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NextNav has entered an agreement with Safran Electronics & Defense to integrate and demonstrate interoperability between NextNav’s terrestrial 5G positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) network in Santa Clara County, California, and Safran’s timing and navigation receiver.
The collaboration will evaluate how terrestrial 5G-powered PNT capabilities can complement existing technologies and contribute to more resilient PNT solutions including drones, autonomous systems, critical infrastructure, and public safety operation.
“This agreement provides an important opportunity to demonstrate the potential of NextNav’s terrestrial 5G PNT technology in real-world operating environments,” said David Gell, vice president of business development at NextNav. “By demonstrating interoperability with established timing and navigation systems, we can evaluate how a terrestrial 5G-based PNT capability may contribute to the resilience and continuity requirements of mission-critical applications.”
The use of 5G-powered 3D PNT signal is an important step toward developing complementary PNT sources that can enhance resilience alongside GPS and other GNSS technologies, according to NextNav. The program will evaluate how terrestrial PNT signals can provide additional layers of continuity, redundancy and resilience requirements for mission-critical applications that depend on assured PNT services.
Results from the testing program will support ongoing assessments of performance and applicability across critical infrastructure, autonomous systems, public safety, and national security use cases.
