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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

Final Presentation of NAVISP EL1-066: “GOOSE-VTL: Deeply Coupled GNSS Vector Tracking Loop for Robust Autonomous-Vehicle Navigation”

On Tuesday, 13 May 2025, TeleOrbit GmbH, Fraunhofer IIS and the Bundeswehr University Munich delivered the final results of the NAVISP EL1-066 project. GOOSE-VTL set out to harden GNSS positioning in dense urban environments by replacing conventional scalar tracking with deeply-coupled vector tracking (VT) and INS-aided deep coupling (DC) inside the GOOSE software-defined…

Last Updated: 21/05/2025 08:11 Created at: 21/05/2025 08:11

Final Presentation of NAVISP EL2-131: EGNSS MATE

On May 6th, 2025, the EGNSS MATE project consortium, led by Swiss Federal Railways, iABG, and DLR Institute of Transportation Systems, presented the results of their work focused on advancing safe train localisation using GNSS, sensors, and digital maps. The project aimed to improve the accuracy, reliability, and security of on-board train positioning systems, addressing the need for…

Last Updated: 08/05/2025 06:29 Created at: 08/05/2025 06:29

NAVISP EL1-056 bis: "Advanced Algorithms and Techniques for Resilient Time Provision"

On May 7th, 2025, Huld s.r.o. and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen presented the results of the NAVISP EL1-056bis project, focused on developing advanced algorithms for resilient time provision. The project developed an accurate, stable, and fault-tolerant timing provision system by combining multiple timing sources and detecting inconsistencies among inputs. Key achievements…

Last Updated: 12/05/2025 06:44 Created at: 07/05/2025 12:33

Wrap-up: National Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Workshop in Prague

On April 15, 2025, in Prague, Czechia, the Czech Ministry of Transport, and the NAVISP Programme of the European Space Agency hosted a significant PNT workshop that brought together more than 45 participants from Czech industry and academia. The workshop highlighted the role PNT technologies play on market sectors like mobility, precision farming, drones or space. Mr. Václav Kobera,…

Last Updated: 25/04/2025 06:56 Created at: 25/04/2025 06:56

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