Navigation company iXBlue acquired by Groupe Gorgé

Photo: ixBlue Groupe Gorgé has acquired navigation company iXblue. The move will bring iXblue and Groupe Gorgé subsidiary ECA Group and iXblue. Groupe Gorgé is a European company specializing in high-tech industrial solutions for the robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and…
APNT/Space team aims to advance navigation capabilities

APNT/Space modernization gives U.S. Army a clearer view of multi-domain battlefield U.S. Army soldiers experiment with new assured PNTT/space equipment during the 2021 PNT Assessment Exercise at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. (Photo: U.S. Army/Austin Thomas, Army Futures Command)…
Companies discuss navigation solutions at NAVISP Industry Days

Europe’s leading companies and research institutes working on positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies met in the Netherlands in mid-June for this year’s NAVISP Industry Days. The event is devoted to the latest developments in the Navigation Innovation and Support…
Magnetic Navigation 2022 – Freedom from GNSS? 

Dana Goward, President, Resilient PNT Foundation In a world where GPS and other GNSS signals can be easily denied or, worse, spoofed, interest in other forms of navigation has rebounded. Imagine being able to locate yourself within a couple of…
Emcore contracted for navigation for space launch vehicles

Initial value of the contracts is expected to be more than $ 12 million Emcore Corporation has been awarded new contracts for the Booster Rate Gyro (BoRG) and Tri-Axial Inertial Measurement Unit (TAIMU) programs for space launch vehicles resulting from…
ESA releases video explaining its navigation innovation program

NAVISP includes projects for autonomous and connected driving. (Image: ESA/F. Bagiana) Many of the experts that designed and oversaw the Galileo system are now supporting European companies in developing new navigation technologies and services through the Navigation Innovation and Support…
Portal for NAVIGATION journal goes live

The open access portal for NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation is now live at live at navi.ion.org. “ION has partnered with HighWire Press to host its new open access portal for NAVIGATION giving readers a sophisticated platform that offers…
ESA Navigation Lab showcases multi-receiver UAV

Photo: ESA The Navigation Laboratory of the European Space Agency (ESA) has acquired an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can carry different types of satellite navigation receivers to collect data for follow-on analysis. The NavLab, based at ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in…

Honeywell has launched two new resilient navigation systems: the Honeywell Compact Inertial Navigation System and Honeywell Radar Velocity System. These systems, jointly with GPSdome, an anti-jamming system developed by Honeywell’s partner InfiniDome, are designed for commercial and military customers needing reliable navigation solutions that…