A quantum technology-based navigation system has completed a successful trial at sea, which has shown its potential to operate where other networks are unavailable.

The HARLEQUIN system was tested on board the Galatea, a buoy and lighthouse maintenance vessel, and was shown to be capable of functioning in real-world conditions, outside the laboratory. It could be used to support more widely-used global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) when they are out of service or are less reliable.

HARLEQUIN combines conventional elements of navigation systems with a cold-atom quantum accelerometer. At the heart of …

TDK Corporation has announced Trusted Positioning STRIDE, an embedded pedestrian dead-reckoning (PDR) software solution engineered specifically for wearables — smart watches, head-mounted devices, glasses and compact sensors. STRIDE provides reliable positioning without the power and hardware demands traditionally required for GNSS-based tracking.

STRIDE’s low-power, sensor-agnostic software engine fuses inertial data with GNSS and opportunistic wireless signals, delivering continuous location tracking both indoors and outdoors.

STRIDE runs as embedded software, giving OEMs freedom to deploy positioning without redesigning hardware or relying on cloud connectivity, according to the company. STRIDE processes sensor data in real …

GNSS corrections company Rx Networks is collaborating with Zephr.xyz, whose software-based positioning SDK enables sub-meter accuracy on Android devices without requiring specialized hardware.

Through this collaboration, Zephr.xyz has integrated Rx Networks’ TruePoint correction services, extending high-precision GNSS capability worldwide with the reliability, availability and continuity required for commercial-scale deployment.

Operating on a global scale, Rx Networks is a provider of GNSS positioning services for tier-1 OEMs, telecom operators, and enterprise customers. Its services are engineered to ensure a five-nines (99.999%) service level agreement for availability, supporting mission-critical and safety-critical applications where continuity, resilience and predictable performance are …

Hexagon has joined the Multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MMoU) on Strengthening the Global Geodesy Supply Chain. The MMOU is a shared recognition by the United Nations Global Geodetic Centre of Excellence (UN-GGCE) alongside member state government departments and agencies, private sector companies, organisations, associations, and academic institutions, that action is required to make the foundations of positioning, navigation, and timing services robust.
Accurate positioning underpins countless day-to-day activities – from surveying and construction to agriculture, transportation, public safety and environmental monitoring. GNSS reliability is essential for keeping projects on schedule, infrastructure …

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV), a provider of positioning and navigation technologies, announced that MOVA has integrated CHCNAV PointX integrated satellite ground service and the StellaX high precision positioning chip into its NAVAX 5000 AWD intelligent robotic lawn mower, unveiled at CES 2026. The integrated positioning solution is designed to support centimeter level accuracy for wire-free mowing, without requiring users to install a local RTK base station or subscribe to cellular data plans.

Wire-free robotic mowers are accelerating adoption of virtual boundaries and automated coverage. Many systems rely on local RTK reference stations, …

Aerospacelab has announced it has been selected by Xona Space Systems to produce eight additional satellites for Pulsar, the next-era navigation constellation bringing precision, power, and protection to devices everywhere from Low Earth Orbit. Aerospacelab will serve as Xona’s transition manufacturing partner for initial Pulsar deployment, supplying flight-proven satellite platforms and systems’ integration expertise while Xona develops in-house production capabilities in California. 

The expanded order follows the success of Pulsar-0, which demonstrated a rapid speed to orbit and validated Xona’s LEO-based approach to high-performance Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). With launches beginning in late 2026, Aerospacelab’s Versatile Satellite Platforms (VSP) and integration services will accelerate early deployment, enabling Pulsar to offer commercial services to Xona’s earliest customers in the distributed timing and connected devices markets. 

Building on the momentum of …

Voyant Photonics has announced its Helium™ Platform  of fully solid-state LiDAR sensors and modules. The solution is built on a silicon photonics chip, enabling a breakthrough architecture designed to deliver unprecedented reliability, integration, and performance for industrial automation, robotics, and mobile autonomy. 

Leveraging Voyant’s proprietary Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC), Helium offers camera-like simplicity and unmatched flexibility. Helium uses a dense two-dimensional photonic focal plane array with fully integrated 2D on-chip beam steering — eliminating all unreliable scanning methods: MEMS, mirrors, and resulting in no moving parts. The FMCW LiDAR chip leverages a two-dimensional array of …

Iran has successfully launched three domestically produced satellites into space for agriculture and environmental research from a Russian launch site, marking the seventh time the country has used Russian rockets for satellite deployment, the official news agency IRNA reported.

The remote sensing satellites — Zafar-2, Paya and Kowsar-1.5 — were launched into a low-Earth orbit 500 km above the Earth by a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia, according to IRNA. The Russian rocket, lifting off at 16:48 Tehran time (1318 GMT), also carried 49 other satellites, including …

Japan’s space agency said its H3 rocket carrying a navigation satellite failed to put the payload into a planned orbit, a setback for the country’s new flagship rocket and its space launch program.

This failure is the second for Japan’s new flagship rocket after its botched 2023 debut flight and six successful flights.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said the H3 rocket carrying the Michibiki 5 satellite took off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island Monday as part of Japan’s plans to have a more precise location positioning system of its own. 

The rocket’s second-stage …

Gilmour Space Technologies has secured $217 million (US$145 million) in private equity funding to expand its Australian manufacturing operations and support the next phase of growth in domestic space capability.

In a news release, the company said the investment round, announced in Queensland, is aimed at scaling rocket and satellite manufacturing as part of Australia’s sovereign space ambitions.

The Series E raise was jointly led by the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation and Hostplus, with participation from the Future Fund, Blackbird, Funds SA, HESTA, NGS Super, Main Sequence, QIC and Brighter Super.

Gilmour Space said …