quantum Optical Terminal, establishing simultaneous quantum and optical links from a single integrated unit.
By Inside GNSS
TRX Systems will present new enhancements to its Dismounted Assured PNT System GEN II at the Joint Navigation Conference, held June 1–4 at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center.
By Inside GNSS
The House Armed Services Committee’s chairman’s mark of the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, released May 26, includes a provision that would establish a designated Pentagon official to oversee the Defense Department’s positioning, navigation and timing enterprise — including alternative PNT programs alongside the existing GPS architecture.
By Inside GNSS
He spoke with Inside GNSS about what Xona’s Pulsar means for the future of resilient PNT.
By Inside GNSS
In 2017, the main message at the Munich Satellite Summit was clear: GNSS needs a backup. Nearly 10 years later, the message hasn’t changed; we may have more tools available but very little progress has been made—while the threat to GNSS only continues to grow.
By Dana A. Goward
GNSS interference is no longer a distant concern or a technical edge case. As jamming, spoofing and autonomy requirements expose the limits of today’s PNT architectures, LEO is emerging as one of the most important alternatives to understand.
By Zak M. Kassas
Over the next six issues, Dr. Güenter W. Hein will critically review the development of Galileo, drawing on more than two decades of direct experience with Europe’s satellite navigation system. But this series is not simply a look back. Galileo’s history is also a study in geopolitics, technical ambition, institutional complexity, international cooperation, spectrum management and interoperability—issues that remain central to today’s global PNT aspirations.
By Günter W. Hein
Colorado Springs-based Apogee has been awarded a five-year, $103.6 million task order to provide positioning, navigation, and timing contractor support services for the Department of Defense, supporting modernization, acquisition, and sustainment planning across the global PNT enterprise.
By Inside GNSS
FocalPoint Positioning has unveiled Precise+, a software-defined receiver technology that delivers sub-metre GNSS accuracy in environments where conventional carrier phase tracking typically fails — without the use of inertial sensors, dead reckoning, or sensor fusion.
By Inside GNSS
Taoglas has introduced the GVLB208 Series, a dual-band L1/L5 stacked patch antenna in a 20 x 20 x 8 mm footprint — one of the smallest packages available for concurrent L1/L5 operation. The series is the first in a new family of ultra-compact GNSS antennas from the company.
By Inside GNSS
Septentrio has extended its mosaic-G5 module family with the P8, a multi-frequency GNSS receiver designed for mission-critical applications in contested electromagnetic environments.
By Inside GNSS
NASA Earthdata and principal investigator Stephen Leroy of JANUS Research Group have released a new set of Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation data products reformatted to a common Climate and Forecast convention-compliant format, improving cross-program usability for atmospheric researchers and GNSS data users.
By Inside GNSS
