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At least three commercial organizations have initiated testing of the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) service, concurrently with the European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) themselves. Results to date show success. OSNMA offers end-to-end authentication on a civilian signal, protecting receivers from spoofing attacks. OSNMA is pioneered by the Galileo Program. Galileo OSNMA is an authentication mechanism that allows GNSS receivers to verify ...

TeleOrbit GmbH of Nuremberg, Germany, announced that it has implemented testing capability for Galileo’s Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) aboard the company’s GNSS Receiver with Open Software Interface (GOOSE). As the threat of GNSS spoofing continues to grow, authentication of signals represents a safeguard for industry, vital infrastructure and safety-critical GNSS applications, including autonomous vehicles. As yet there is no authentication service available, but G...