Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
GEODNET is taking a different approach to global Earth observation, building a blockchain-based decentralized network of high-precision multi-band GNSS base stations. Since the company’s official launch in 2022, the team has grown its network of web3 GNSS base stations to more than 3,000 globally, providing a reliable solution for Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) applications.
By Renee Knight
Rokubun has developed and demonstrated a ready-to-use OSNMA library, enabling reception of trustworthy Galileo OSNMA navigation and positioning authentication information in a variety of GNSS solutions.
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Space Agency (ESA) recently awarded GMV with a contract worth more than €200 million to develop the ground control segment for in-orbit control and validation of Galileo Second Generation (G2G) satellites.
By Inside GNSS
The ESA-funded SSRoverDAB+ project delivered its final results in June 2023.
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Space Agency (ESA) low Earth orbit (LEO)-PNT satellite program, approved at last year’s (2022) ESA ministerial conference, will soon begin testing a mini-constellation of at least ten satellites, placed in orbit some hundreds of kilometers above the Earth’s surface. Conventional GNSS systems, like those used by Europe’s Galileo program, utilize medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites, about 23,000 kilometers from Earth.
By Peter Gutierrez
Safran Electronics and Defense (France) is leading the ACHILE consortium (‘Augmented capability for high-end soldiers’), aimed at designing advanced soldier systems with enhanced capability suites. In June, 2023, the European Commission awarded ACHILE a €40-million grant, making it one of the main projects funded under the European Defense Fund 2021.
By Peter Gutierrez
NextNav has taken the first step toward providing a resilient 3D PNT capability in Europe, opening a new commercial testbed for its Pinnacle technology in France.
By Inside GNSS
Safran Electronics & Defense and Terran Orbital announced at last week’s Paris Air Show that they have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to study and validate the prerequisites for the production of a new generation of electric propulsion systems for satellites in the United States, based on Safran’s PPSX00 plasma thruster.
By Inside GNSS
Topcon Positioning Systems announces the acquisition of Satel Oy (Finland, Salo), the world’s leading expert and innovator in wireless technology.
By Inside GNSS
SAN FRANCISCO and LEUVEN, Belgium—Point One Navigation, a provider of precise location as a service (PLaaS) for autonomous vehicles, and Septentrio, a leader in high-precision GNSS, have expanded their precision location solutions throughout western Europe.
By Inside GNSS
ION’s JNC brings industry together to solve PNT challenges
Reliable access to PNT is critical for the warfighter, but that’s becoming more difficult as threats like jamming and spoofing continue to grow.
By Renee Knight
The new NavGuide GPS receiver from BAE Systems, an assured-positioning, navigation and timing (A-PNT) device, will serve as a field-installable replacement for the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR), providing the warfighter with access to assured M-Code PNT data.
By Renee Knight
Using atmospheric polarization for GPS-denied navigation
By Inside GNSS
