Aerospace Overview

Orolia’s Aerospace initiatives include military and commercial aviation, in addition to space programs.

Space Applications Overview

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Single European Provider
of Atomic Clocks

Satellite
There are more
Orolia atomic clock-powered GNSS satellites than GPS satellites in operation

Atomic Clocks
120+
Orolia atomic clocks launched in space
(98 RAFS + 25 Maser)

Orolia has been selected by the European Commission on several occasions to coordinate the development and commercialization of Galileo related applications:

  • GEARS Poject - Orolia was selected by the European Global Satellite Navigation Systems Agency (GSA) to develop a resilient time and frequency server to protect critical GNSS-relient systems: The Galileo Authenticated Robust timing System 9GEARS). This project is ongoing.

  • Helios Project - Orolia was selected by the European Global Satellite Navigation Systems Agency (GSA) to lead the development of next generation search and rescue distress beacons. The Helios project is designed to introduce a complete range of Next-Generation beacons ot the market, including the first Emergency Locator Transmitter compliant with ICAO's GADSS Autonomous Distress Tracking requirements.
  • Tauceti Project - Orolia was selected by the European Global Satellite Navigation Systems Agency (GSA) to lead the development of Survival ELT (ELT-S) beacons. The project led to the launch of the world's first aviation survival ELT successfully tested with Galileo Return Link Service.
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European Space Programs Overview

Orolia has been selected by the European Commission on several occasions to coordinate the development and commercialization of Galileo related applications. This document provides details about the Helios, Tauceti and GEARS projects led by Orolia.
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GEARS Project

Orolia has been selected by the European Commission on several occasions to coordinate the development and commercialization of Galileo related applications.

This document will provide you with more details about the GEARS project, led by Orolia to provide a Galileo based timing receiver for Critical Infrastructure using Galileo’s open service navigation message authentication (OS-NMA) system.

pdf - 710 KB—  December 11, 2020 [ Permalink ]

More Information On Our Space Programs

Testing & Simulation

Solutions for Space Applications
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GNSS Testing & Simulation Solutions for Space Applications

The new generation of satellite enabled applications is relying on resilient and accurate GNSS signals as a key element for many critical projects to ensure highly accurate Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) data. Orolia offers GNSS testing and simulation solutions designed to ensure the performance, resilience and accuracy of your system for complex GNSS space-based applications.
pdf - 2 MB—  July 2, 2020 [ Permalink ]

Aviation Solutions Overview


Commercial Airliner
170+
Leading Commercial Airlines rely on Orolia Beacons


Helicopter
60,000
Orolia ELTs in Use Today


Pilot
#2
Worldwide Manufacturer of Aviation Beacons (ELTs)


Horizon 2020
European Commission
chooses McMurdo to lead development of Next-Gen Search & Rescue beacon

Orolia provides military and commercial aviation positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions to ensure continuous access to precise, actionable data for military missions and to enable the safe, efficient operations of commercial aircraft worldwide.

Our aerospace clients and partners include military aviation agencies, manufacturers, and authorities; in addition to commercial aviation agencies, air traffic control entities, and commercial manufacturers.

We develop integrated & resilient aerospace PNT solutions for:

  • Airlines: The world’s leading airlines trust Orolia for their aviation safety needs from Emergency Location Transmitters (ELTs) to next-generation Emergency Management Systems. These systems are also available for military aviation applications.
  • Aircraft Manufacturers: Orolia’s award-winning, fully-redundant ELT solutions are easily integrated into the world’s leading military, commercial, business and general aviation aircraft.
  • Air Traffic Control: Air traffic control systems rely on Orolia’s highly accurate, reliable PNT solutions to track and monitor airlines, aircraft and other airborne vessels.
  • Aviation/Aerospace Agencies: Aviation and aerospace companies around the globe trust Orolia to lead key industry safety initiatives including the Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (GADSS) and the European Commission’s HELIOS project.
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Aviation Solutions Brochure

Orolia is shaping the future of aviation by offering a wide selection of search and rescue solutions compliant to latest standards for a variety of military and commercial aviation missions.
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Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (GADSS)

Developing the Next-Generation Aviation Emergency Management System

Orolia is a leading contributor in the design, development and deployment of the aviation industry’s next-generation emergency management system known as GADSS (Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System) and other emerging aviation/aerospace safety initiatives.

As part of the Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS) regulation adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), large aircraft delivered after January 1, 2023, are required to be equipped with an Autonomous Distress Tracking (ADT) capability to transmit an alert, along with aircraft successive positions, as soon as a distress condition is detected while the aircraft is still in fl­ight. Key stakeholders, like operators, ATSU and RCC shall access resulting distress tracking data.

As the leader of the HELIOS European project, in collaboration with Air France, Airbus and Cobham, Orolia is committed to provide airframers and operators with an ADT compliant solution to meet ICAO recommendations. For that purpose, Orolia is currently developing Kannad Ultima-DT, a crash survivable distress tracking ELT which meets Special Conditions on lithium batteries.
 

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