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XPLORA One, our cost-effective GNSS signal simulator, was used for testing a Level 2 autonomous electric vehicle. Since Level 2 autonomous vehicles rely on multiple sensors beyond GNSS, realistic signal generation is key to testing how these systems react in real-world conditions.
XPLORA One was integrated into the full test setup to simulate different navigation scenarios for a Level 2 autonomous vehicle, ensuring precise and repeatable GNSS conditions for testing. Thereby the vehicle’s response under controlled conditions could be evaluated. XPLORA One delivered the precision and reliability needed to effectively evaluate the vehicle’s autonomous driving performance!
If you want to experience the full capabilities of XPLORA One, request a free trial of our software.

From March 26-28 we visited the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2025 with focus on Resilient PNT. With jamming, spoofing, and even solar activity creating vulnerabilities in standard GNSS navigation, the industry is working on solutions to keep critical infrastructure running reliably. There was a lot of discussion on alternative PNT, including LEO-PNT, opportunistic signals, and Lunar PNT—all areas that could play a big role in future navigation systems.
Learn more about the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit

Date: Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
Time: 13:00 – 16:00 CET
The Open Day of the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation will take place again this year on April 3rd at the Freihaus building of Vienna Technical University. Prospective students interested in the Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Geodesy and Geoinformation, current students, alumni, former department staff, as well as friends and family, are warmly invited to attend.
Besides other companies from the industry we will be present as exhibitors and look forward to showcasing our company and engaging in inspiring conversations with you.

After a duration of three years, the CityCLIM project (Next Generation City Climate Services Using Advanced Weather Models and Emerging Data Sources) has been completed.
In a time increasingly defined by climate change and rapid urban development, cities are facing growing challenges that significantly affect the health and well-being of their residents. Record-breaking temperatures, deteriorating air quality, and the intricate dynamics of wind patterns and humidity have become pressing issues for both policymakers and citizens. These challenges are further intensified by the urban heat island (UHI) effect, which is driven by urbanisation.
The project has resulted in various weather and climate services that can help cities to better deal with the consequences of climate change specifically urban heat islands.
Learn more about CityCLIM…

We will participate in the upcoming workshop, “Pole Position with Satellite Navigation: Leading with Precise Time and Exact Location,” hosted by the Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation & Technologie, ESA NAVISP, FFG Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft mbH, and AustriaTech.

Date: Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Time: 09:00–16:30 CET
Location: Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Vienna

Our CEO, Bernhard Czar, will speak on the critical topics of GNSS jamming and spoofing, their impacts on navigation, and innovative solutions for ensuring precise time and positioning.

Join us at the ESA NAVISP’s National PNT Workshop in Vienna and take this great opportunity to:

• Explore advancements in Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technologies
• Learn from and exchange ideas with industry leaders such as OHB Austria, Kapsch, AVL, ÖBB Infra, and more
• Engage in discussions on PNT resilience, AI/ML-enhanced signal processing, and next-gen mobility solutions

Don’t miss this opportunity – register HERE

We are proud to announce the launch of the project FaGO, an ESA NAVISP research and development initiative that aims to assess the utilization of Factor Graph Optimization (FGO) for GNSS-based PNT determination.
Factor Graph Optimization (FGO) is an advanced algorithmic framework, originally developed in robotics, that processes inputs from multiple sensors to improve positioning and navigation accuracy. By optimizing complex data relationships, FGO enables reliable and cost-effective localization—key for connected and automated systems.
FaGO (Factor Graph Optimization for GNSS-based PNT determination) aims to address the challenges of vehicle positioning, self-localization, and path planning in dynamic environments.
Learn more about FaGO…

Merry Christmas to all our customers and partners and the entire GNSS community. We wish you a healthy, happy and successful new year.

Working with you is a pleasure for us and we hope that 2025 will bring continued success.

GIDAS Rackmount is a 19″ rack-mount GNSS monitoring solution that brings advanced GNSS quality assurance to environments where rack-mounted solutions are essential. It allows continuous GNSS monitoring and quality assessment wherever critical infrastructure or mobile operations demand reliable GNSS performance.
Learn more about our GIDAS Rackmount

Are you ready to revolutionize your testing and development processes?
Then fill out this form and request a free 7-day trial of our XPLORA Core GNSS signal simulation software!

We are excited and proud to have won the tender from R.A. ROMATSA, the Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration that was looking for a GNSS monitoring system for airports all over Romania.
As a result, 17 Romanian airports will soon be equipped with GIDAS Stationary, providing the airport operators live view of the on-site health and quality of GNSS before navigation systems are negatively affected by GNSS interference. Our 24/7 GNSS monitoring solution will ensure critical infrastructure operations with real-time GNSS interference detection, alerts and localization.
Learn more about this project…

Date: Friday, October 25th, 2024
Time: 14:00 – 15:00 CET
In Mobatime AG’s webinar “Pump up the jam(ming) – GNSS-Manipulation erkennen & abwehren”, you will learn how to recognize jamming and spoofing attacks quickly and defend against them effectively.
Ulrich Irnich (Vodafone), Boubeker Belabbas (Bosch), Felix Mosimann (Moser-Baer AG), and our very own Sascha Bartl will show you practical solutions to protect your systems. (Note: The webinar will be held in German.)

Don’t miss this opportunity!

Free registration

OHB Digital Solutions GmbH has officially changed its name to OHB Austria GmbH. This change reflects our new role as the Austrian representative of the OHB Group and our shift to the Space Systems segment, no longer part of the Digital segment.
This move strengthens our commitment to the space industry and positions us to directly contribute to space system projects, research, and development within Austria.
Our core expertise in GNSS technology and quality assurance remains unchanged. As OHB Austria GmbH, we will continue to focus on delivering high-quality solutions and maintaining our strong partnerships.

For further information, please look at our Press Release

We were part of the Austria in Space delegation at the Industry Space Days 2024 at ESA/ESTEC in Noordwijk, The Netherlands from 18-19 September.
Our CTO, Sascha Bartl, was our representative there and got the excellent opportunity to engage with new partners, explore emerging trends, and identify future business opportunities within the space sector.

Further information about the ESA/ESTEC Industry Space Days

On 12 September, we had the privilege to participate in the GNSS Satellite Positioning, Jamming, and Spoofing conference organized by Hydrographic Society Benelux, NIN, and Geo-Informatie Nederland, in the Netherlands.
This event brought together industry experts to explore the critical challenges of GNSS security, including how jamming and spoofing threats are affecting industries like transportation, defence, and aviation. Attendees learned about the latest techniques and innovations to safeguard GNSS systems from these increasing threats.

We were honoured to present alongside industry leaders and innovators, discussing our latest advancements in interference detection and mitigation with GIDAS.

Fernanda Aedo, our Sales Manager, highlighted how GIDAS is helping tackle the challenges of modern navigation warfare and shared some of the latest developments.

Special thanks to our distribution partner Navigation Solutions Europe for organizing our slot!

From all of us at OHB Digital Solutions GmbH, may your summer be filled with joy, relaxation, and smooth navigation.
Enjoy your well-deserved break!

On 4 July we had the fantastic opportunity to present the performance of our GIDAS Portable with a live demo and real measurements at the Homecoming Homeport Event in Hamburg on the St. Pauli sun deck.

Many thanks to our valued distribution partner Lange Electronic GmbH for this opportunity!

We’re proud to have been part of the PSCE2024 Spring Conference on 4 and 5 June in Vienna!
It was an honour to have our CEO, Bernhard Czar, present on “GNSS Interference – The Threat of Jamming and Spoofing for Public Safety.”

Thank you to the Austrian Ministry of Defense and Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) for organizing this excellent conference.
Looking forward to continuing our work on addressing these critical challenges.

We are exhibiting at the General Police Equipment Exhibition & Conference.

See you there on Stand #E55!

On 11 April the open day of the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation of the Technical University of Vienna will take place in the Freihaus building.
On this occasion, we will be on-site at the company fair from 13:00 to 16:00 and we are looking forward to interesting questions and discussions with you.
We hope to see you there!
Further information…

We wish the entire GNSS community a very Happy Easter!

Date: Monday, March 18th, 2024
Time: 10:00 – 15:00 CET
Venue: Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne
The GNSS Techtime meeting provides a unique opportunity to engage with our GNSS expert, Sascha Bartl and like-minded individuals to collectively devise solutions for managing GNSS interferences and security threats.
Explore the challenges of GNSS interferences and security threats at the Techtime Meeting!
Thanks to our distribution partner YOTAVIS AG for organizing this event.
Further information…

We are very proud of our GIDAS Portable demonstration video, which shows in a few minutes the enormous flexibility and extensive features of our mobile stand-alone GNSS analysis tool.
Visit the GIDAS Portable Site
Watch the video!

This GNSS Record & Replay functionality enables real test scenarios by capturing GNSS signals as they occur in real life and recording signals with real-world imperfections inherent to specific locations and times.
Learn more about our GNSS Record & Replay Xplora Trace

In our commitment to innovation, on top of real-time monitoring and interference detection, GIDAS now offers a comprehensive data analysis platform, allowing operators to delve into interference event history, filter data with precision and generate insightful statistics.
Experience the future of GNSS monitoring with the GIDAS product family…

We wish our customers, partners, distributors, and the entire GNSS community a festive Christmas season full of joy.
Your cooperation has been the cornerstone of our success, and we thank you for your trust in us.
May the New Year bring continued success.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the NIKE MATE project, a research and development initiative that aims to revolutionize the use of emergency services in urban environments.
The project focuses on the creation of a cooperative localization system with innovative approaches. By sharing position-relevant data between rescue services, robots and UAVs, NIKE MATE aims to improve overall accuracy, robustness and safety. The use of machine-learning technologies further increases the reliability of positioning for safety.
This is a crucial step for future developments in navigation.
Read more…

We’ve sealed a Distribution Agreement with Wavecrest K.K., a leading Japanese provider of cutting-edge measuring instruments for anechoic chambers, EMC testing and more.
This strategic partnership will leverage our state-of-the-art GNSS solutions to reach the Japanese market, opening new doors and creating strategic opportunities.
Visit the Wavecrest K.K. website…