INDUSTRY

Eos Positioning Systems redesigns Eos Tools Pro on iOS

Eos Positioning Systems has launched a redesigned Eos Tools Pro app on iOS. The redesigned app includes a reorganized settings menu to improve the organization of all configuration options, offering a centralized space for users to manage their GNSS preferences and optimize workflows. The new interface has been revamped to take advantage of Split View mode on iPadOS to view all pertinent information when using Eos Tools Pro in conjunction with a data-collection app. This is particullarly useful for Skadi Tilt Compensation and Skadi Smart Handle users. eos-gnss.com

SatNav receiver by STMicroelectronics

STMicroelectronics has unveiled the Teseo VI family of GNSS receivers. The new receivers integrate multi-constellation and quad-band signal processing on a single chip, achieving centimeter-level accuracy for various applications.

The Teseo VI family includes the STA8600A and STA8610A models, featuring dual independent Arm Cortex-M7 processing cores. The Teseo VI+ variant can host enhanced positioning engines developed by third-party companies, providing real-time kinematics for centimeter position accuracy. The Teseo APP2 STA9200MA operates dual cores in lockstep, offering hardware redundancy for applications requiring ISO 26262 ASIL-B functional safety compliance12. newsroom.st.com

Quectel unveils LG580P GNSS RTK module

Quectel Wireless Solutions has launched LG580P, a multi-constellation, multiband GNSS module designed for highprecision positioning. The module supports multi-band signals across L1, L2, L5, and L6, enabling real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning and integrating a dual antenna heading algorithm for enhanced accuracy and reliability. quectel.com

SBG Systems expands GNSS receiver options

SBG Systems has upgraded its inertial navigation systems — Ekinox, Apogee and Navsight— with new GNSS receiver options designed to offer greater flexibility while maintaining high precision and reliability.

The latest update introduces three additional GNSS receiver variants, each tailored to specific regional and application needs. These include:
• Marinestar: This variant supports Fugro Marinestar, delivering precise point positioning (PPP) with cmlevel accuracy via L-band corrections without requiring a base station. It is optimized for marine applications such as hydrographic surveys and dredging.
• HAS Ready / NavIC: Designed for future compatibility, this variant includes Galileo E6 support for the upcoming Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS), offering free decimeterlevel PPP corrections globally. Additionally, it supports the Indian NavIC system, making it suitable for applications in urban environments, aviation and operations in India.
• Centimeter-Level Augmentation Service (CLAS): Tailored for users in Japan, this variant utilizes QZSS L6 signals to provide free PPP corrections without external services. It is ideal for land and marine navigation in Japan.

All GNSS variants integrate seamlessly with SBG Systems’ antenna portfolio and Qinertia post-processing software. www.sbg-systems.com

EOLTS: Revolutionizing End-of-Life Tracking for Spacecraft

As space becomes increasingly crowded, managing decommissioned satellites is critical for sustainable operations. Syntony, with the support of CNES, is developing the End-Of-Life Tracker for Spacecraft (EOLTS) tracker—an innovative, lowpower GNSS-based solution that provides precise and autonomous tracking of space systems at the end of their operational life. This breakthrough technology enhances Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and supports sustainable space initiatives.

With thousands of active and defunct satellites orbiting Earth, space debris poses an escalating threat to operational space missions. Uncontrolled satellites can collide, creating hazardous debris fields that jeopardize space infrastructure. To address this, CNES initiated the “T4SC” (Tech for Space Care) program, aimed at developing advanced technologies to tackle the different issues of space debris.

NovAtel partnership with GPR, Inc.

NovAtel will enhance its industry-leading SPAN GNSS+INS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems + Inertial Navigation System) solution by adding groundpenetrating radar sensors. It signed a MoU with Massachusetts-based GPR, Inc. to integrate GPR’s WaveSense ground-penetrating radar technology.

NovAtel will explore the full potential of integrating its renowned SPAN system with GPR’s unique subsurface mapping technology. This exploration aims to deliver customers a robust positioning solution, ensuring consistent, centimetrelevel accuracy even in GPS-denied or environmentally challenging conditions in autonomy, mining and other missioncritical applications. novatel.com

GMV to support evolution of GRC

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has awarded GMV a framework contract to advance the Galileo Reference Centre (GRC), a key facility for monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Galileo satellite navigation system.

The upcoming GRC V2 version will introduce real-time monitoring capabilities, enhancing EUSPA’s ability to oversee GNSS services. This evolution will support additional Galileo services, including:
• Signal Authentication Service (SAS): Strengthening trust in Galileo signals.
• Time Dissemination Service: Enabling precise synchronization for critical infrastructure.
• Search and Rescue (SAR): Improving emergency response operations.
• Emergency Warning Satellite Service (EWSS): Facilitating public alerts for natural disasters and emergencies.

The upgraded GRC is expected to be operational by 2026 without impacting ongoing functions. www.gmv.com

GEODNET raises $8M to equip humanoid robots with cm-level accuracy

GEODNET Foundation has announced an $8M strategic round led by Multicoin Capital with participation from ParaFi and DACM, bringing the project’s total financing to date to $15M. The foundation will use the capital to service the network’s rapidly-growing customer pipeline and support new robotics and physical artificial intelligence (AI) applications and customers. Real-time kinematics (RTK) is a navigation technique that enhances positioning data from satellite-based systems—such as GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, or BeiDou— to achieve real-time, centimeter-level accuracy. GEODNET recently became the largest RTK network in the world and now boasts more than 13,500 userdeployed reference stations across 4,377 cities in more than 142 countries. These stations provide precision location services to thousands of robots daily, including autonomous trucks, construction vehicles, agricultural equipment, drones, robotic lawn mowers, robotic marine vehicles, and much more. www.geodnet.com

Zephr.xyz wins $1.7M AFRL contract

Zephr.xyz has been awarded a $1.74 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Direct-to-Phase II contract from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop an advanced capability to strengthen operational awareness and resilience for U.S. warfighters. The new system will provide real-time detection of GPS/GNSS jamming and spoofing in contested domains while geolocating the sources of these attacks. As part of the program, Zephr.xyz’s dual-use “networked GNSS” technology – which turns ordinary mobile phones into a highfidelity GNSS receiver network – will undergo rigorous field testing in Ukraine and multiple U.S. military exercises before integration with the Department of Defense’s Tactical Assault Kit (TAK) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Team Awareness Kit (TAK). www.Zephr.xyz

Production of MAPS Gen II system by Collins Aerospace

Collins Aerospace has received approval for Full Rate Production of the Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Generation II system (MAPS GEN II). Following the fifth delivery order of the jam-and-spoof-resistant navigation solution, Collins will produce thousands of MAPS units for installation on U.S. Army and U.S. Marines Corps’ combat ground vehicles including military watercraft. MAPS fuses sensor data including satellite navigation information and secured positioning, navigation and timing data for crewed and uncrewed ground vehicles. MAPS GEN II is comprised of the company’s NavHub™-100 navigation system and Multi-Sensor Antenna System (MSAS-100) and supports multiple mission sets including combat, artillery fires, air and missile defense, shipto-shore and contested logistics. rtx.com

SparkFun Electronics unveils surveying receiver

SparkFun Electronics has released the SparkPNT RTK Facet mosaic L-Band, a high-precision geolocation and surveying receiver. It features Septentrio’s multi-band mosaic-X5 and offers centimeter-grade measurements with 6 mm RTK fixes available in less than one minute, according to Sparkfun. The receiver can connect to phones or tablets via Bluetooth, allowing NMEA output compatibility with most geographic information system software. It uses u-blox’s PointPerfect service for corrections, broadcast from a geosynchronous Inmarsat satellite. www.sparkfun.com