Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) has signed a new, five year commercial contract with L3Harris Technologies [NYSE: LHX] for the Iridium® Satellite Time and Location (STL) service. Under the terms […]
Position Navigation Timing (PNT)
ESA kicks off two new navigation missions
ESA has signed contracts with several European companies for an overall amount of 233 million euros to develop Genesis and a LEO-PNT demonstrator, two new missions within the FutureNAV program […]
Iridium to acquire Satelles
Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM), will acquire Satelles, Inc., a leader in highly secure, satellite-based, time and location services that complement and protect GPS and other GNSS-reliant systems. The service, named […]
Space Operations Command (SpOC) launches USSF’s first two IMD betas
Space Operations Command launched the first two provisional Integrated Mission Deltas — the provisional Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Integrated Misson Delta was activated in a ceremony presided over by Lt. […]
SSTL + QuantX Labs partner to propel Australian quantum clock technology into space
QuantX Labs recently joined forces with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) through Airbus Australia, to bolster their space knowledge and skillsets, a collaboration set to propel Australian quantum technology into […]
etherWhere partners with Xona Space Systems to develop low power PULSAR + GNSS receiver
etherWhere has partnered with Xona Space Systems to develop a receiver capable of tracking Xona’s high-performance, multi-frequency PULSAR™ signals. etherWhere’s PULSAR + dual-band GNSS receiver will be a one chip, […]
Northrop Grumman’s new airborne GPS navigation system achieves successful flight test
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has conducted a successful flight test of the company’s advanced airborne navigation solution, Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) / Inertial Navigation System (INS) Modernization, known […]
Industry invited to bid for LEO satnav demo
Europe’s Galileo constellation provides meter-level precision to users across the globe and the general expectation is that satnav is going to keep on getting better, in line with increasing user needs […]
Septentrio collaborates with Xona on PULSAR™ GNSS receiver
Septentrio has been collaborating with Xona Space Systems to develop an experimental receiver that is compatible with the latter’s multi-frequency PULSAR™ signals. This multi-frequency receiver that supports Xona’s LEO PNT […]
Fugro and GomSpace deliver world class position and timing accuracy onboard LEO satellites
Fugro and GomSpace have been working together on the SpaceStar™ product since 2020. Since that time, the first SpaceStar systems has gained flight heritage and credible performance: Real time, sub-decimeter, […]