Swift Navigation Timeline

Events

• 2026-06-01 - Deployment - Essential Aero deploys Swift Skylark positioning on airport FOD robots - The robots combine Skylark Nx RTK with LiDAR and are configured to halt if positional error exceeds eight centimeters. Swift says the system has supported deployments with the U.S. Air Force and FAA, with civilian pilots at four western U.S. airports. The… - source: swiftnav.com
• 2026-01-06 - Capability - Swift Navigation integrates Starling positioning with NVIDIA DRIVE AGX - Through its standard sensor interface, DriveWorks receives the plugin's corrected position output without a custom data path. Swift combines Skylark cloud corrections with GNSS, inertial sensing and wheel odometry for lane-level positioning. The plugin was… - source: swiftnav.com
• 2026-01-05 - Capability - Swift and Raven launch lane-level road intelligence system - The combined system automatically detects and maps road assets while maintaining lane-level location accuracy. Municipal and fleet users can use the resulting data to maintain real-time digital representations of road networks. - source: swiftnav.com
• 2025-07-23 - Funding - Swift Navigation secures $50 million Series E round - Swift Navigation announced completion of a 50 million dollar Series E financing round. The round was led by Crosslink Capital with existing and new investor participation. Swift said its Skylark service powers ADAS-enabled and autonomous vehicles, outdoor… - source: globenewswire.com
• 2024-01-01 - Partnership - Angsa Robotics uses Swift Navigation Skylark to improve autonomous trash-picking robot efficiency - Skylark supplies precise GNSS positioning to Angsa's autonomous trash-picking robots. Angsa measured a 240 percent efficiency improvement compared with standard GNSS systems. - source: swiftnav.com
• 2022-10-18 - Funding - Swift Navigation closes Series D financing - SK Inc. and Potentum Partners led the completed $100 million Series D. Existing and new investors participated. Two same-date certificate share classes are consolidated into one public transaction. - source: swiftnav.com
• 2021-02-09 - Funding - Swift Navigation closes Series C financing - NEA and Eclipse Ventures led the completed $50 million Series C. EPIQ Capital Group and KDDI Open Innovation Fund joined. The capital supported deployments and worldwide expansion. - source: swiftnav.com
• 2017-06-28 - Funding - Swift Navigation closes Series B financing - New Enterprise Associates led the completed $34 million Series B. Eclipse Ventures and First Round Capital participated. The capital supported deployments, hiring and engineering research. - source: swiftnav.com
• 2017-03-28 - Partnership - Swift Navigation and Carnegie Robotics partner on precision GNSS for robotics - The partnership targeted autonomous vehicles, outdoor robotics and machine control. The companies planned to unveil their first joint product line at AUVSI Xponential 2017. - source: swiftnav.com
• 2015-12-08 - Funding - Swift Navigation closes Series A financing - Eclipse Ventures led the completed $11 million Series A. NEA, Promus Ventures and returning seed investors participated. The $13.6 million cumulative total reported after the round is not stored as the discrete round amount. - source: swiftnav.com
• 2014-08-21 - Funding - Swift Navigation closes seed financing - First Round Capital led the completed $2.6 million seed financing. Fall Line Capital, Felicis Ventures, Kal Vepuri, Lemnos Labs, Qualcomm Ventures and VegasTechFund participated. The capital supported precise positioning for drones, construction and… - source: swiftnav.com