Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) achieved a major milestone last night with the successful launch of the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) Vanguard aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket, as part of the USSF-106 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
By Inside GNSS
Signal structure and ephemeris and timing error correction. Finding alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies to GNSS is more pressing than ever.
By Zak Kassas et alia
Xona Space Systems recently launched its first production-class LEO satellite into orbit, a major step toward the ultimate goal: offering a commercial service that will complement GNSS and become a critical part of a more layered approach to PNT.
By Renee Knight
The Department of the Air Force (DAF) launches the Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) Vanguard on the USSF-106 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, Aug. 12, 2025. NTS-3 is a payload for the first U.S. national security launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan rocket.
By Inside GNSS
Partnership meets growing demand for precision among Taiwan Mobile’s existing automotive, robotics, and fleet customers.
By Inside GNSS
The European Union is rapidly redefining its space and defense posture, advancing autonomy, reinforcing resilience, and asserting global leadership through systems like Galileo and IRIS², and with a newly proposed EU Space Act.
By Peter Gutierrez
Resiliency was again top of mind at this year’s JNC, where manufacturers displayed a variety of solutions designed to complement and strengthen PNT.
By Renee Knight
Interference with GNSS signals used by maritime has been pervasive for years in areas such as the Baltic and the Black Seas. Today, in the Strait of Hormuz alone, over 1,000 commercial vessels are impacted each day.
By Dana A. Goward
Septentrio, part of Hexagon, a leader in high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, is collaborating with Gateworks Corporation, a US-based manufacturer of high-quality Single Board Computers (SBCs).
By Inside GNSS
Astroscale Ltd. today announced an agreement to provide Xona Space Systems with next-generation docking plates for integration into Xona’s growing constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The collaboration supports two critical goals: building a resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) infrastructure and keeping Earth’s orbit safe and sustainable.
By Inside GNSS
New collaboration to demonstrate how terrestrial 5G-based timing can provide scalable solutions to complement and backup GPS.
By Inside GNSS
Exail has secured a new contract with a U.S.-based global defense player. The agreement involves the delivery of 100 Phins Compact Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) to equip Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs).
By Inside GNSS
In a project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) NAVISP program, a Polish consortium led by INFEO, and including the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (UWM Olsztyn), has completed the ARWaterNAV project.
By Peter Gutierrez
