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DroneHome refers to the adaptation and integration of a ground-based location system from Omnisense Ltd (UK) that is being adapted to provide pseudoranges in real-time into a high performance drone navigation solution (from Kiteswarms Ltd). The resulting product will be a disruptive combination of relatively low-cost COTS sensors and software that will meet the requirements of availability,…Prime contractor
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Start date: 28/01/2025Duration: 24 MonthsCurrently, satellite navigation mainly relies on dedicated GNSS constellations in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). With the increasing demand for resilient and ubiquitous Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), several initiatives are underway to diversify the orbits and frequencies for GNSS. However, the rise of mega-constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for global telecommunication…Prime contractor
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Name: Helios Technology
Country: United Kingdom
Website: https://www.egis-group.com/projects?sector=Aviation
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Start date: 20/12/2024Duration: 18 MonthsThe NAVISP-EL1-090 project aims to enhance positioning solutions for autonomous driving applications using low-cost antenna arrays, focusing on improving navigation robustness and accuracy in challenging urban environments through MIMO-GNSS processing. It involves designing, implementing, and validating technologies on a flexible breadboard platform using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware,…Subcontractors
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Start date: 19/12/2024Duration: 24 MonthsThe proliferation of so-called “mega-constellations” in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) for global telecommunication coverage provides an opportunity for diversifying navigation signals from space without the need for additional dedicated satellites. The concept of Signals of Opportunity (SOOP) Positioning allows a user to determine their position based on signals not designed for navigation. The…Prime contractor
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Start date: 30/11/2024Duration: 18 MonthsSome of the greatest challenges that connected and automated ground vehicles face are safe path planning, navigation, self-localisation and positioning. This includes the system being able to reason about its environment and decide which path to take or being able to re-plan should the initial path present obstacles or traffic. JLR aims to develop a testbed capable of testing a Factor Graph…Prime contractor
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Start date: 28/11/2024Duration: 12 MonthsA concept for precise Time Transfer via Viasat’s Global Xpress (GX) satellites in GEO, ultimately independent of any GNSS, has been developed and referred to as Global Xpress Time Transfer. The concept uses enhanced orbit determination data and will make use of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signals in the global beam of the satellite adjacent to the global signalling channel. In the first…Subcontractors
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Start date: 07/11/2024Duration: 18 MonthsFactor graphs are widely used in robotics, especially for simultaneous localization and mapping, but also in filtering and smoothing, model-based signal processing, artificial intelligence, coding and decoding. They serve as probabilistic models where variable nodes are associated with system states, and factors are associated with measurements. The factor graphs techniques have been applied to…Subcontractors
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Start date: 21/10/2024Duration: 10 MonthsFollowing publication of the UK's first PNT Policy Framework to ensure resilience in its PNT infrastructure, NLAI will provide strategic support to the UKSA and the National PNT Office by updating key policy input sources to the SOTA (State-Of-The-Art) assessment, used to support business cases, decisions, planning, and preparedness actions. SPARK will undertake a review of the current PNT… -
PENRYN is a LEO-PNT satellite system incorporating a first in constellation satellite. It provides Assured, Secured, and Resilient PNT provision across three spectrum bands: VHF, L-Band, and C-Band.Prime contractor
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Start date: 09/10/2024Duration: 27 MonthsODYSSEY (Orbits-as-a-Service for Satellite Signals of Opportunity) is funded through Element 2 of the ESA NAVISP programme and is being carried out by GMV-UK. It will develop a precise orbit determination centre for communications satellite constellations. This will be used to provide a new commercial service generating precise orbits for different satellite constellations whose signals can be…
