A new edition of the European Union’s Space Market Report is now available. According to the EU’s Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), it offers a comprehensive overview of the latest developments, emerging trends, and market dynamics shaping the global space downstream sector.
The report provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and trends in GNSS, as well as Earth observation (EO), secure satellite communications (Secure SATCOM), and space situational awareness (SSA) in one place for the first time. It also highlights the evolution of user technologies and the growing synergies between these domains.
“As Europe’s space capabilities become increasingly interconnected, it is essential to move beyond viewing them as standalone technologies,” explained Rodrigo da Costa, EUSPA executive director. The publication “reflects the growing synergies between these domains and their strategic importance for Europe’s economy, resilience and autonomy.
“By providing a comprehensive view of the evolving space ecosystem, EUSPA aims to foster innovation, strengthen collaboration across the sector, and support the development of a more competitive, agile and responsive European Union space economy,” da Costa said.
GNSS and EO
The report highlights sustained growth for both the GNSS and EO markets across all 16 analyzed market segments. The current €3.5 billion of EO market revenue in 2024 is expected to grow to €7.9 billion by 2034 with agriculture representing the largest share.
GNSS revenues are forecast to rise from €300 billion in 2024 to €580 billion by 2034. GNSS service revenues outpace device revenues and confirm the increasing role of digital ecosystems and value-added services in the space economy, the report said.
Revenues are mainly driven by consumer solutions, and road and automotive, with a global installed base of GNSS-enabled devices that will reach almost 10 billion by 2034.
Secure SATCOM
The Secure SATCOM market addresses the needs of surveillance, key infrastructure and crisis management. In this sector, data service revenues generated by EU users are forecast to grow significantly, increasing from more than €200 million in 2025 to nearly €1.2 billion by 2040.
While maritime surveillance drives demand in 2025, by 2040 the market is expected to be led by law enforcement interventions, civil protection and force deployment, fueled by growing security and resilience needs, demand for reliable connectivity, and stronger crisis-response capabilities.
Existing and future synergies
The report also examines how major macroeconomic trends —including climate change, geopolitical instability and rapid urbanization — are reshaping space markets and strengthening synergies between EO, GNSS and Secure SATCOM technologies. Together, these capabilities are becoming increasingly important for security, resilience, disaster response, environmental monitoring, and smarter urban and infrastructure management.
Focal Point Positioning, a U.K.-based developer of GNSS-enhancing software, has launched Precise+, a technology designed to deliver reliable high-precision positioning in environments where conventional carrier-phase tracking struggles. The company unveiled the technology at the 2026 European Navigation Conference in Vienna, Austria.
Precise+ extends the capabilities of the company’s patented Supercorrelation platform into the carrier-phase domain, targeting the cycle slips that can cause real-time kinematic (RTK) and precise point positioning (PPP) systems to lose lock in difficult environments.
Continuous carrier-phase lock is required for centimeter-level positioning. In dense urban areas, under tree cover and in multipath-heavy environments, interruptions can trigger cycle slips and force systems to reinitialize. According to the company, these disruptions remain a major obstacle for advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), automated driving and robotics applications.
Focal Point said Precise+ improves GNSS performance in challenging conditions, delivering sub-meter accuracy in scenarios where commercial receivers using live corrections typically produce multi-meter errors.
The company tested its software-defined Precise+ receiver in Thetford Forest, a common benchmark environment for GNSS testing under dense foliage. According to Focal Point, the system achieved 80 cm accuracy at the 99th percentile, meaning positioning error remained below 80 cm for 99% of measurements collected in the most difficult sections of the route. The company said competing state-of-the-art receivers produced errors greater than 3 m under the same conditions.
Focal Point noted the results were achieved using only receiver-level performance, without inertial sensors, dead reckoning or sensor fusion. The company said the improvements can be combined with additional technologies such as sensor fusion, RTK or PPP corrections.
“RTK and PPP deliver centimeter accuracy in open sky but degrade sharply where signals are disrupted by tree cover, buildings or multipath,” said Scott Pomerantz, CEO of Focal Point Positioning. “This limits deployment to a narrow slice of the road network, not the environments people actually drive in.”
“Meanwhile, correction services carry high recurring per-vehicle costs yet cannot fix what happens at the receiver when the signal environment degrades,” Pomerantz added. “This means OEMs pay for precise positioning that doesn’t function where it matters most.”
According to the company, Precise+ is designed for automotive applications including ADAS, automated driving and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) systems, as well as other applications requiring sustained high-precision GNSS performance outside open-sky conditions.
The Maricopa County (Arizona) Department of Transportation (MCDOT) has selected connected-vehicle technology specialist Cohda Wireless to support delivery of its Connected Vehicle Acceleration Zone (CVAZ).
The CVAZ is a USDOT-backed deployment designed to accelerate interoperable vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology across key corridors in the county. CVAZ forms part of the Federal Highway Administration’s “Saving Lives with Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment” program, which is supporting national models for connected vehicle deployment in Arizona, Texas and Utah.
The Maricopa County project will rely primarily on 5.9 GHz communications and is expected to connect up to 750 physical and virtual roadside units with 400 onboard units across transit, emergency response and freight fleets.
An MK6 Road-Side Unit being mounted to traffic infrastructure. (Credit: Cohda Wireless)
The deployment will support emergency vehicle pre-emption, vulnerable road user alerts, transit signal priority and freight signal priority in Phoenix, Tolleson, Avondale and unincorporated Maricopa County, as well as along ADOT’s US 60 highway.
Together, these applications are intended to help emergency vehicles move more efficiently through intersections, improve transit reliability, reduce freight delays and provide earlier warnings around pedestrians and cyclists.
Following its selection as a vendor, Cohda is contributing technical expertise in testing and deployment planning to support delivery of the CVAZ application zones. Under the project, Cohda will supply MK6 Road-Side Unit (RSU) kits and MK6 On-Board Unit (OBU) kits across the CVAZ application zones.
The program is designed as a multi-vendor deployment. Cohda’s RSU and OBU platforms are positioned to integrate with the county’s selected roadside processing environment, helping reduce integration risk and support faster deployment.
For Norway, frequent GNSS jamming and spoofing is affecting a wide range of civilian operations, including air traffic. Interference is increasingly being detected deeper inside Norwegian airspace, reports the Barents Observer.
Three dedicated monitoring stations for detecting GNSS disturbances have already been established in the region bordering Russia. Now, the Norwegian Communications Authority (Nkom) plans to install two additional stations this year.
The new sensors will provide improved continuous monitoring, covering key new areas, including large parts of the Varanger Peninsula and the Barents Sea.
Taoglas has launched the GVLB208 series, an active and passive dual-band GNSS L1/L5 stacked patch antenna — the first in a new family of ultra-compact antennas.
Combining a tiny package with concurrent L1/L5 support and stable right-hand circular polarization (RHCP), the antennas deliver reliable centimeter-level positioning in a compact 20 x 20 x 8 mm footprint.
The GVLB208 series is designed for applications that require high-precision positioning in a compact form factor. Its size, dual-band support and circular polarization make it suitable for designers looking to improve positioning performance without increasing device footprint.
The new antennas address this challenge with a single-feed stacked patch design that supports concurrent L1 and L5 GNSS bands. By leveraging dual-band operation, they significantly reduce the impact of multipath interference, enabling more reliable positioning and improved accuracy in complex RF environments.
The series delivers dual-band L1/L5 performance typically associated with larger GNSS patch antennas. The antenna achieves peak gain of up to 1.5 dBi, approximately 50% efficiency across both bands, and an axial ratio of around 4 dB, supporting stable RHCP signal reception and consistent positioning performance.
Optimized for major global GNSS constellations, including GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou, the GVLB208 series supports reliable operation across varied RF environments.
The passive GVLB208 A single-feed architecture enables dual-band L1/L5 performance without the complexity of multi-feed designs, while its pin-mount configuration simplifies RF layout and integration. It can be easily implemented on standard PCB designs, with optimal performance achieved on a typical 70 x 70 mm ground plane.
The active AGVLB208.A, including active electronics and filters, is supplied with 1.13 micro-coax cable and an I-PEX MHF I connector for easy integration with the latest multiband GNSS modules.
The GVLB208 series is suitable for autonomous delivery robots requiring seamless sidewalk navigation and precise drop-offs, where every centimeter counts. It also supports applications including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), telematics systems, fleet and asset tracking, precision agriculture, and industrial IoT deployments.
Taoglas plans to expand the GVLB208 family later this year with an active SMD variant with integrated active electronic components, designed for automated high-volume manufacturing.
The Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS) was tested under real farming conditions to assess its performance and suitability for precision agriculture
The European GNSS Service Centre (GSC) of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) partnered with Hemisphere GNSS and Case New Holland to test the suitability of the Galileo HAS service for precision agriculture.
The tests were performed at the New Holland campus in Peñarrubias del Pirón, Segovia, Spain.
The working width used for the test was 2.55 m, while the test area covered approximately 20,000 m² with a perimeter of about 740 meters. During the three-hour test, the teams collected GNSS data to analyze the pass-to-pass and absolute accuracy metrics. Pass-to-pass accuracy is the relative precision of a guidance system to maintain a consistent distance between adjacent, parallel machine passes within a short timeframe (usually 15 minutes). It is crucial for reducing gaps and overlaps during planting, spraying, and harvesting.
Test campaign
The test campaign aimed at proving that the tractor consistently maintained the specified path accuracy during consecutive passes. This would show that HAS can optimize agricultural operations by reducing costs associated with overlaps (reworking the same area), leading to savings such as reduced fuel consumption, minimal input waste, and improved crop yield.
For the test setup, in addition to the onboard guidance system, an independent antenna was mounted on the tractor cab. This antenna was connected to two positioning solutions: one based on the Galileo HAS and another based on an RTK solution.
An RTK base station deployed for the occasion provided the rover with precise RTK corrections and enabled generating a “reference path” against which to compare the tested Galileo HAS, in this case based on corrections obtained directly from the signal in space (SIS) via the Galileo E6 band.
The driving was performed in automatic mode, with manual intervention required only for turning at the end of each pass. The autosteering system of the tractor would then automatically reconnect with the following path, as calculated at start-up.
Test results
The test began with the GNSS receiver in Cold Start mode, requiring it to obtain ephemerides and process satellite data before achieving precise positioning. The convergence time was calculated and is shown as the red area in the image below. The green area shows when the tractor started along the predefined paths and hence when the data was used for the pass-to-pass accuracy calculation.
Converge time and data set during the test. (Credit: EUSPA)
The data analysis showed that the Galileo HAS system consistently maintained horizontal errors of 3-6 cm.
With a 95% horizontal error of 5.9 cm and its maximum value below 8 cm, the error remains well below the 20 cm HAS accuracy target.
As regards the vertical axis, the 95% vertical error was 12.4 cm, with its maximum value below 25 cm, (remaining well below the 40 cm HAS accuracy target).
Galileo HAS signal vertical error. (Credit: EUSPA)
The horizontal error of the HAS service relative to the RTK reference baseline is shown in the following figure.
Galileo HAS signal horizontal error. (Credit: EUSPA)
Regarding the pass-to-pass accuracy, the analysis shows an overall pass-to-pass accuracy of 1.18 cm, demonstrating highly stable performance throughout the test period.
Year-to-Year accuracy was not part of this testing campaign but will be analysed in the next testing campaign.
Galileo HAS potential confirmed
The Galileo HAS service is an open, standardized correction service distributed directly via Galileo E6 or the internet (with global coverage) and the test campaign results confirm its potential to generate savings to farmers in terms of fuel consumption, fertilizers, seeds and other inputs, by reducing overlap in field operations.
The rapid growth of autonomous military systems is creating a new challenge for the defense industry, working to keep equipment operating when navigation becomes unreliable.
Across recent conflict zones and contested regions, GNSS disruption is affecting UAVs, loitering munitions, ISR platforms, maritime systems and autonomous ground vehicles.
“InfiniDome is expanding its vision beyond GNSS protection, toward a future of mission continuity and navigation awareness in contested environments,” the company stated.
The statement reflects a broader trend across the defense autonomy sector. While anti-jamming technologies were once treated primarily as protective add-ons, many military programs are now integrating navigation resiliency into wider autonomy architectures. The result is a growing shift in how autonomous systems are evaluated.
Rather than focusing solely on navigation accuracy or platform performance, defense organizations are increasingly asking whether autonomous systems can maintain operational continuity under degraded or denied conditions. Industry observers note that this transition is particularly evident in the loitering munition and tactical UAV sectors, where survivability in contested environments is becoming a baseline operational requirement.
At the same time, low-SWaP anti-jamming capabilities are becoming more common across the market, increasing pressure on companies to differentiate beyond hardware alone. That pressure appears to be accelerating a broader industry movement toward what some describe as “navigation awareness,” the ability not only to withstand interference, but also to understand and react to the electromagnetic environment in real time.
InfiniDome is expected to demonstrate this direction during the exhibition through IroNav, developed jointly with Wonder Robotics. The demonstration will include autonomous operation streamed live from a jammed environment in Israel, showcasing navigation resilience capabilities under active interference conditions.
The live demonstration comes as European defense programs continue increasing investments in autonomy, tactical drones, and resilient battlefield systems amid growing concerns surrounding electronic warfare and GNSS vulnerability.
As GNSS interference becomes more common and sophisticated across defense and mission-critical operations, resilient systems are now a core design priority.
At Jammertest in Andøya, Norway, industry participants evaluated how GNSS technologies perform under realistic interference conditions designed to replicate operational challenges faced in the field. Among them was Septentrio, which used the event to assess resilience strategies, explore emerging threat scenarios and showcase its latest advancements in anti-jamming and anti-spoofing technology.
GPS World spoke with Septentrio product manager, Yasmine Hunter, about Jammertest, the growing complexity of GNSS-denied environments and the company’s newly introduced mosaic-G5 P8 receiver designed for SWaP-sensitive, mission-critical applications operating in contested environments.
Jammertest and Real-World Scenarios
How realistic are the Jammertest scenarios, and how closely do they reflect real-world GNSS interference challenges?
I would say quite realistic. One of the strengths of Jammertest is that participants can actively propose scenarios based on what we have encountered in the field, and organizers are often able to adapt to those. For us, this means providing feedback on settings/scenarios that we have seen with our customers.
In addition, it offers participants the opportunity to test the equipment under real environmental conditions. Propagation conditions, terrain, platform dynamics, and antenna behavior (including multipath) all play major roles. These factors significantly influence GNSS performance and are very difficult to fully replicate in a laboratory, so testing them in an operational environment adds a lot of value.
To what extent do these scenarios mirror conditions in conflict zones (e.g., the Middle East or Ukraine)?
In my view, it’s very difficult to fully replicate a conflict‑zone environment, even in a remote location like Andøya. Conflict zones involve a unique combination of sustained, coordinated interference, evolving tactics, and operational pressure that is hard to mirror exactly.
Jammertest allows us to explore individual elements of those environments in a controlled and repeatable way and bridges lab and real‑world deployment by exposing systems to realistic threat profiles without the unpredictability and risk of an active conflict zone.
What are the biggest takeaways from Jammertest?
One clear takeaway is that jamming and spoofing scenarios are becoming more complex and sophisticated every year. It’s increasingly challenging as GNSS manufacturers to address these threats in isolation and still ensure robust operation across real-world use-cases.
Which brings me to the second point; resilience is not only about maintaining position availability. Situational awareness – understanding what the receiver is experiencing and why – becomes increasingly critical. Knowing when GNSS can be trusted, and when it cannot, is just as important as maintaining a solution.
What does Septentrio do differently from competitors when it comes to mitigating jamming and spoofing?
Septentrio has been working on jamming and spoofing mitigation for a long time, and that experience is built on extensive real‑world use cases rather than purely theoretical approaches.
This means that our receivers have been designed to be resilient, not just at the signal processing level, but also in how they disseminate this information to users. From my application‑engineering background, I’ve seen that these two aspects are equally important: strong mitigation technologies and clear insight into what is happening so users can make informed decisions.
The mosaic-G5 P8 offers trustworthy positioning and seamless switching to alternative sensors during GNSS disruptions. (Photo: Septentrio)
What are some of the most significant engineering or design challenges in developing resilient GNSS solutions?
A key challenge is balancing performance, robustness, and usability. Advanced mitigation techniques often come with trade‑offs in complexity, power consumption, or cost. As we are targeting increasingly SWaP‑sensitive applications with our latest modules, this balance becomes especially critical and requires careful design decisions from the outset.
From a usability perspective, it’s not just about rejecting interference or spoofing, but also doing so in a way that preserves continuity and transparency (or trust) in the solution that we provide.
How is your approach evolving as interference becomes more sophisticated?
We increasingly accept that GNSS will rarely operate alone in challenging environments. The focus is shifting toward deeper integration with complementary sensors and systems.
From our side, that means ensuring the GNSS receiver provides reliable, high‑quality information — not just position — but also integrity metrics and interference indicators (like our jamming and spoofing flags) that other systems can use effectively. Understanding how GNSS fits into a broader navigation or mission architecture is becoming essential.
Upcoming Product Releases in the Defense Market
Can you provide an overview of the new product and the specific problem it is designed to solve?
The mosaic-G5 P8 introduces what we call “ultimate resilience”. It is targeted to mission-critical applications where optimizing not only availability, but also the integrity of the solution is the main goal.
The product directly addresses environments where GNSS interference is not occasional but expected — and where incorrect positioning data can be more dangerous than no data at all.
What are the key technical specifications or innovations that set this product apart?
It has the highest level of jamming rejection and combined with more advanced spoofing mitigation capabilities. In addition, the mosaic-G5 P8 provides access to synchronized baseband samples and jamming-power indicators. These outputs enable advanced use cases such as jammer detection and localization.
How does this solution improve performance in contested or denied environments?
It improves both availability and integrity. The receiver is designed to maintain a usable solution for as long as possible, while also clearly indicating when conditions degrade. This allows operators or higher‑level systems to react appropriately.
What types of platforms or use cases is this product best suited for (e.g., UAVs, ground vehicles, naval, etc.)?
We are primarily targeting SWaP‑sensitive, mission‑critical platforms. So far, we’ve seen strong adoption (of our other products) in highly mobile applications such as UAVs and USVs, but we see clear potential across a broader range of platforms, including ground and (other) maritime systems.
How does it integrate with existing systems or architectures?
The receiver is designed to integrate seamlessly into existing architectures through standard interfaces, while also offering advanced outputs for customers who want deeper system‑level integration. This flexibility allows it to serve both as a drop‑in GNSS solution and as an active sensor within a larger resilience framework.
How does this launch reflect broader trends or priorities in the defense GNSS market?
It reflects a clear shift toward resilience, integrity, and transparency rather than pure accuracy. Defense users increasingly recognize that GNSS denial is not an edge case, but a baseline assumption. Solutions must therefore be designed to operate, inform, and adapt under persistent interference and spoofing.
Looking Ahead
What should defense and industry stakeholders be preparing for now?
They should be preparing for a reality in which GNSS interference is persistent, adaptive, and increasingly deliberate—not an exception, but an operating condition.
This is also an aspect we are actively considering with solutions like the mosaic‑G5 P8. Rather than treating resilience as a theoretical requirement or a nice add-on, we’re designing for operational use cases where integrity, interference awareness, and transparent behavior under stress are essential.
For stakeholders, this means thinking beyond standalone receivers and focusing on system‑level architectures: how GNSS integrates with other sensors, how integrity information is consumed, and how platforms respond when GNSS performance degrades.
The AsteRx EB offers high-accuracy positioning and GNSS heading for industrial robots, port logistics, marine and scalable automation applications. Its IP67 enclosure protects the receiver from harsh weather conditions, while built-in advanced GNSS+ algorithms ensure reliable operation in environments challenging for GNSS, such as areas with foliage or near GNSS interference sources. The RAIM+ integrity monitoring system ensures truthful positioning — essential for autonomous navigation. The compact enclosure of AsteRx EB enables easy installation, reducing time-to-market. In a dual-antenna configuration, AsteRx EB delivers sub-degree GNSS heading for systems that require orientation in addition to RTK positioning. The built-in AIM+ anti-jamming and anti-spoofing technology protects the receiver from intentional or unintentional GNSS interference.
The Facet FP is a high-precision GNSS receiver designed to deliver centimeter-level accuracy with a focus on long-term flexibility, ease of use and open-source innovation. It combines multi-band, multi-constellation GNSS support with fully open-source firmware — the platform can adapt as technologies advance. Built to last, all models are contained in a robust waterproof cast-aluminum housing, with an internal structure designed for compatibility with the company’s Flex system of GNSS modules. This gives users the choice between three different modules, plus the choice of having tilt-compensation, offering six different options with a range of price points, securities and accuracies for various needs and applications.
The A65 GNSS antenna delivers exceptional accuracy, interference protection and robust GNSS tracking performance. Designed as a drop-in replacement for the widely deployed A45 antenna, the A65 offers users a seamless upgrade path to the latest precision technology. The industry collaboration reflects a shared focus on combining advanced RF design with real-world application insight to address increasingly complex GNSS operating environments, with both teams working closely from the earliest stages of development to meet demanding original equipment manufacturer (OEM) performance requirements. The antenna architecture, including the stacked patch quad feed element and RF front end, provides Calian’s XF Filtering. Hemisphere GNSS contributed application expertise, system integration requirements and performance validation within real-world machine control, agriculture, marine and survey environments.
Airborne Lidar
Long-range for UAV mapping and aerial surveillance
AlphaAir 6 is mounted on the X500 UAV during an urban mapping mission. (Credit: CHC Navgation)
The AlphaAir 6 airborne lidar system is designed for UAV-based laser scanning, drone lidar mapping and aerial surveying in high-relief and complex terrain. Combining prism scanning technology with a high-grade inertial navigation system (INS), the AlphaAir 6 delivers a maximum ranging capability of up to 2,100 m and supports efficient data capture at typical flight altitudes of 400 m to 600 m above ground level. It integrates an upgraded laser engine and a high-grade IMU with 0.3°/h bias stability to improve trajectory accuracy and point cloud quality. This design removes the need for pre-mission IMU calibration and supports stable, efficient data collection for topographic mapping, corridor mapping, and wide-area aerial survey workflows. It is available in single-camera and dual-camera configurations.
The FastXY mapping application for iOS and Android enables standard mobile devices to serve as professional-grade data-collection tools for geospatial information system (GIS) and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals. FastXY allows users to collect point, line and polygon data with devices they already own. It delivers advanced capabilities including 3D basemaps, construction staking, topographic surveying, on-the-fly datum transformations, and survey-grade elevations. A built-in Bluetooth data parser allows users to configure the app to collect data from any instrument supporting BLE Bluetooth or RS-232 — echosounders, radiation sensors, laser rangefinders, barcode scanners — and marry that data with precise GNSS coordinates.
Septentrio, part of Hexagon, has announced the launch of the mosaic-G5 P8 receiver. The multi-frequency module, measuring 23 mm by 16 mm and weighing 2.2 grams, enables accurate and resilient positioning without any performance compromises for mission-critical devices, UAVs, marine vessels, and rail applications.
Built for reliable operation in contested GNSS environments, AIM+ Ultimate technology protects the receiver from powerful and sophisticated GNSS jamming and spoofing attacks. It delivers comprehensive situational awareness, combining timely interference and spoofing indicators with detailed power and frequency data, which can help localize jammers.
“The mosaic-G5 P8 is in a class of its own: uncompromised GNSS resilience in a secure, ultra‑compact, all‑in‑one design,” said Yasmine Hunter, product manager at Septentrio.
The newly released module features an integrity-focused design that ensures truthful positioning and reporting, enabling the system to quickly switch to other sensors during GNSS disruptions in heavily compromised environments. Secure communication with input and output authentication prevents unauthorized access and data interception. mosaic-G5 P8 also offers high update rate with low latency, supporting reliable navigation and control in highly dynamic applications.
The module is compatible with widely used, open-source autopilots like PX4 and ArduPilot, simplifying drone integration. The mosaic-G5 P8 evaluation kit, featuring direct autopilot connections, is available for testing and prototyping, and the RxTools user interface streamlines setup and evaluation.
Meet Septentrio’s GNSS experts and mosaic-G5 P8 during SOF Week in Tampa, Florida, May 18–21, in booth #609.
In a move to enhance maritime security and operational safety, global maritime organization have released on May 20 new guidance for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, reports Shipping Telegraph.
The 22-page guidance document — “Industry Guidance on the Safe Management of Vessel Transit through the Strait of Hormuz” — aims to assist in planning and safely managing vessel transits into, within or out of the Gulf region during periods of heightened regional security risk.
Thedocument was issued jointly by major industry organisations including International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), BIMCO, Intercargo, Intertanko, IMCA and OCIMF
Vessels may face a high workload and high-stress operating environment, including GNSS jamming or spoofing.
TrustPoint has been awarded a $4 million Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) contract to demonstrate a GPS-independent positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system.
The award was issued by SpaceWERX, the innovation arm of the United States Space Force, and jointly funded by the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Commercial Space Office (COMSO). It supports a full end-to-end demonstration of TrustPoint’s resilient navigation architecture designed for defense and commercial applications.
Under the contract, TrustPoint will design, deploy and operate a fully integrated PNT system comprising four satellites and four ground stations, delivering a complete operational architecture. The program will execute an end-to-end system demonstration, including live trilateration across multiple space and ground assets, operational services and advanced receivers.
With an accelerated execution timeline, initial system deployments will occur within 12 months, establishing a rapid deployment model designed to scale to significantly larger constellations while prioritizing affordability, operational relevance, and capital efficiency.
“We founded TrustPoint on the belief that resilient navigation does not require billion-dollar constellations,” said Patrick Shannon, founder and CEO of TrustPoint. “This program will prove our technology’s GPS independence while demonstrating that real, operational PNT capability can be delivered with exceptional capital efficiency.”
Beyond GPS-independent C-band demonstrations, the system will validate a software-defined architecture that supports on-demand reconfiguration of navigation services in contested, degraded and denied environments, pioneering commercial delivery of this capability. TrustPoint’s experience includes the first C-band GNSS signal transmission with real-time reception and the first broadcast-based ground-to-space C-band PNT demonstration.
The program directly advances national security objectives. It also establishes a scalable foundation for future commercial services, redefining what is possible for users who require reliable PNT in GPS-challenged environments.
