Soaring to new heights

Discover how precise, resilient positioning powers drone light shows, UAV mapping, aerospace research, and next-generation PNT.

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Resilience is enabling the future of positioning, navigation, and timing

In this issue of Velocity, explore how Hexagon and its customers design and deploy GNSS technology to deliver resilient positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) across airborne applications – from light show drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to rockets and space-bound CubeSats.

Whether it’s maintaining accuracy through interference or surviving the harsh conditions of space, each challenge demonstrates that resilience must be a design principle – not an afterthought.

What you’ll find inside

Resilient positioning for demanding platforms

Three articles show how customers and student teams achieve precise, resilient positioning on low size, weight, and power (SWaP)-constrained aerial platforms.

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Written in light

Septentrio’s GNSS receiver modules keep thousands of swarm drones precisely where they need to be – every light show, every night.

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Plug-and-fly precision for survey-grade UAV mapping

SVGeo’s Shaper P5 brings survey-grade aerial mapping standards to UAV operations through a coordinated camera, positioning, and post-processing workflow.

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Launching aerospace innovation and careers

Student CubeSat, UAV, and rocket teams overcome aerospace challenges with industry-grade technology and support from Hexagon.

Building resilient positioning technologies

Three technical articles written by engineers from Hexagon's Autonomous Solutions Business Area explore spoofing resilience, signal diversity, and scalable GNSS data infrastructure.

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Defending navigation in the age of GNSS spoofing

NovAtel is building layered PNT resilience that detects and characterises interference, excludes compromised signals, and maintains accurate positioning without operator intervention.

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Layered resilience: Securing the future of PNT with GNSS-LEO hybrid receivers

Stronger low earth orbit (LEO) signals from Xona Space Systems, combined with Septentrio's AIM+ interference mitigation, deliver a next-generation PNT resilience advantage.

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Unlocking your GNSS data

Learn how a new tool from NovAtel decodes receiver files into a structured local database, reducing query times and storage, creating a scalable foundation for GNSS data analysis.