[New] MEO (Medium Earth Orbit) is expected to be the fastest-growing orbit segment through 2033, supported by increasing demand for navigation, satellite telephony, and aviation connectivity applications.
Persistence Market Research
[New] OSNMA is expected to expand authentication to additional Galileo navigation datasets and GPS L1 C/A broadcast navigation data, while the future Signal Authentication Service is intended to add protection at the pseudorange level.
Root-Nation.com
[New] Skyband Systems, a developer of aviation-grade, PNT-resilient navigation hardware, will integrate the Iridium PNT ASIC into its M100 LRU for business and commercial aviation.
Iridium Satellite Communications
[New] An efficient navigation layer handles hazard detection, local replanning, and trajectory control continuously, while a more capable layer adds adaptive SLAM, terrain assessment, and global localization when conditions demand it.
Physical AI: robots, scientific computing, and digital
[New] The United States is expected to record a 13.3% CAGR from 2026 to 2036, driven by recurring elevation mapping programs and commercial LiDAR applications.
FactMr
[New] Brazil is expected to record a 14.7% CAGR through 2036, supported by mobility investments and resource-mapping activities.
FactMr
[New] India is projected to post a 17.5% CAGR supported by mapping programs and drone-based environmental monitoring.
FactMr
[New] By Technology: Mechanical LiDAR is projected to account for 62.0% share in 2026 owing to established scanning architectures and broad field use.
FactMr
[New] A state could, theoretically, flood a shipping lane with thousands of ghost signals, making safe navigation impossible for civilian merchant vessels by virtue of their AIS manipulation.
Frontiers
[New] The space economy could reach $1.8 tn by 2035, up from $630bn in 2023 - a near tripling in value driven largely by space-enabled services (connectivity, navigation / timing, Earth observation, and their downstream applications).
SSC Space
[New] A geopolitical crisis on Earth could extend into space as states target communications, navigation, intelligence and orbital systems.
GIS Reports
[New] By reading Earth's unique magnetic and gravitational fingerprints, quantum-networked sensors could enable GPS-free positioning.
National Science Foundation
[New] NSF is pushing ahead with science and engineering for quantum networks that could provide new technological capabilities, like precise navigation in areas where communication with GPS satellites is impossible.
National Science Foundation
[New] Moscow has a history of interfering and threatening to interfere with GPS to further its own goals.
RNTF
[New] The danger of combining advanced AI with cyber vulnerability was sharply highlighted when the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) issued an urgent national alert regarding a massive, automated global scanning campaign actively breaching small-to-medium Australian businesses.
Mindful Risk
[New] Space is becoming more contested; Russia and China have been working to develop space-based weapons that threaten U.S. and ally satellite constellations and space-based services, including GPS.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
[New] For many industries that have been built on predictability and freedom of navigation, the uncertainty hanging over supply chains has quickly become the world's most disruptive maritime risk.
Euronews
[New] For the first time in a Lexus EV, built-in navigation can intelligently plan long-distance journeys.Electric Cars Report
Urban centers globally are embracing climate resilience strategies that prioritize advanced crisis and emergency platforms as critical infrastructure, underpinned by multi-hazard early warning systems, dynamic evacuation network overlays, and real-time geospatial analytics.
Persistence Market Research
China may be practicing mass mobilization of civilian vessels for use during a Taiwan contingency, where they could complicate U.S. military operations by overwhelming radars and sensors, confounding targeting for missiles and torpedoes, and complicating navigation.
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