Our Vision.

To deliver universal positioning
and navigation capabilities
to billions of devices,
from everyday smartphones
to highly complex navigation systems.

M-GPS® technology provides secure, robust, and accurate navigation in all environments (indoor/outdoor, land/sea/air). M-GPS® acts as a standalone localization system, but also is a natural complement to existing solutions like legacy GPS, and any other sources of navigational data.

M-GPS® doesn’t need to connect to any type of network including cellular, BLE or Wi-Fi, conserving battery power and ensuring high device security.

  • “Swiftly is leveraging AstraNav’s capabilities to enable shoppers to efficiently locate the products they are looking for, unlock personalized promotions and coupons that are specific to the aisle they’re shopping, and ultimately save them time and money, all with zero extra capital investments from our retail partners.”

    — Sean Turner, Chief Technology Officer at Swiftly Systems

  • "This application needs to be integrated into the TAK environment for immediate use, or with any hardware that already employs a magnetometer.”

    — Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Operator

  • “AstraNav’s infrastructure-free M-GPS tech worked as soon as users entered the store to give sub-meter accuracy navigation and turn-by-turn directions to any items in the store on their smartphones.”

    — Sean Turner, Chief Technology Officer at Swiftly Systems

  • "All of our PNT devices should have this software in them.”

    — Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Operator

  • “The M-GPS software application appears very mature and clearly provides a reliable source of navigation information in GPS-denied environments.”

    — Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Operator

  • “Since 2019, my team has independently reviewed AstraNav's M-GPS technology and the science behind it. I can confirm that it genuinely uses magnetic fields to provide stable and accurate navigation. Being independent of GPS, the technology fills the gap of other navigation approaches creating limitless opportunities for potential applications.”

    — Prof. Ruben E. Perez, Advanced Aircraft Design LabRoyal Military College of Canada

  • “The AstraNav technology application and demo hardware worked flawlessly in sub-terrain environment scenario. On-the-fly mapping with backtrack and replay route were both demonstrated with great precision.”

    — Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Operator

  • "At Virginia Tech, we were able to easily integrate M-GPS with commercial off-the shelf (COTS) autonomous vehicles to achieve sub-meter accuracy positioning, even indoors. AstraNav M-GPS can achieve accurate, efficient, and resilient sub-meter positioning and has the potential to be a completely ‘plug-and-play’ technology for consumers over a wide range of applications and in all domains.”

    — Leon K. Harding, Ph.D. and Kevin Schroeder, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Capabilities

M-GPS® software technology is being applied and adopted across a number of major industries.

 
 

  • Best-path navigation and estimated timing

  • Location-based promos, coupons, and prompts

  • Inventory management

  • Last-mile delivery

  • Picker/personal shopper wayfinding

  • Shopper analytics (dwell, behavior, engagement)

Retail

Logistics & Transportation

  • Maritime shipping

  • Commercial trucking

  • Public transportation

  • Warehouses

  • Fulfillment centers

  • Robotics and autonomy

Industrials

  • Warehouses

  • Fulfillment centers

  • Critical water, gas, oil, and electricity infrastructure

Consumer Navigation
Systems

  • Smartphones

  • GPS hardware devices

  • Mobile navigation apps

Autonomy

  • Delivery drones

  • Electric vehicles

  • Industrial robotics

Emergency Services

  • Enhanced 911 (including multi-story buildings)

  • Search and rescue

Security and Defense

  • GPS-denied and network-denied environments

  • Indoor/outdoor, land/sea/air/underground/underwater

  • Tag, track and locate

  • Mounted and dismounted applications

  • Undetectable and hardened to jamming and spoofing

"At Virginia Tech, we were able to easily integrate M-GPS with commercial off-the shelf (COTS) autonomous vehicles to achieve sub-meter accuracy positioning, even indoors. AstraNav M-GPS can achieve accurate, efficient, and resilient sub-meter positioning and has the potential to be a completely ‘plug-and-play’ technology for consumers over a wide range of applications and in all domains.”

— Kevin Schroeder, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Hume Center
Aerospace and Ocean Systems Division, VT National Security Institute
Center for Space Science and Engineering Research (Space@VT)
Virginia Tech

— Leon K. Harding, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Aerospace and Ocean Systems Division, VT National Security Institute
Center for Space Science and Engineering Research (Space@VT)
Faculty Affiliate (by appt.) | Crofton Dept. of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Virginia Tech