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August 17, 2023  - By
Image: Safran Federal Systems (formerly Orolia Defense & Security)

Image: Safran Federal Systems (formerly Orolia Defense & Security)

As the number of constellations, satellites, and signals has grown in recent years — especially in the past few years, with the completion of the BeiDou and Galileo constellations — simulator manufacturers have been challenged to keep up. Threats of jamming and spoofing also increased. Then, a few companies began to develop new positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) constellations in low-Earth orbit (LEO).

For the August 2023 cover story, I discussed these challenges and the prospect for the simulation industry with representatives of six companies: Safran Federal Systems (formerly Orolia Defense & Security), Racelogic, CAST Navigation, IFEN, Spirent Communications and Spirent Federal Systems.

Due to the limited space available in print, I was able to use only used a small portion of the interviews I conducted for our August cover story. For full transcripts of them see below:

  • Full interview with Tim Erbes, Technical Director, Safran Federal Systems (formerly Orolia Defense & Security).
  • Full interview with Julian Thomas, Managing Director, Racelogic.
  • Full interview with Jürgen Pielmeier, Managing Director, IFEN.
  • Full interview with Mark Holbrow, VP of Product Development, Spirent Communications and Roger Hart, Sr. Director of Engineering, Spirent Federal Systems.
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About the Author: Matteo Luccio

Matteo Luccio, GPS World’s Editor-in-Chief, possesses more than 20 years of experience as a writer and editor for GNSS and geospatial technology magazines. He began his career in the industry in 2000, serving as managing editor of GPS World and Galileo’s World, then as editor of Earth Observation Magazine and GIS Monitor. His technical articles have been published in more than 20 professional magazines, including Professional Surveyor Magazine, Apogeo Spatial and xyHt. Luccio holds a master’s degree in political science from MIT. He can be reached at mluccio@northcoastmedia.net or 541-543-0525.