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NAVISP Workshop in Greece – a successful event

Athens, 11th of July 2025 - The NAVISP Greek Workshop, hosted at the Ministry of Digital Governance in Athens, under the historical hill hosting the Acropolis, marked a significant moment for the Greek Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) community. The event was organised in close cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Governance, the Hellenic Space Centre and ESA’s NAVISP programme.…

Last Updated: 16/07/2025 06:24 Created at: 16/07/2025 06:24

Final Presentation NAVISP-EL2-081 “MOOD – MOOn testbeD”

On 4th July 2025, Qascom S.R.L. (IT) successfully delivered the final presentation of the NAVISP-EL2-081 - MOOD (Moon testbed) project, marking the culmination of a multi-year effort to develop a cutting-edge GNSS simulation testbed for lunar, cislunar and space-based PNT applications. For this purpose, Qascom upgraded their QA707 GNSS simulator introducing advanced features such as…

Last Updated: 09/07/2025 06:34 Created at: 09/07/2025 06:34

Final Presentation of UK Time Distribution (NAVISP EL3-017)

On 27/06/2025 Chronos Technology LTD presented the results of the project UK Time Distribution. The goal of the project was to measure and model Additional Secondary Factors (ASF) for eLoran signal propagation over land. The precision of the received eLoran signal is dependent upon the signal delay that the ground introduces, therefore it is important to quantify the ASF to ensure the…

Last Updated: 02/07/2025 09:24 Created at: 02/07/2025 07:40

13 EU Member States call for common actions in response to GNSS jamming and spoofing threats

On June 6 2025, thirteen EU Member States pledged common actions to be taken by the European Commission due to the growing number of GNSS interference events in Europe. In their joint letter, the ministers note that, since 2022, GNSS interference, including jamming and spoofing, has been increasingly observed in Baltic Sea Region airspace, posing risks to civil aviation and maritime…

Last Updated: 24/06/2025 06:48 Created at: 24/06/2025 06:41

NAVISP attended the 4th Annual Commercialising Quantum Global 2025, May 13th-14th 2025, London UK

This year the conference celebrated the UN International Year of Quantum, with around 300 attendees from industry, academia, government and private investors. Run by the Economist, the discussion centred on how organisations can implement quantum technology and presented use-cases with a view to increasing investment in this field. Several aspects of the UK’s national quantum strategy…

Last Updated: 23/06/2025 13:04 Created at: 23/06/2025 13:04

NAVISP Day Germany – A Resounding Success

Bonn, June 11, 2025 – The NAVISP Information Day, hosted at the Space Innovation Hub in Bonn, marked a significant moment for the German Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) community. The event was organised in close cooperation with the German Space Agency (DLR), the Federal Ministry of Transport, and ESA’s NAVISP programme. It brought together over 60 participants representing…

Last Updated: 16/06/2025 13:14 Created at: 16/06/2025 13:14

Final Presentation of NAVCOM-X (NAVISP-EL2-138)

On 12/06/2025, Betrian Group (CZ) and the GNSS Centre of Excellence (CZ) presented the results of the project “NAVCOM-X, The Modular PNT Solution for Rail”. The goal of the project was to develop a fully modular geolocation solution (software and hardware) incorporating GNSS, odometry and inertial navigation, ready for ERTMS European Train Control System (ETCS) level 3. Through the…

Last Updated: 16/06/2025 07:49 Created at: 16/06/2025 07:44

NAVISP at the Intelligent Transportation Systems European Congress

The Intelligent Transportation Systems European Congress brings together experts from industry, academia, and government, to shape the future of transportation technologies and to enable safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation systems. The list of topics is broad, including deployment and analysis of Cooperative, connected and automated mobility (CCAM), emerging technologies such…

Last Updated: 10/06/2025 09:09 Created at: 10/06/2025 09:03

NAVISP-EL2-144: “VESTA - UAV-powEred and cyber-Safe smarT roAds”

On Wednesday May 28th, The final presentation of the NAVISP EL2-144 project, titled "VESTA-UAV-powEred and cyber-Safe smart roAds", was presented by the project coalition including AIVIEWGROUP S.r.l, NEXT Ingegneria dei Sistemi S.p.A., and SecSI S.r.l., who together developed an innovative solution of utilizing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to enable traffic monitoring and road safety for…

Last Updated: 06/06/2025 08:35 Created at: 06/06/2025 08:15

NAVISP EL2-191: “ARRIVAL-X – AI-Driven Vessel Arrival Prediction for Ports”

On 15 May 2025, Space-Ship World unveiled the results of ARRIVAL-X, a NAVISP Element 2 project aimed at cutting port congestion by providing accurate, last-mile estimated times of arrival (ETAs) through a standalone web application that needs no extra hardware on the quayside. Key take-aways of the presentation were: Multi-layer AI engine A three-stage approach (statistical…

Last Updated: 03/06/2025 08:53 Created at: 03/06/2025 08:51

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