Defense
Safran is committed to providing robust and resilient products for the defense industry. Our navigation and timing products are field-proven, with over 20,000 units deployed. You can depend on the reliability of our PNT technology to support mission-critical operations.
Land
For missions on land, Safran offers products that will help your vehicles and command and control centers stay synchronized. A key advantage in land operations is being able to communicate, transmit data, and navigate without the aid of GPS. Whether it’s our VersaSync time and frequency reference system that can be mounted on board tactical vehicles or our artillery-pointing Geonyx inertial system, Safran provides reliable PNT solutions. With Safran land defense products, you get positioning, navigation and timing data that will ensure your mission goes uninterrupted by GNSS signal interference.
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Geonyxâ„¢ Inertial Navigation System
- Artillery Inertial and Pointing System
- Pointing accuracy < 0.5 mils at high latitude
- Automatic detection of GNSS jamming, spoofing and meaconing
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EPSILONâ„¢ Inertial Navigation Unit
- Land Inertial Navigation Unit
- Immune To Magnetic Disturbances
- Provides Position & Heading In GNSS Denied Environments
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NAVKITE
- Fully integrated and autonomous navigation solution
- Geonyx and VersaSync technologies
- Navigation data distribution system
Air
Safran’s airborne navigation solutions are engineered for precision and resilience in dynamic aerial missions. Our inertial navigation and timing technologies support fighter jets, helicopters, UAVs, and mission aircraft—ensuring accurate flight data even in GNSS-compromised zones. From sensor fusion to ruggedized avionics, Safran systems integrate seamlessly with aircraft systems, enhancing situational awareness, targeting, and platform survivability across diverse theaters of operation.
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SkyNauteâ„¢ Inertial Navigation System
- State of the art inertial reference system for military and commercial aircrafts
- Optimized SWaP
- High Accuracy & Integrity
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VersaPNT
- GNSS-aided inertial navigation and timing
- GNSS time and frequency source with NTP/PTP time server
- High performance internal time base and inertial sensor to manage potential GNSS loss
Sea
Maritime operations demand navigation systems that function flawlessly in complex, often denied, environments. Safran offers high-accuracy inertial navigation and time synchronization for surface vessels and submarines alike. Designed for reliability in deep-sea and littoral zones, our systems support underwater navigation, mission planning, and sensor alignment. With decades of maritime expertise, Safran’s solutions contribute to operational superiority and secure command and control at sea.
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Argonyxâ„¢ Inertial Navigation System
- Accurate & autonomous localization in GNSS-denied environment
- Reliable In Harsh Environment
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BlueNaute® Inertial Navigation System
- Gyrocompass, Attitude & Heading Reference System
- 200,000h MTBF
- International Maritime Organization (IMO) Certified
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NAVPULSE
- Modular PNT (Position Navigation and Timing) capacities
- Real-time navigation sensors management
- Hardware robustness and resilience to face high intensity interventions
Recognizing GNSS Signal Interference Threats
Military bases, government facilities, and other fixed-site locations need a way to protect against the threat of signal jamming and spoofing. Because GNSS signals are relatively weak once they reach the surface of the Earth, they can be easily manipulated. Adversaries can turn low-cost SDRs into GPS jammers and spoofers. They then can turn around and use those devices to disrupt operations and emit fake satellite signals.
A solution to jamming and spoofing can range from anti-jam antennas and add-on devices, to GPS threat detection sensors and even embedded software that protects critical infrastructure.
Soldiers and command and control centers rely on essential GNSS signals for communication, weapon defense systems, and knowledge on the ground. Sometimes these signals can be compromised in 2 ways:
- An adversary blocks the ability of the warfighter to use satellite signals for their equipment, thus causing a loss of communications and radar.
- An adversary leverages the GNSS signals to learn something about the warfighter, and their location or movement.
Protect Against Jamming and Spoofing Attacks
Whether your mission requires the capability to detect threats before they compromise your system, or whether you have moving vehicles that need protection against signal interference, you can depend on the reliability of Safran’s Interference Detection and Mitigation solutions.
Our Anti-Jamming and Anti-Spoofing suite will ensure your equipment maintains positioning, navigation, and positioning capabilities – even amidst GPS signal interference.
BroadShield
- Software suite for interference detection
- Mitigates threats to PNT systems
- Protect against jamming and spoofing
Broadshield can be directly embedded into the Safran SecureSync Time Server. This means that you can rely on your time data even in a contested environment with GPS signal interference. Whenever there is a jamming or spoofing attack, most PNT systems can’t determine what is causing the disruption. Broadshield overcomes this challenge by leveraging patented algorithms to detect, report, and mitigate the disruption. Broadshield offers protection for:
- GNSS Simulators
- Anamolies in the GPS data
- Data inconsistencies
- Jumps in position or time
Safran Anti-Jam Antenna
- Rejects GNSS Interference
- Unique conical antenna
- Mountable & Weatherproof
The Safran anti-jam antenna can help guard against signal noise. Given that the majority of jamming attempts emanate from transmitters that are near the ground, the 8320 anti-jam antenna possesses a unique conical antenna pattern which stops interference from the horizon.
Strategic Applications of Safran Defense Solutions
NAVWAR is becoming an omnipresent reality of the modern battlefield. Safran products have a proven track record of delivering time, location, and navigation data in key defense applications, including:
Air Missile Defense
Precise timestamping of missile trajectories helps fire control crewmembers complete crucial missions.
Signal Intelligence / Electronic Warfare
The Versasync aides aircrafts and land vehicles to maintain their navigation without GPS satellites.
Airborne Sensors (ISR) Datalinks, Comms
Ruggedized time servers on board aircrafts can synchronize camera and radar equipment.
UAV Sensor Payloads
High performance oscillators and compact time servers ensure UAVs continue to operate even in GNSS-denied environments.
Radar and Communications
Synchronize entire radar arrays to better detect and track incoming threats.
Low Phase Noise Frequency For Naval Vessels
SecureSync 2400 meets the requirements for naval vessels that need precise frequency.
All-In-One Resilient Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System
VersaPNT
The VersaPNT combines a GNSS receiver, inertial measurement technology and high-performance timing oscillators to provide Assured PNT in GNSS-degraded and denied environments. This rugged and highly customizable device serves as a navigation system, master clock and network time server for mobile applications in harsh environmental conditions.
VersaPNT minimizes size, weight and power (SWaP) by combining PNT functions normally achieved through multiple independent subsystems, allowing for efficient integration into a myriad of ground, air and maritime platforms.
Ultra Accurate Atomic Clocks Ensure Mission Success
Underpinning the navigation and timing technology are Safran’s atomic clocks and oscillators. By providing both frequency signals as well as time of day information, the atomic clocks are able to keep missions on track, no matter the environment or levels of interference.
Ruggedized mRO-50 Rubidium Oscillator
The easiest way to guarantee that your UAV’s navigation system will receive a constant timing signal is to incorporate the ruggedized MRO-50. The ruggedized MRO-50 provides a 1-day of holdover with 1µs precision. Its extremely low-SWAP (Size, Weight and Power) form factor make it so that it can easily fit into any UAV model type and withstand intense vibration and temperature environments.
The MRO-50 oscillator can also be used as time base for a UAV’s Inertial Navigation System. If the UAV loses a lock with the satellite signals and needs to revert to its INS, the MRO-50 can reliably supply timing information to the INS.
Precision & Resilience
The key advantages of Safran time server synchronization solutions for all areas of defense applications include:
- GNSS-based synchronization: SecureSync uses GPS/GNSS technology to synchronize with highly accurate time standards, like atomic clocks.
- Resilience in GNSS-denied environments: Advanced features like anti-jam antennas, interference detection and mitigation, and high-performance internal oscillators (e.g., rubidium) enable SecureSync to maintain accurate timing even when GPS signals are weak or unavailable.
- M-Code availability: SecureSync M-Code integrates a secure M-code GPS receiver for enhanced reliability and security in military applications.
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