A consortium led by KrattWorks has secured €6 million in funding for Project BadB, which aims to develop a navigation system that does not rely on GNSS

The BadB project is a KrattWorks-led consortium with a €6 million investment from the European Defence Fund (EDF) and the Estonian and Finnish Ministries of Defence. The goal of the project is to develop advanced navigation solutions for land and air vehicles that do not rely on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to meet the challenges posed by electronic warfare technologies such as radio jamming and GNSS spoofing.

The project will utilise advanced technologies, including weather-independent satellite imagery, machine vision and image recognition, and a path planning system based on sensor data and swarm technology, to achieve its objectives.GIM Robotics has played a key role in the BadB project by developing GNSS-independent navigation software for land vehicles that is capable of resisting and detecting jamming and spoofing. ensures that vehicles can navigate accurately even when GNSS signals are unavailable.

In addition, Septentrio has been involved in the development of related technologies, in particular the Septentrio Mosaic GNSS module, a multi-band, multi-constellation GNSS receiver designed for demanding applications that require high-precision positioning, such as robotics and autonomous systems.The Mosaic X5 module incorporates Septentrio's unique AIM+ technology, an advanced on-board interference mitigation technology that suppresses a wide range of interference from simple continuous narrowband signals to complex broadband and impulse jammers, providing excellent anti-jamming and anti-spoofing properties.

The consortium consists of four companies from three countries, each bringing expertise to the project:

KrattWorks (Estonia): specialises in Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) development.
GIM Robotics (Finland): specialising in GNSS navigation software for land vehicles.
KappaZeta (Estonia): specialists in satellite data processing and AI land monitoring systems.
Rigr AI (Ireland): develops AI-driven software for defence applications.
Septentrio (Belgium): offers high-performance GNSS receiver modules such as mosaic-X5 that support all current and future GNSS satellite signals and have built-in AIM+ technology to ensure optimal availability, reliability and accuracy.

Support was also provided by Solita OÜ (Estonia) and Solita Oy (Finland), which are part of the Solita Group, a digitalisation consultancy operating in nine European countries.

The BadB project was selected during the call for proposals for the EDF 2023 programme and will last for 24 months.EDF aims to promote cooperation between companies and research institutes to enhance Europe's defence capabilities. More information about the BadB project and its impact on future navigation technologies can be found by visiting the EDF project overview.