Advanced Navigation

• Advanced Navigation Hydrus

  Hydrus

• Advanced Navigation Subsonus

  Subsonus

• Certus Evo

Facilities & manufacturing

• Production setup

  2026-10-05 - Advanced Navigation plans to begin production at its Huntsville PNT Center of Excellence in 2027; current production at the site is not confirmed. - Huntsville, Alabama, United States

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• Facility

  2023-09-26 - Advanced Navigation opened a robotics manufacturing facility at UTS Tech Lab to expand production capacity for autonomy and navigation systems. - Sydney, Australia

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Operating milestones

• Operating metric

  2025-08-11 - BHP tested Advanced Navigation Boreas and Chimera Land navigation technology over a 22-kilometre underground mine route and reported sub-0.1% drift. - BHP underground-mine navigation trial

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• Advanced Navigation Subsonus with Desert WAVE RoboSub AUV

  Research Experiment - Mounted - Desert WAVE used a sponsored Advanced Navigation Subsonus USBL in its RoboSub 2019 autonomous underwater vehicle campaign.

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• Advanced Navigation Hydrus with Aquaculture seabed-monitoring mission

  Reference Design - Tested With - Advanced Navigation documented Hydrus being used for aquaculture seabed-health monitoring.

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• Advanced Navigation Subsonus with Geosurvey Mexicana suction-pile positioning system

  Operational - Tested With - Geosurvey Mexicana selected and tested Advanced Navigation Subsonus USBL for suction-pile positioning work.

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• Certus Evo with Nextcore UAV-LiDAR survey system

  Operational - Embedded - Nextcore integrated Advanced Navigation Certus Evo into its UAV-mounted LiDAR survey system.

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• Certus Evo with EyeVi vehicle-based road-survey system

  Operational - Embedded - EyeVi Technologies used Advanced Navigation Certus Evo in its vehicle-based LiDAR road-surveying system.

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Supply chain relationships

• Cellula Robotics

  Outbound - Navigation - Cellula Subsea Warden incorporates an Advanced Navigation fibre-optic inertial navigation system

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• MooVita

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - MooVita selected Advanced Navigation Certus Evo INS for precise positioning in autonomous-bus pilots where GNSS is unreliable

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• Nortek

  Outbound - Navigation - Advanced Navigation supplies GNSS Compass v2 for Nortek's VM Coastal acoustic Doppler current-profiler packages

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• Intuitive Machines

  Outbound - Navigation - Advanced Navigation’s LUNA sensor is selected for Intuitive Machines’ future IM-4 Nova-C lunar landing mission

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• BAE Systems

  Outbound - Navigation - Advanced Navigation was selected to supply Motus inertial navigation systems for BAE Systems CV90 upgrades

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• KONGSBERG

  Outbound - Navigation - Kongsberg ordered more than 50 Advanced Navigation Boreas D90 navigation systems for its PROTECTOR RS4

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• Leidos

  Outbound - Navigation - Advanced Navigation Spatial Dual INS was selected for Dynetics Gremlins X-61 recovery system

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• Nextcore

  Outbound - Navigation - Nextcore integrated Advanced Navigation Certus Evo GNSS/INS into RN80 and RN100 UAV-LiDAR systems

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• Hanwha Aerospace

  Outbound - Navigation - Hanwha Defence Australia ordered 138 Advanced Navigation Boreas D70 inertial-navigation units in an A$8.7 million deal

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• BESC

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - Advanced Navigation supplies Certus INS technology used by BESC for mining fleet angle monitoring

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• Space Machines Company

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - Advanced Navigation supplies Boreas X90 inertial navigation technology used on Space Machines Company Optimus orbital service vehicle

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• Robotic Systems

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - Robotic Systems used Advanced Navigation products and engineering support to accelerate custom robotic-system development

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• Tamboritha

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - Tamboritha purchased and integrated Advanced Navigation Boreas A70 into its Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV retrofit

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• Rheinmetall

  Outbound - Navigation - Rheinmetall contracted Advanced Navigation FOG inertial navigation systems for crewed Boxer CRVs in December 2024

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• DOF Group ASA

  Outbound - Navigation

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• Naïo Technologies

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - Naïo Technologies uses Advanced Navigation's GNSS Compass to improve positioning, heading, and motion control on the Ted autonomous vineyard robot

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• PAL Robotics

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - Advanced Navigation Orientus IMU/AHRS supports PAL Robotics TALOS and Kangaroo balance, uneven-terrain walking and jumping work

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• Ultra Hydrographic

  Outbound - Positioning & Navigation - Advanced Navigation Spatial FOG Dual INS was integrated into Ultrabeam Hydrographic Axolotl for amphibious hydrographic survey work

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• KONGSBERG

  Outbound - Navigation - Advanced Navigation will supply Boreas inertial navigation systems for KONGSBERG PROTECTOR C-UAS platforms

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• JM Robotics

  Outbound - Navigation - Advanced Navigation Subsonus USBL2 supports JM Robotics' small-scale ROV program

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• 2026-03-18 - Series C - $110M - Advanced Navigation raises USD 110M Series C

  valuation: $1B - Advanced Navigation raised a US$110 million Series C led by Airtree Ventures with participation from KKR and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation. - source: advancednavigation.com

• 2023-04-15 - Advanced Navigation Secures $20 Million to Enhance Robotics and Autonomous Systems

  Funding aims to support the development of cutting-edge navigation solutions for robotics. Investment will accelerate growth in autonomous vehicle technologies and global market presence. - source: techcrunch.com

• Airtree Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-03-18

• Chris Shaw - Co-Founder and CEO
• Xavier Orr - Co-Founder

Events

• 2026-10-05 - Capability - Advanced Navigation plans Huntsville U.S. headquarters and PNT manufacturing centre

  The company expects to employ 75 to 100 people at the facility by summer 2027. The former Line-X building will combine offices, engineering and laboratories with a manufacturing floor. The centre is backed by the company’s previously raised $110 million Series C.

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• 2026-09-22 - Contract Award - Advanced Navigation secures €16 million KONGSBERG C-UAS supply deal

  The navigation systems support positioning and orientation when GNSS is jammed, spoofed or unavailable. The PROTECTOR platforms are manufactured in Norway for the Polish Armaments Agency. The deal is separate from an earlier Boreas D90 integration for KONGSBERG PROTECTOR RS4.

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• 2026-03-18 - Funding - Advanced Navigation raises USD 110M Series C

  Airtree Ventures led the round, with Quadrant Private Equity and Australia's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation participating. More than 100,000 systems were deployed globally, and over 80 percent of revenue came from the United States and Europe. The investment supports regional PNT engineering centers and targeted acquisitions across robotics, photonics, vision, AI and quantum sensing.

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• 2026-02-04 - Demonstration - Advanced Navigation tests Boreas D90 stack at U.S. Army APEX

  The four-wheel-drive vehicle demonstration took place during night operations at a rural New Mexico site with deliberate GNSS jamming. Boreas D90 and AdNav Intelligence were evaluated with a laser velocity sensor and, separately, a wheel-speed encoder. The wheel-speed configuration recorded 11.7 metres of final error over 65 kilometres, equal to 0.018 percent of distance travelled.

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• 2025-12-03 - Contract Award - Kongsberg orders more than 50 Boreas D90 systems

  The Boreas D90 units are intended to support precision pointing and line-of-sight stability when GNSS is compromised or denied. Advanced Navigation said its vertically integrated production was part of the selection because it could meet the required delivery schedule. The announcement establishes order quantity and end system but does not disclose exact contract value or completed deliveries.

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• 2025-09-08 - Org Change - Advanced Navigation expands across the US and Europe for PNT production

  Advanced Navigation announced plans to establish PNT Centers of Excellence across the United States and Europe, beginning with the United Kingdom The centers are intended to scale manufacturing, engineering, support, and servicing for inertial navigation systems The expansion was framed as a response to rising demand for GPS-denied navigation technology

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• 2025-09-03 - Product Launch - Advanced Navigation launches Boreas 50 Series for GPS-denied environments

  Advanced Navigation launched the Boreas 50 Series, a compact north-seeking fibre-optic gyroscope inertial navigation system The product is designed for resilient navigation in contested and GPS-denied operating environments The launch extends the company's strategic-grade navigation portfolio into smaller defence and autonomy platforms

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• 2025-08-11 - Demonstration - BHP trial records sub-0.1% drift with Boreas and Chimera Land

  The trial took place at Callio Mine in Pyhäjärvi, Finland. The hybrid navigation system operated through a GNSS-denied underground environment. Measured inertial-navigation drift remained below 0.1 percent over the route.

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• 2025-07-14 - Demonstration - Advanced Navigation demonstrated navigation technology in an underground transport station where satellite positioning…

  Testing took place at Castle Hill Station in Sydney The system combined phased-array ultra-wideband with Bluetooth Low Energy Positioning accuracy was reported within 10 to 30 centimetres without satellite navigation

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• 2025-06-03 - Market Signal - Hydrus survey documents coral loss at Hall Bank reef

  The mission gathered underwater data at one of the world’s southernmost reef ecosystems. The survey revealed bleaching and fragmentation across the observed coral habitat. The event records a bounded scientific survey, not a standing deployment.

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• 2025-05-20 - Demonstration - Advanced Navigation validates laser-aided inertial navigation

  Across five road trials, the hybrid system averaged 0.053% distance error against a separately logged GNSS reference. A fixed-wing trial over 545 kilometres produced a final distance error of 0.045%. The tests combined a fibre-optic-gyroscope inertial system with a laser velocity sensor and adaptive software fusion; they did not establish a named vehicle deployment.

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• 2025-03-04 - Partnership - Advanced Navigation signs MBDA collaboration on resilient navigation technology

  Advanced Navigation and MBDA signed an MoU to develop resilient navigation technology. The proposed system integrates MBDA’s NILEQ positioning technology. The collaboration targets passive airborne navigation over land without relying on GPS.

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• 2024-12-13 - Demonstration - Tamboritha selects Boreas A70 for Blackwater ROV navigation

  The system supports precise navigation where magnetic interference makes conventional heading sensors unreliable. The documented operating environment includes zero-visibility water. Tamboritha selected the A70 while balancing delivery schedule, cost and navigation performance.

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• 2024-12-12 - Commercial Order - Advanced Navigation finalizes FOG INS supply deal for Rheinmetall Boxer vehicles

  Advanced Navigation finalized a multi-million-dollar deal to supply fiber-optic gyroscope inertial navigation systems for Rheinmetall Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles in Australian Army service. The order follows a 2021 supply of more than 200 FOG INS units and extends the companies’ work on navigation for GPS-denied or contested environments. The collaboration supports Rheinmetall’s Australian defence programme and Advanced Navigation’s participation in Australia’s Global Supply Chain Programme, with potential export relevance.

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• 2024-09-23 - Commercial Order - Hanwha orders 138 Advanced Navigation Boreas D70 systems

  Advanced Navigation will supply 138 Boreas D70 inertial navigation systems. The systems are part of Australia’s LAND 400 Phase 3 programme. The DFOG-based units support navigation where GNSS is degraded or unavailable.

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• 2024-09-11 - Partnership - Hanwha and Advanced Navigation sign assured-navigation MOU

  Hanwha Defence Australia, Hanwha Aerospace and Advanced Navigation signed an assured-navigation memorandum of understanding. The parties plan to co-develop navigation systems for contested and satellite-denied environments. The proposed solutions could enter Hanwha Aerospace’s global supply chain.

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• 2024-04-02 - Deployment - Two Hydrus AUVs survey a 64-metre shipwreck off Rottnest Island

  Two Hydrus units completed three survey missions in under five hours. The vehicles captured simultaneous georeferenced 4K imagery and video over a 64-metre historic wreck. Curtin University HIVE created a high-resolution 3D reconstruction, and the resulting dataset was shared with the Western Australian Museum.

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• 2024-03-26 - Capability - PAL Robotics integrates Orientus sensors in TALOS and Kangaroo

  Orientus supplied inertial and attitude measurements at 1 kHz with low latency. PAL combined base-pose measurements with joint kinematics and ground-contact information for whole-body torque control. The compact sensor was integrated in both TALOS and Kangaroo; the platforms were used for different locomotion research.

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• 2024-02-21 - Product Launch - Space Machines integrates Boreas X90 into Optimus spacecraft

  The Boreas X90 is a digital fibre-optic gyroscope inertial navigation system. Its role is to support precise manoeuvring by the Optimus vehicle in orbit. Space Machines describes Optimus as an orbital transport and roadside-assistance platform.

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• 2023-09-26 - Facility Opening - Advanced Navigation opens high-tech robotics manufacturing facility

  Advanced Navigation opened a new robotics manufacturing facility at UTS Tech Lab in Australia The site was presented as a high-tech production base for autonomous systems and navigation technologies The facility expansion supported manufacturing scale-up for robotics and autonomy products

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• 2023-09-20 - Demonstration - Hydrus AUV completes tropical-water hazard simulation

  The test range has been open to industry since 2022. Hydrus operated in tropical waters that present difficult conditions for underwater robots. The exercise evaluated autonomous hazard-identification work rather than a commercial deployment.

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• 2023-06-28 - Award - Advanced Navigation receives Australian Space Agency lunar exploration grant

  Advanced Navigation received a Moon to Mars Initiative grant from the Australian Space Agency The award was AUD 5.2 million to support development of the LUNA navigation sensor for lunar landing and exploration The grant supports autonomous navigation technology for space robotics and surface operations

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• 2023-04-18 - Facility Opening - Advanced Navigation Unveils Australia’s Largest Subsea Robotics Centre

  The site brings engineering, manufacturing and testing work for subsea navigation and robotics into one centre. Advanced Navigation positioned the facility to accelerate new and existing underwater products. The expansion added subsea-engineering capacity in Western Australia.

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• 2023-04-15 - Funding - Advanced Navigation Secures $20 Million to Enhance Robotics and Autonomous Systems

  Funding aims to support the development of cutting-edge navigation solutions for robotics Investment will accelerate growth in autonomous vehicle technologies and global market presence Advanced Navigation plans to expand its workforce and innovation efforts with the new capital.

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• 2023-04-05 - Market Signal - Cloud Ground Control adds 5G fleet control for emergency-response drones

  CGConnect links drones and robotic vehicles to the browser-based fleet platform. The connection supports live video, command and control over cellular networks. Target missions include search and rescue, emergency response and disaster relief.

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• 2022-10-10 - Contract Award - BAE Systems selects Motus for Swedish CV90 upgrades

  The award covered the Motus inertial-navigation solution. Advanced Navigation described it as the third major phase of the programme. The combined value of the three phases exceeded USD 4.2 million.

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• 2022-07-19 - Demonstration - LimnTech LifeMark system integrates Certus INS

  Certus improved LifeMark operation in areas with variable GNSS reception. The integration replaced an earlier Spatial Dual configuration. LimnTech retained a cost-effective upgrade path for existing LifeMark customers.

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• 2022-05-05 - Acquisition - Shaping The Future Of Photonic Sensing: Advanced Navigation Acquires Vai Photonics

  Aircraft with an electric vertical takeoff and landing system such as flying taxis will greatly benefit from this technology. Photonic technology will be critical to the overall success, safety and reliability of these new systems. Vai Photonics sensors will provide safe and reliable autonomous takeoff and landings under all conditions.

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• 2022-04-01 - Product Launch - Advanced Navigation launches Hydrus autonomous underwater vehicle

  Hydrus combines autonomous navigation, communications and image-capture technologies. The hovering AUV was designed to reduce the cost, risk and complexity of underwater data collection. Advanced Navigation presented the system with ocean-research and conservation participants.

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• 2022-01-12 - Demonstration - Cordel integrated Advanced Navigation inertial navigation with lidar for railway-corridor surveying

  Cordel paired inertial navigation with lidar for rail-corridor data collection The configuration supported useful point clouds where satellite reception degraded The work documents an operating survey configuration rather than standard product fit

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• 2021-10-07 - Demonstration - IHMC exoskeleton uses Orientus orientation feedback

  Orientus supplied real-time roll, pitch and yaw data. The sensor supported balance and control of the wearable robotic system. Quix was developed for mobility-assistance research rather than commercial deployment.

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• 2021-10-07 - Market Signal - Advanced Navigation launches Cloud Ground Control

  The platform connects multiple users and drones over 4G and 5G networks. Little Ripper used the system to manage drone operations along more than 1,000 kilometres of coastline. Operators can connect vehicles through a compact modem or smartphone application.

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• 2021-08-23 - Capability - Advanced Navigation Spatial Dual selected for Gremlins X-61 recovery

  Spatial Dual's low size, weight, power consumption and cost helped meet the airborne recovery system's constraints. Kinematica post-processing measured relative positions between the recovery aircraft, Gremlins UAVs and deployed recovery equipment. Early flight-test data and post-flight analysis supported incorporating Spatial Dual into the final recovery design.

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• 2021-07-11 - Demonstration - ARRB Hawkeye road-survey system adopts Spatial Dual

  The sensor supplied precise timing, navigation and orientation data. Integration with the Gipsi-Trac2 dead-reckoning system supported degraded-GNSS operation. The configuration addressed gaps where GNSS signals were interrupted.

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• 2021-06-06 - Demonstration - AMZ driverless race car uses Spatial Dual navigation

  The team required accurate heading data for autonomous race-course navigation. Spatial Dual combined dual-antenna GNSS with inertial navigation in the vehicle. The configuration was a research-competition use rather than a production supply programme.

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• 2021-03-24 - Partnership - Advanced Navigation and Q-CTRL start Moon to Mars navigation project

  The work targeted launch vehicles, satellites and landers. The proposed architecture combined quantum sensing with inertial navigation. The project was positioned for long-duration missions where external navigation signals are unavailable.

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Relationships

• UTS Tech Lab

  Facility Host - Advanced Navigation opened a robotics manufacturing facility at UTS Tech Lab for autonomy and navigation systems.

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Shared workflows

• Testnor

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Context tags

• Positioning navigation supplier - Stack Layer - Advanced Navigation supplies positioning and navigation systems for autonomous machines.
• GNSS-aided INS supplier - Peer Group - Context audit 2026-09-07: Certus and Boreas navigation families integrate inertial and GNSS positioning. https://www.advancednavigation.com/
• Inertial measurement module supplier - Peer Group - Context audit 2026-09-07: Motus and Certus Mini inertial/AHRS modules are supplied alongside complete navigation systems. https://www.advancednavigation.com/
• Inertial and resilient navigation stack - Stack Layer - Advanced Navigation supplies INS, GNSS and acoustic navigation for autonomous systems.
• Resilient positioning and navigation - Workflow - Advanced Navigation provides GNSS-denied and resilient navigation solutions.
• Inertial GNSS sensor fusion - Capability - Advanced Navigation fuses inertial, GNSS and acoustic sensor data.
• High-precision position feedback - Capability - Advanced Navigation provides high-precision position and orientation feedback.
• Robot localization - Capability - Advanced Navigation is tracked for positioning and navigation systems used in autonomy.
• GNSS/INS - Stack Layer - Advanced Navigation supplies GNSS/INS and navigation systems.
• Inertial navigation - Capability - Advanced Navigation supplies inertial navigation systems for autonomous platforms.
• Underwater navigation - Capability - Advanced Navigation also supplies underwater navigation systems.
• Defence robotics operators - Customer Environment - Advanced Navigation supplies defence positioning and navigation systems.
• Industrial edge deployments - Customer Environment - Advanced Navigation systems are deployed in industrial edge environments.
• Robot compute supply chain - Customer Environment - Advanced Navigation serves the robot compute and navigation supply chain.

• Advanced Navigation secures €16 million KONGSBERG C-UAS supply deal

  2026-09-22 · Order / contract · Advanced Navigation will supply hundreds of Boreas fibre-optic-gyro inertial navigation systems for KONGSBERG PROTECTOR counter-UAS platforms.

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• Kongsberg orders more than 50 Boreas D90 systems

  2025-12-03 · Order / contract · Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace finalized a multimillion-dollar order for more than 50 Advanced Navigation Boreas D90 inertial-navigation systems for PROTECTOR RS4 platforms.

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• Advanced Navigation finalizes FOG INS supply deal for Rheinmetall Boxer vehicles

  2024-12-12 · Order / contract · Advanced Navigation finalized a multi-million-dollar supply deal for fiber-optic gyroscope inertial navigation systems used in Rheinmetall Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles.

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• Hanwha orders 138 Advanced Navigation Boreas D70 systems

  2024-09-23 · Order / contract · Hanwha Defence Australia selected Advanced Navigation for an A$8.7 million navigation-system order.

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• BAE Systems selects Motus for Swedish CV90 upgrades

  2022-10-10 · Order / contract · BAE Systems selected Advanced Navigation inertial systems for a Swedish CV90 tracked-vehicle upgrade programme.

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