NAVSYS Corporation

What NAVSYS Corporation does

NAVSYS Corporation is a privately held, woman-owned small business founded in 1986 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Dr. Alison Brown to develop Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) technology for U.S. defense and commercial customers. The company builds GPS/GNSS hardware design expertise, inertial navigation software, and network-assisted PNT solutions through its two core product families: InterNav®, an open-architecture GPS/inertial navigation software platform delivered as source-code-licensed SDKs and SoC reference designs for system integrators, and GNSS Signal Architect®, a simulation and test toolkit spanning MATLAB toolboxes to commercial SDR (Ettus USRP, GNU Radio) playback. Its newest offering, PNT as a Service (PNTaaS), is a cloud-based service that extracts timing from existing broadband SATCOM signals (C, Ku, Ka-band — satellites operated by Intelsat, Viasat, Eutelsat, SES, Telesat) to deliver resilient backup PNT in GPS-denied or spoofed environments, with deployment currently covering CONUS and Europe and a stated goal of global coverage by end of 2027. The technology stack integrates military and commercial GPS receivers, multiple vendor IMUs via the InterNav open interface, Xilinx Zynq SoCs, tactical SDRs, and ML-based interference detection and signal-of-opportunity selection (per 2022–2023 Joint Navigation Conference papers).

NAVSYS operates a multi-channel revenue model spanning software licensing (per-seat run-time licenses with quantity discounts, multi-year contracts, and source-code SDK perpetual licenses), one-time product sales (development kits and simulators), SBIR-contracted R&D services (over 200 contracts since 1988 with commercialization track record), internal R&D services, and the emerging PNTaaS recurring subscription revenue delivered through IoT protocol. Go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-focused, combining direct government sales (AFRL, U.S. Air Force, ONR, NAVAIR, USASMDC) with OEM embedding partnerships (FLIR Systems Star SAFIRE electro-optical systems, GPS Source D3 PNT Distribution Hub, Viasat multi-orbit demonstrations) and a membership in the Open PNT Industry Alliance alongside Iridium, Satelles, NextNav, and Orolia. Distribution relies on direct enterprise field sales rather than channel partners, supported by technical paper publications (extending from 1984 to 2026) and industry conference presence at Joint Navigation Conference, ION GNSS, and Stanford PNT Symposium. The company holds a Cogswell Outstanding Industrial Security Achievement Award (2016) supporting cleared-facility defense work, and a Tibbetts Award (2007) reflecting sustained SBIR commercialization success.

Name

NAVSYS Corporation

Legal name

NAVSYS Corporation

Website

https://navsys.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NAVSYS Corporation is a Colorado Springs-based, woman-owned small business founded in 1986 that develops Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) software and services — including the InterNav® GPS/inertial platform and PNT as a Service (PNTaaS) — for U.S. defense agencies and commercial SATCOM-integrated customers requiring resilient backup to GPS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

GNSS/PNT Navigation Software and Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (541690)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Fault & Performance Monitoring (SNMP/Telemetry/APM for Networks) (HDAFAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Quality Engineering & Test Automation (QE/QA) (BPAEAFAJ), Fleet, Asset Tracking & Telematics Location Platforms (BPAMANAF)

Keywords

• GNSS simulation software
• GPS inertial navigation
• PNT as a service
• Anti-jamming navigation
• SATCOM-based positioning

Headquarters

HQ city

Colorado Springs

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licensing: NAVSYS offers software products for customers to leverage research and use advanced PNT technology in their systems through software licensing. InterNav software is offered under a license agreement with per-seat run-time licenses available.
2. Direct Product Sales: Direct purchase of software products and development kits including GNSS Signal Architect simulator software and InterNav product suite components.
3. SBIR Contracted R&D: Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) funding and contracted R&D services. NAVSYS has participated in SBIR program since 1988 and successfully commercialized technology from over 200 SBIR contracts.
4. Internal R&D Services: Development services providing PNT software products to allow customers to field advanced PNT solutions within their product lines. Includes software, firmware, systems engineering, and test and analysis services.
5. PNTaaS Data Services: PNT as a Service providing positioning, navigation and timing data through subscription to data services delivered via Internet of Things (IoT) protocol for subscribers to use SATCOM signals for PNT.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

NAVSYS develops and sells Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) software and services for government and commercial customers. Its commercial offerings include the InterNav® open-architecture GPS/inertial navigation software family (SDK, SoC, integration/evaluation kits), the GNSS Signal Architect® simulation and test toolset built on Software Defined Radios and MATLAB, and PNT as a Service (PNTaaS), a cloud-based architecture that uses existing C/Ku/Ka-band SATCOM signals as signals of opportunity to provide resilient PNT backup when GPS is jammed, denied, or spoofed. The company also delivers contracted R&D, systems engineering, and test/analysis services.

Product overview

NAVSYS Corporation offers a comprehensive Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) product portfolio centered around two core software product lines: GNSS Signal Architect® and InterNav®, supplemented by the innovative PNT as a Service (PNTaaS) cloud infrastructure. The GNSS Signal Architect® product line provides simulation and test tools ranging from cost-effective signal simulation using commercial SDRs (Ettus platforms) to the MATLAB-based Signal Architect Toolbox for GPS/GLONASS data analysis. The InterNav® product family delivers an open architecture GPS/inertial navigation solution through multiple licensing tiers: the core Open Architecture PNT Solution for system integrators, the Software Development Kit for custom development, the SoC Development Kit for Xilinx Zynq platforms, and Assured-PNT Integration and Evaluation Kits. PNTaaS represents a cloud-based service architecture providing resilient PNT using existing SATCOM signals (C, Ku, Ka-band) as signals of opportunity, deployed via ground infrastructure for global coverage. Supporting products include specialized modules like NAMPA for network-assisted military PNT acquisition, DiNO-Pos for distributed opportunistic positioning, and NavWarrior for PNT data distribution. The company also provides research and development services along with software licensing for customers seeking to leverage advanced PNT technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• InterNav Open Architecture PNT Solution
• InterNav Software Development Kit
• InterNav System on a Chip Development Kit
• InterNav Assured-PNT Integration Kit
• InterNav Assured-PNT Evaluation Kit
• GNSS Signal Architect Simulator Software
• GNSS Signal Architect Toolbox
• PNT as a Service (PNTaaS)
• Network Assisted Military PNT Acquisition (NAMPA)
• Distributed Networked Opportunistic Positioning (DiNO-Pos)
• Talon NAMATH
• NavWarrior
• Space Kit / Jambox
• Software, Firmware, and Systems Engineering Services

Quantifiable outcome

• GPS jamming impacted more than 1,600 aircraft over two days in March 2024 in Eastern Europe, highlighting critical need for PNTaaS backup.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability3 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SpaceWERX / Space Systems CommandcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 August 2024NAVSYS selected to participate in SpaceWERX and Space Systems Command's AltPNT Challenge as part of the Innovate to Accelerate cohort focused on Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing solutions. One of 20 companies selected from 122 proposals totaling $34.8M in contracts.
• Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 May 2024AFRL RAPID Laboratory awarded NAVSYS a $4.4M contract to develop and mature key elements of their PNTaaS system architecture under the Commercial Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing for RAPID (CAPR) program to support operations where GPS is degraded or denied.
• ViasatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2023PNTaaS technology integrated into Viasat's multi-orbit and assured PNT capabilities showcase, demonstrating GPS-denied navigation using SATCOM signals as signals of opportunity with Viasat's network infrastructure.
• Open PNT Industry AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2020NAVSYS joined alliance with infiniDome, Iridium Communications, Jackson Labs Technologies, NextNav, OPNT, Orolia, Qulsar, Satelles, and Seven Solutions to deliver alternative forms of positioning, navigation, and timing as backup to GPS/GNSS.
• United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 March 2018Partnership with USASMDC to develop Space Kit / Jambox - a contested space environment simulator to emulate GPS jamming for training soldiers to recognize jamming in communications devices. NAVSYS Signal Architect Inside technology used.
• FLIR SystemscoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerNAVSYS InterNav Software integrated into FLIR Systems' Star SAFIRE airborne electro-optic imaging system, providing geopointing capability that allows image stabilization on particular coordinates with extremely narrow fields of view.
• Satellite Constellation Operators (Intelsat, Eutelsat, SES, Telesat)coreTechnology or IntegrationPNTaaS system uses commercial SATCOM signals from satellites operated by multiple providers as signals of opportunity for PNT. Test results demonstrated capability with satellites from Intelsat, Viasat, Eutelsat, SES and Telesat.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Raytheon (RTX): Broad incumbent - Raytheon is a major DoD prime with deep GPS/PNT portfolio (anti-jam receivers, next-gen M-code, alt-PNT) that competes with NAVSYS for Phase III transitions and AltPNT program dollars.
• L3Harris Technologies: Broad incumbent - L3Harris fields assured-PNT solutions including anti-jam GPS and tactical SDR navigation, competing for DoD AltPNT opportunities alongside NAVSYS in the GPS-denied segment.

Direct peers

• infiniDome: Direct peer - infiniDome provides GPS anti-jamming and resilient PNT solutions and is an Open PNT Industry Alliance co-member with NAVSYS, serving the same GPS-denied navigation market.
• NextNav: Direct peer - NextNav develops alternative PNT (terrestrial beacon-based) as a GPS backup/resilient timing service, a fellow Open PNT Industry Alliance member and direct competitor in the assured-PNT market NAVSYS targets with PNTaaS.
• Trimble Inc. Direct peer - Trimble provides GNSS receivers, inertial navigation modules and PNT software for surveying, agriculture, construction and defense, overlapping with NAVSYS InterNav and GNSS Signal Architect product lines.
• Satelles (Iridium): Direct peer - Satelles (acquired by Iridium) provides STL (Satellite Time and Location) as a GPS backup signal of opportunity service, directly competing with NAVSYS's SATCOM-based PNTaaS approach for assured PNT.
• Jackson Labs Technologies: Direct peer - Jackson Labs designs GNSS-denied PNT and M-code solutions for defense; Open PNT Industry Alliance co-member with NAVSYS, serving overlapping GPS-denied, anti-jam use cases.
• Orolia (Safran Electronics & Defense): Direct peer - Orolia (now part of Safran) is a leader in resilient PNT, atomic clocks and timing solutions for defense and critical infrastructure, directly competing with NAVSYS in assured-PNT offerings.
• Hexagon / NovAtel: Direct peer - NovAtel is a leading OEM GNSS receiver and inertial navigation supplier (now part of Hexagon's Autonomy & Positioning division) competing with NAVSYS InterNav in GPS/inertial integration for defense and commercial markets.

Emerging players

• GPS Source: Emerging player / partner - GPS Source's D3 PNT Distribution Hub already integrates NAVSYS NavWarrior technology; GPS Source is a tactical PNT distribution peer competing in adjacent DoD PNT distribution markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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