Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Sierra Space, a commercial space company and defense-tech prime announced a key development milestone for the company’s Resilient GPS (R-GPS) program, marked by the successful completion of Systems Requirements Review (SRR).
By Inside GNSS
The U.S. Space Force transferred Satellite Control Authority of the Global Positioning System (GPS) III Space Vehicle 07, to the 2nd Navigation Warfare Squadron, Mission Delta 31, operating at Schriever Space Force Base, Colo., on Jan. 8, 2025.
By Inside GNSS
FrontierSI has released its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) 2024 State of the Market Report. This report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the emerging LEO PNT market, showcasing its transformative potential in satellite navigation, the challenges it addresses, and the key players shaping its evolution.
By Inside GNSS
Topcon Positioning Systems has announced a significant expansion of its Topnet Live reference station network, introducing 200 new geodetic stations strategically positioned across the United States. This comprehensive network upgrade expands the availability of advanced centimeter-level accuracy for precision-critical industries, including engineering, surveying, construction, and agricultural sectors.
By Inside GNSS
The mosaic-G5 range of GNSS modules will extend the established mosaic family, recognized for its positioning performance and reliability, focusing on new use cases within UAVs, robotics and other applications that require an even smaller module.
By Inside GNSS
TRX Systems is developing the next generation of its Dismounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System (DAPS GEN III) for the U.S. Army, ensuring soldiers can maintain reliable PNT, even in contested environments where GNSS signals are compromised.
By Inside GNSS
Partners in the European Space Agency (ESA)-funded HydroGNSS project, led by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), will use GNSS reflectometry to provide measurements of key hydrological climate variables, including soil moisture, freeze–thaw state over permafrost, inundation and wetlands, and above-ground biomass.
By Peter Gutierrez
Finnish researchers have presented an affordable, multi-sensor solution to enable high-precision positioning and alignment of agricultural equipment. It is being developed under the ESA-funded PAALI project (‘Precision agriculture – high precision coordinate and alignments transfer’).
By Peter Gutierrez
Slingshot Aerospace, a provider of AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation, has announced it has been awarded $1.9 million from the United States Space Force’s (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to further develop GPS jamming and spoofing detection, as well as more precisely geolocate the sources and predict patterns of interference.
By Inside GNSS
The debut Innovation Vanguard Awards from Inside GNSS sister publication Inside Unmanned Systems highlights cutting-edge innovations, technological advancements, product design and breakthroughs across multiple categories of specific unmanned and autonomy application segments.
By Inside GNSS
The ‘BIO.PNT’ project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), has developed a water quality monitoring system that combines biosensor and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies. The system enables the association of PNT data with detected organophosphate contamination in fresh water.
By Peter Gutierrez
The Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) will demonstrate GNSS-based spacecraft navigation in transit to the Moon and on the lunar surface. This will open the door to operational use of existing Earth-based GNSS signals for real-time onboard positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) around the Moon, increasing mission capability while reducing reliance on ground networks for PNT.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA)-funded SRX project (‘SW-Defined Receiver for eXact PNT’) has developed a prototype multi-frequency, multi-GNSS receiver offering high-precision positioning and heading capability in adverse signal environments like forests.
By Peter Gutierrez
