The Evolution of Mission Planning Systems: Mission Planning as a Service

We at GMV have been developing mission planning systems for nearly 25 years now. During this time the systems themselves have undergone a notable evolution, alongside with the parallel need of cutting ground-segment development costs. On ESA’s first earth-observation missions…

By GMV | February 23, 2021 | Space | No Comments | Total Views 1,035

GMV promotes AI technique adoption in avionic systems

Whenever learning about Artificial Intelligence, you always end up reading about the famous chess match between IBM computer Deep Blue and Kasparoff 20 years ago. This was the first step on the stairway we are still climbing today. Back then,…

By GMV | February 17, 2021 | Aeronautics | No Comments | Total Views 1,853

2021, a railway-transport promotion year

On 15 December the European Parliament approved a Commission proposal for making 2021 European Year of Rail to promote a green and safe means of transport. Transport accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. Railway transport, however, is responsible for…

By GMV | February 9, 2021 | Transport, Uncategorized | No Comments | Total Views 2,791

Driving a satellite with GNC technologies

Let’s talk about GNC: Guidance, Navigation and Control. What is a GNC system? Which is its applicability spectrum within space missions? GNC means “Guidance”, “Navigation” and “Control”. The strict sequential order would be: 1) the Navigation (the part of the…

By GMV | February 2, 2021 | Space, Uncategorized | No Comments | Total Views 3,681

European investment in maritime safety: background and results.

The last few years have seen a sizeable increase in European investment in maritime safety projects. Let’s look at some of the hard figures lying behind this trend, while also stressing the need to keep up our guard. The European…

By GMV | January 26, 2021 | Defense | No Comments | Total Views 4,279

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