It’s one thing to have an imprecise GPS signal or purely lose it in your car. It’s quite another when commercial or military aircraft are concerned, where pinpoint positioning is crucial to secure safe landing, or the correct target location for armed forces....
We’re actually a key player in the European project focused on the development of a dual-frequency, multi-constellation receiver for enhanced navigation...
ARAIM: Advanced Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
ARINC: Aeronautical Radio Incorporated (provides aeronautical standard)
CONOPS: A CONcept of OPerationS is a document describing the operational use of a proposed system
DFMC: Dual Frequency Multi Constellation
EASA: European Aviation Safety Agency
EDG²E: Equipment for Dual Frequency Galileo GPS and EGNOS
EGNOS: European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service
ERTMS: European Rail Traffic Management System
ETSO: European Technical Standard Order. Defined by EASA, it gives the requirements that an airborne equipment must meet.
EUROCAE: EURopean Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration (US)
FDE: Fault Detection and Exclusion (detects the presence of a failing satellite and removes it from the positoning)
GNSS: Global Navigation Satellite System
GPS: Global Positioning System
EUSPA: European Union Agency for the Space Programme
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
MOPS: Minimum Operation Performance Standards
PBN: Performance-Based Navigation
PVT: Position, Velocity and Time estimation
RAIM: Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring
RF FRONT END: Radio Frequency frond end
RTCA: Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics
SARPS: Standards and Recommended Practices
SBAS: Space Based Augmentation System
TSO: Technical Standards Orders