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Key Features
Advanced Antenna Array
Advanced multi-element interferometry direction-finding antenna precisely tuned for GNSS bands.
Accurate Angle-of-Arrival
Generates accurate azimuth and elevation angle-of-arrival measurements in three-dimensional space.
Anomaly Detection
Detect, assess, and characterize GNSS anomalies in real time.
Real-time GPS Identification
Enables real-time identification of authentic, inauthentic, and GPS-interfering signals.
Secure Network
Edge networking architecture (integrated NVIDIA Jetsons) connected to a secure, horizontally scalable service layer back end.
Site Versatility
Versatile deployment options for both portable and fixed sites.
Weather Protection
Weather-resistant enclosure that provides protection from the elements.
Benefits
Accessible API
Readily integrates into existing ecosystems and mission workflows via a powerful and accessible RESTful API.
Software Defined Radio
Internal Software-defined radio (SDR) can be tailored and tuned to specific missions and readily updated to adapt to emerging threats.
Low power consumption
Low power consumption and fewer cable runs via a single Power over Ethernet (PoE++) connection.
Cost Savings
The SDR platform and COTS hardware yield significant cost savings and enable rapid reconfiguration.
CONOPS and Use Cases
Geolocation
Aggregated measurements from an array of NavWatch nodes produce a latitude/longitude/altitude reading that indicates the likely geolocation of energy emissions.
Situational Awareness
NavWatch detections enhance existing NAVWAR CONOPS by providing new insights into the sources of ground- and/or aerial-based emitters.
Seek and Destroy
NavWatch-provided headings are suitable for consumption by airborne platforms to steer toward the source of emissions, enabling RF-guided targeting.
FAQ
What is NavWatch?
NavWatch is an electronic warfare and cyber defense sensor used to identify, isolate, and locate rogue emitters within the GPS/GNSS frequency spectrum.
What is a rogue emitter?
Rogue emitters are unauthorized or malicious devices that transmit signals within the GPS/GNSS frequency bands.
What can rogue emitters do?
In the GPS/GNSS bands, rogue signals can degrade, deny, and deceive GPS receivers.
How are critical systems impacted?
GNSS spoofing and jamming affect more than just navigation; critical infrastructure relies on timing messages from GNSS satellites to keep essential systems—such as mobile phone/internet networks, financial exchanges, and power grids—in sync.
How are these types of attacks characterized?
Jamming, denying, or spoofing GPS/GNSS satellite signals are characterized as cyber-electronic warfare tactics. These techniques can be used to impede the battle readiness of a target and ultimately delay, deny, or disrupt other services to achieve a desired outcome.
How does NavWatch help?
NavWatch operates 24/7 by monitoring active GPS/GNSS satellite constellations. It identifies anomalies, rogue emitters, and attacks. Once detected, operators are alerted, and the positions of the signal emissions are located and tracked. NavWatch is an advanced GPS/GNSS RF spectrum awareness sensor that can operate as a single node or as part of a distributed network. Its role is to protect critical infrastructure by identifying anomalies and attacks and alerting operators to potential threats.