Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Netherlands is preparing to implement a distance-based tolling system for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) exceeding 3.5 metric tons, scheduled to start on July 1, 2026. The initiative aims to modernize road user charging by employing GNSS-based technology to monitor vehicle movements and calculate tolls per kilometer driven.
By Peter Gutierrez
In a time of increasing geopolitical tension and the growing incidence of GNSS interference, particularly in Eastern Europe, quantum sensing has emerged as a pivotal alternative technology for ensuring resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems.
By Peter Gutierrez
Funded under the European Space Agency’s NAVISP program, the Nav4FutureMobility (N4FM) project has demonstrated a prototype technical supervision service for Level 4 automated driving.
By Peter Gutierrez
European wearable technology is moving into high-performance territory thanks to the Horizon Europe-funded initiative ‘Solution for body kinematics monitoring’.
By Peter Gutierrez
In a major move marking the latest wave of consolidation in the GNSS and positioning tech sector, Swiss-based u-blox Holding AG has agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition by private equity giant Advent International.
By Inside GNSS
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
This acquisition will revolutionise the positioning industry by establishing new benchmarks for accuracy, resilience and scalability to advance the path to full autonomy.
By Inside GNSS
Just five months ago, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research (DOT/OST-R), Volpe Center issued a 15-day quick-turn Request for Information (RFI), which was subsequently extended for an additional 15 days, to industry seeking feedback on the availability of operationally ready (Technical Readiness Level or TRL ≥ 8) complementary positioning navigation and timing (CPNT) technologies to meet critical infrastructure needs when GPS service is not available, degraded or disrupted.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
A comprehensive exploration of the latest advancements in IMU and INS sensor technology.
By Inside GNSS
Topcon Positioning Systems recently announced the latest addition to its HiPer family of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers: HiPer CR.
By Inside GNSS
By Xavier Orr, Advanced Navigation
The topic of signal spoofing is set to dominate discussions across the PNT and GNSS field.
This January, global aviation industry leaders will convene for a meeting hosted by The International Air Transport Association (IATA), bringing together aircraft manufacturers and regulators to address the escalating threat of GNSS spoofing—a concern deemed a “growing issue” by IATA’s SVP of Operations, Safety & Security, Nick Careen.
By Inside GNSS
Speaking at the 2024 ESA Director General’s Annual Press Briefing in Paris, the agency’s Director of Navigation Javier Benedicto provided an update on ESA satellite navigation activities. About the LEO PNT (Low Earth Orbit, Positioning, Navigation and Timing) program, he said, “We have completed the procurement process for this, one of our flagship programs, approved by the [ESA] ministerial conference in November 2022.
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA), together with the European Commission, has published a new version of the Galileo Open Service Signal In Space Interface Control Document (OS SIS ICD).
By Peter Gutierrez
The GEODNET Foundation and Deep Sand Technology (DST) are working together to advance precision agriculture in rural North America.
By Inside GNSS
After releasing their first MEMS-based oscillators in 2007, the team at SiTime knew there was still work to be done.
By Renee Knight
