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NAVISP at the International Navigation Conference in Edinburgh

NAVISP is attending the International Navigation Conference arranged by the Royal Institute of Navigation. The conference is being held in Edingburgh, UK, and includes many of the biggest names, programmes, and companies within the PNT sector, including NAVISP. A dedicated NAVISP stand is in place, come by and learn more about the future of PNT. More information about the event can be found here…

Last Updated: 31/08/2026 19:50 Created at: 21/11/2019 12:17

Element 1 Workplan for 2020 approved

NAVISP is moving at very fast speed. The 2020 Work Plan for Element 1 has just been approved at the November PB-NAV and is here available. In this document you will find the Invitation to Tenders that will be published during 2020 together with the planned schedule.

Last Updated: 31/08/2026 19:50 Created at: 12/11/2019 13:30

Satnav in the landscape harnessed for global error mapping

There are more than five billion satnav devices on Earth. Along with smartphones and mobile receivers, this figure includes networks of fixed receiver stations, used to improve accuracy. An ESA-led project will harness these networks to provide an ongoing overview of satnav performance from the global to national and regional scale. “The general assumption is that Global Navigation Satellite…

Last Updated: 31/08/2026 19:50 Created at: 12/11/2019 11:56

THE 2ND NAVISP INDUSTRY DAYS

2019 has been a busy year for ESA’s NAVISP programme. We would like to share our successes and achievements with you during the second edition of our NAVISP Industry Days. The event is planned to take place in ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, on 22nd – 23 January 2020. More than 150 participants attended last year's event, exchanging views on a wide range of engaging presentations on the…

Last Updated: 31/08/2026 19:50 Created at: 02/10/2019 12:48

Assessment of Effectiveness of NAVISP Phase 1 and Recommendations for Phase 2

Following the success of NAVISP’s first years, we have decided to propose a NAVISP phase 2 for Space19+. In order to support the NAVISP phase 2 preparation, we have set up the Navigation Innovation and Support Programme Advisory Committee (NAVAC). NAVAC is a committee of senior external experts established in October 2018 by the ESA Director of Navigation to advise on the objectives, strategy…

Last Updated: 31/08/2026 19:50 Created at: 11/09/2019 10:51

NAVISP featured in GPS World

NAVISP was recently featured in GPS World. The article treats the aims and focus of the NAVISP Programme and highlights our broader aim of engaging with the PNT sector, i.e. that we are not only considering Galileo, but also how other systems can provide users the PNT services and resilience they need, regardless of whether the signals come from space. The article can be found here. We are pleased…

Last Updated: 31/08/2026 19:50 Created at: 24/06/2019 14:41

Smartphones plus satellite navigation for safer, smarter festivals

Summertime in Europe equals festivals: people gathered together for music and arts under an open sky. But the very popularity of these events can lead to problems. The NAVISP Element 2 activity AGORA, makes use of smartphones – that essential festival accessory – to help reduce overcrowding, avoid overwhelmed facilities and keep friends together. “Pretty much everyone at a festival has a…

Last Updated: 31/08/2026 19:50 Created at: 27/05/2019 07:19

Adding satnav to turn power grids into smart systems

A NAVISP project is harnessing satnav to insert an intelligent sense of place and time to power grids, to provide early warning of potentially dangerous electricity network failures. Four years ago an apparent fire from nowhere forced the evacuation of 5 000 people from central London. Thick black smoke and choking fumes emerged from manhole covers as power was cut off to the Holborn…

Last Updated: 08/05/2019 11:06 Created at: 07/05/2019 07:15

NAVISP projects target interference

Satellite navigation has become a global utility, but one that is vulnerable to interference. The Navigation Innovation and Support Programme is prioritizing research into countering jamming and spoofing of satnav signals, with partners companies exploring varied approaches. How is it that a distant scattering of medium-sized Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) satellites orbiting some 22…

Last Updated: 28/08/2019 11:24 Created at: 06/05/2019 06:58

NAVISP on the scene in Marrakech, Morocco

Today the NAVISP Programme Manager presented the Programme and the benefits it brings to the 3rd session of the Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries (GLEC) 2019 in Marrakech, Morocco. GLEC aims at actively engaging emerging countries in the space scene by highlighting the socio-economic benefits of space applications, in part by: understanding the various financial models for the…

Last Updated: 25/04/2019 11:33 Created at: 25/04/2019 10:50