Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
At a special event organized by SAE International in Brussels late last year, representatives of the European space sector and automotive industry discussed trends and issues in urban mobility, including automated driving and robust positioning, navigation and timing (PNT).
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Space Agency-funded VALLE project, led by GMV and with contributions by RISE, is developing innovative, privacy-preserving solutions for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) applications.
By Peter Gutierrez
Ensuring resilience against GNSS spoofing is a critical challenge for applications relying on accurate and secure satellite positioning. The European Space Agency (ESA)-funded ‘Galileo Smart Traceability Anti-spoofing’ (GSTA) project, led by Italy’s Origosat, has developed enhanced spoofing detection and mitigation capabilities, leveraging real-time and unpredictable data sources.
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Commission wants to establish a ‘timing backbone’, based on a sturdy blend of GNSS capabilities and terrestrial services, designed to bolster resilience when satellite signals fail. A recent market consultation report from the EC’s Joint Research Center (JRC) underscores the urgent need for such a system, calling it essential for EU autonomy, economic resilience, and global standing.
By Peter Gutierrez
The first edition of the report looks at the latest developments and trends in GNSS and secure satellite communications, with an emphasis on user technology and on potential and existing synergies.
By Inside GNSS
Leveraging Galileo and introducing new GNSS measurements to the current network enables Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS) availability below the vertical limit.
By Inside GNSS
The multinational technology company GMV has been selected by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to develop a new version of the High Accuracy Data Generator (HADG) as part of Phase 2 of the Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS) development.
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
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
At the recent SAE conference in Brussels, during a roundtable discussion moderated by Christina Anagnostopoulou of the National Technical University of Athens, talk turned to the role of GNSS and other positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies in urban drone operations.
By Peter Gutierrez
The first FutureNAV Industry Day, on 18 February 2025, will bring together European stakeholders in satellite navigation to explore the future of positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies. This gathering will spotlight emerging opportunities and foster a network of European companies in the PNT and GNSS sector.
By Inside GNSS
Europe’s Galileo navigation system has taken a significant leap forward with the completion of a major upgrade to its Galileo Ground Segment. As one of the most complex ground segments ever developed in Europe, the challenge lay in seamlessly upgrading a system that serves more than four billion users globally—without disrupting service.
By Inside GNSS
