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Start date: 16/07/2024Duration: 18 MonthsDevelopment of a broadband RDF receiver and antenna system for noise and interference mapping covering the HF to UHF bands so including GNSS bands. Each receiver will include edge computing for signature analysis and compression and will be networked to a central location for heat mapping of the noise and interference sources taking inputs form large numbers of receivers. The engineering is…Subcontractors
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Xairos UK Limited, Inmarsat, and Heriot-Watt University will advance the development of satellite-based Quantum Time Transfer (QTT). This project will advance the development of QTT, a new secure optical two-way time transfer technology capable of highly secure picosecond level precision between ground-based clocks and clocks onboard satellites. QTT utilises individual photon pairs entangled in…Subcontractors
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The main objective of this project is to develop and implement a combined eLoran and GNSS receiver, and demonstrate in a number of realistic scenarios that these can be combined to provide a more robust and reliable navigation solution. The project will be 15-18 months in duration, and will involve technology and concept research, design of the software and hardware, build, testing and an… -
Start date: 10/06/2024Duration: 6 MonthsThe UPDATE project will serve to define requirements, architecture and a development plan for a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) of a UK National PNT Digital Twin Environment (DTE). The MVP will meet the immediate needs of the UK Government with respect to delivery of its Policy Framework for Greater PNT Resilience (10-point plan). It will provide data in support of the development of business cases… -
Start date: 30/05/2024Duration: 18 MonthsThe “Maritime Autonomous Navigation using Alternative Absolute positioning techniques” (MANAA) project will provide new ways of integrating millennia old celestial navigation techniques with state-of-the-art technology and thinking, whilst developing visual and non-visual spectrum optical techniques and sensors with the potential to observe celestial bodies independently of the lighting and…Prime contractor
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Start date: 03/04/2024Duration: 24 MonthsThe traditional mathematical approach to deriving Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) data from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) does make some assumptions about the data being received. Machine Learning (ML) techniques could be used to instead of these traditional techniques to integrate GNSS signals and Signals of Opportunity (SOOP) signals in a way that doesn’t make these…Prime contractor
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Optical atomic clocks offer the potential for a new era of timekeeping, with laboratory systems at the world’s leading NMIs already demonstrating 100x improvements in accuracy compared with the microwave fountain clocks that offer the best realisations of the SIsecond. Enhanced PNT systems with these next-generation clock technologies could facilitate GNSS constellations with significantly-…Prime contractor
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Start date: 15/01/2024Duration: 22 MonthsRelative navigation technologies are crucial for advanced space missions. In the NewSpace market, there are two key trends that are revolutionising spaceflight: Distributed Space Systems (DSS) and In-Space Logistics. Determining the relative states between satellite vehicles is fundamental in S/C formation flying and rendezvous. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) can provide…Prime contractor
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Start date: 05/12/2023Duration: 24 MonthsThe objective of ACTOR (AuthentiCation Techniques for Optical time-transfeR) is to design, develop, manufacture and validate an authentication method for high-accuracy time transfer techniques over optical fibre, without a major loss of accuracy. The system is composed of a master and a slave demonstrator unit, each including software (SW)/protocol allowing authentication and integrity protection…Subcontractors
Name: PTB (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)
Country: Germany
Website: https://www.ptb.de/cms/en.html
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In the context of the renewed interest in lunar exploration, the need for preparing the future user instrument for the new positioning service on the Moon has become very important, in particular for supplementing the current navigation techniques based on inertial sensors and cameras. A significant R&D effort is ongoing towards the development of dedicated lunar infrastructures for enhanced Moon…Subcontractors
