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  • 075 - Bearer independent secure time transfer

    075 - Bearer independent secure time transfer

    Element 1 - Innovation in satellite Navigation
    Start date: 13/03/2024
    The objective of the project is to focus on and implement existing time transfer data protocols (NTP, NTS...) and the feasibility of their integration in existing constellations. The scope is to study the overlay of data time transfer protocols (“Data TT”) onto satellite communication protocols. However, the perspective to study 5G NTN frames (“5G TT”) is not left out. The proposed…

    Prime contractor

    Thales Alenia Space France SAS

    Name: Thales Alenia Space France SAS

    Country: France

    Website: https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com/fr

    Subcontractors

    Qascom

    Name: Qascom

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.qascom.com/

  • 140 - Future Agriculture through Innovative GNSS Robustness (FAIR)

    140 - Future Agriculture through Innovative GNSS Robustness (FAIR)

    Element 2 - Competitiveness in PNT
    Start date: 01/06/2024
      Main goal of the FAIR project is the demonstration in a real environment of a prototype for the mitigation of scintillation and multipath effects on GNSS positioning. The prototype is enabled by a scintillation Forecasting Model, patented by SpacEarth Technology and by algorithms for multipath mitigation patented by GTER. The prototype includes: - an Elaborating Facility, performing the…

    Prime contractor

    SpacEarth Technology SRL

    Name: SpacEarth Technology SRL

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.spacearth.net/

    Subcontractors

    GTER SRL – Innovazione in Geomatica, GNSS e GIS

    Name: GTER SRL – Innovazione in Geomatica, GNSS e GIS

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.gter.it/

  • 073 - TrustwOrthy Pnt for unmAnned aerial SystEms - TOPASE

    073 - TrustwOrthy Pnt for unmAnned aerial SystEms - TOPASE

    Element 1 - Innovation in satellite Navigation
    Start date: 30/06/2024
    Unmanned Aerial systems (UAS) industry has undergone significant growth, propelled by advancements in miniaturization, cost-effectiveness and sensor fusion frameworks.  However, this market is still lacking trustworthiness as enabler for safety-sensitive operations. To achieve scaled adoption, user acceptance, and compliance to regulatory and standardization ecosystem are key…

    Prime contractor

    Thales Alenia Space France SAS

    Name: Thales Alenia Space France SAS

    Country: France

    Website: https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com/fr

    Subcontractors

    ABZero Srl

    Name: ABZero Srl

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.abzero.it/en/

    University Politechnica Timisoara (UPT)

    Name: University Politechnica Timisoara (UPT)

    Country: Romania

    Website: https://www.upt.ro/

    DRONE VOLT

    Name: DRONE VOLT

    Country: France

    Website: https://www.dronevolt.com/fr/

  • 087 bis - Verifiable AI/ML techniques for PNT applications

    087 bis - Verifiable AI/ML techniques for PNT applications

    Element 1 - Innovation in satellite Navigation
    Start date: 17/09/2024
    The VAIPOSA project aims to develop innovative methodologies for designing and implementing Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) components using AI and machine learning (ML), while ensuring safety, robustness, and resilience. It employs a realistic road environment simulator where an autonomous agent with an AI-based PNT system must adapt to changing conditions. The project enhances…

    Prime contractor

    Fondazione Bruno Kessler

    Name: Fondazione Bruno Kessler

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.fbk.eu/en/

    Subcontractors

    GMV NSL Ltd

    Name: GMV NSL Ltd

    Country: United Kingdom

    Website: https://www.gmv.com/en

  • 077 - Technological Enablers of Cellular Networks for PVT Assurance

    077 - Technological Enablers of Cellular Networks for PVT Assurance

    Element 1 - Innovation in satellite Navigation
    Start date: 04/09/2025
    ESA's NAVISP-EL1-077 project aims to develop a prototype Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) system, focusing on secure positioning through GNSS and 5G encrypted signals. The initiative includes creating two emulators: a User Terminal Emulator (UTE) and a Service Provider Emulator (SPE). Qascom and the consortium have two main objectives: developing a testbed and a prototype User Terminal.…

    Prime contractor

    Qascom

    Name: Qascom

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.qascom.com/

    Subcontractors

    University of Patras  (UPAT)

    Name: University of Patras (UPAT)

    Country: Greece

    Website: https://ics.ece.upatras.gr/

    LOCTIO

    Name: LOCTIO

    Country: Greece

    Website: https://www.loctio.com/

  • 082 - GINKO-S  (GNSS Interference monitoring and Notification to Key Operators from Space)

    082 - GINKO-S (GNSS Interference monitoring and Notification to Key Operators from Space)

    Element 2 - Competitiveness in PNT
    Start date: 01/06/2021
    The activity consists in the development of TLR4 laboratory prototype of a future spaceborne GNSS RFI detection payload on-board the GINKO-S nanosatellite.  The GNSS RFI Payload Breadboard (the product) is the main enabling item of a future GINKO-S Demonstration Mission for GNSS interference monitoring and localization from space and warning service for civil use. Detection and localization of…

    Prime contractor

    ITALSPAZIO SRL

    Name: ITALSPAZIO SRL

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.italspazio.com/

    Subcontractors

    Fondazione LINKS

    Name: Fondazione LINKS

    Country: Italy

    Website: http://linksfoundation.com/

    Politecnico di Torino - Department of Electronics and Telecommunications

    Name: Politecnico di Torino - Department of Electronics and Telecommunications

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.polito.it/

  • 099 - PATHFINDER

    099 - PATHFINDER

    Element 2 - Competitiveness in PNT
    Start date: 01/08/2021
    The Civil Protection Centre of the University of Florence CPC-UNIFI, in a context of emergency support, which includes design and implementation of early warning systems as well as application of advanced technologies and methods for first responder techniques for Civil Protection purposes, asked collaboration to Sistematica S.p.A. to build a solution in order to have early warning and persistent…

    Prime contractor

    Sistematica S.p.A.

    Name: Sistematica S.p.A.

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://grupposistematica.it/

    Subcontractors

    Civil Protection Centre of the University of Florence (CPC-UNIFI)

    Name: Civil Protection Centre of the University of Florence (CPC-UNIFI)

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.protezionecivile.unifi.it/

    TOPview s.r.l. (TOP)

    Name: TOPview s.r.l. (TOP)

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://topview.it

    Fondazione LINKS Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society (LINKS), (GNSS algo developer)

    Name: Fondazione LINKS Leading Innovation & Knowledge for Society (LINKS), (GNSS algo developer)

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://linksfoundation.com/

    Politecnico Interdepartmental Centre for Service Robotics (POLITO)

    Name: Politecnico Interdepartmental Centre for Service Robotics (POLITO)

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://pic4ser.polito.it/

    ALPHA consultants (ALPHA)

    Name: ALPHA consultants (ALPHA)

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://alphacons.eu/

  • 044 - Hollow Corner Cube Retro-Reflectors In-Orbit PNT

    044 - Hollow Corner Cube Retro-Reflectors In-Orbit PNT

    Element 1 - Innovation in satellite Navigation
    Start date: 20/12/2021
    Optical solid Corner Cube Retro-reflectors (CCR) are often implemented to allow laser tracking of satellites from ground. In order to achieve a measureable return signal, such corner cubes are typically rather large and, as conventional corner cubes are made of glass, also high in mass. A hollow CCR, made of three orthogonal flat mirror surfaces, offers theoretically superior performance and a…

    Prime contractor

    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)

    Name: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://home.infn.it/it/

    Subcontractors

    Medialario s.r.l

    Name: Medialario s.r.l

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.medialario.com/

  • 081 - MOOD (MOON TestbeD)

    081 - MOOD (MOON TestbeD)

    Element 2 - Competitiveness in PNT
    Start date: 01/09/2021
    MOOD has the objective to develop moon features for Qascom GNSS simulator. The aim is to create the first moon capable GNSS testbed, supporting the development of moon receiver, studies and planning for lunar missions. The developed tecnology can also be leveraged for mars missions as well as particular scenarios on earth.

    Prime contractor

    Qascom

    Name: Qascom

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.qascom.com/

  • 018 - Aurora

    018 - Aurora

    Element 3 - Support to Member States
    Start date: 31/01/2022
    The AURORA project is part of the “Creation of an Italian ecosystem for AAM" framework, coordinated and promoted by ENAC, to fill the pre-identified gaps of providing effective and reliable PNT GNSS based service for the AAM in urban and intra-urban environment, and as such can be considered as part of the AAM national strategy. AURORA will analyze the peculiar needs of the territories with a…

    Prime contractor

    Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC)

    Name: Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile (ENAC)

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.enac.gov.it/

    Subcontractors

    Telespazio S.p.A.

    Name: Telespazio S.p.A.

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.telespazio.com/it/home

    The Italian Aerospace Research Center

    Name: The Italian Aerospace Research Center

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.cira.it/

    Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale

    Name: Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.dtascarl.org/

    D-Flight

    Name: D-Flight

    Country: Italy

    Website: http://www.d-flight.it/

    Planetek Italia

    Name: Planetek Italia

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.planetek.it/

    EXPRIVIA Spa

    Name: EXPRIVIA Spa

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.exprivia.it/it/

    Civitanavi Systems S.p.A.

    Name: Civitanavi Systems S.p.A.

    Country: Italy

    Website: https://www.civitanavi.com/

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