Boosting innovation at the European Navigation Conference

GMV attended the European Navigation Conference (ENC) held at the ESA's European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, Netherlands, from May 31 to June 2, 2023. This conference served as a platform for researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss and exchange knowledge on various aspects of navigation, including satellite navigation systems such as GPS, Galileo, EGNOS, GLONASS, and BeiDou, as well as other related technologies.

In this year’s edition, the conference's main topic was resilience in the field of navigation, recognizing the vulnerability of position and time information from satellites. Particular emphasis was placed on the development of resilient solutions incorporating redundancy in the signal domain, ground and space infrastructures, and on-board implementation. The conference also addressed vulnerabilities in navigation, data, guidance, and control functions.

The conference featured several presentations and sessions given by industry experts, with GMV standing out as one of the world leaders in global navigation by satellite systems. Nearly 12 papers were accepted and presented during the conference, all of which were of high quality, considering the high level of interest among the attendees. GMV was also well represented in the exhibition area, showing the various clients and visitors the latest GMV product innovations.

GMV has been contributing to the development of satellite navigation for over 30 years, making it one of the main participants in the implementation of Europe's satellite navigation strategy. GMV's expertise in this field and the experience of its teams of professionals have brought the company to a leading position both in the development of navigation systems and various GNSS applications, where GMV has been a pioneer in the use of GPS, GLONASS, EGNOS, and Galileo signals.