ESA Open Invitation to Tender AO9188
Open Date: 26/03/2018
Closing Date: 15/05/2018 13:00:00

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 17.154.17
Prog. Ref.: NAVISP Element 1
Budget Ref.: E/0365-10 – NAVISP Element 1
Special Prov.: AT+BE+CZ+DK+FI+FR+NO+RO+CH+GB+NL
Tender Type: C
Price Range: 200-500 KEURO
Products: Ground Segment / Ground Station / F&T equipment / Test equipment
Techology Domains: RF Systems, Payloads and Technologies / Radio Navigation Systems/Subsystems / Navigation System Tools
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate of Navigation
Department: Strategy and Programme Department
Division: NAVISP Programme Office
Contract Officer: Mezzadri, Monica
Industrial Policy Measure: N/A – Not apply
Last Update Date: 26/03/2018
Update Reason: Tender issue

This EXPRO+ procurement is part of the NAVISP Programme, under Elelment 1, Work Plan 2017.This activity aims to explore the use of two-way ranging for radionavigation, to overcome the some of the shortcomings of passive ranging systems such as GNSS. Prominent amongst these shortcomings is the fundamental vulnerability of passive-ranging systems to malicious compromise via spoofing or meaconing. Rather than operating on the principles of time-of-arrival ranging, the proposed research will define a new scheme that will form ranging estimates based on infrastructure interrogation, using cryptographic distance-bounding techniques, thereby firmly asserting the validity of the channel estimates. Unlike the loose concept of security that can be offered via cryptographically enhanced GNSS signals, the proposed demonstration will derive position estimates based on provably secure observations.

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