Press release
Rosenheim district, July 2025 – With the official launch of SoLPOINT (Safety of Life Positioning and Operational Integrity for Automated Trucks) as part of the ESA NAVISP programme, the development of new and necessary services for automated driving is now underway. The aim is to establish a Technical Supervision Centre with an innovative early warning service that detects disruptions in satellite navigation (PNT – positioning, navigation, timing) and mobile communications (connectivity) at an early stage and reports them to vehicles via roadside units (RSUs).
The project is being carried out in close cooperation with leading car and commercial vehicle manufacturers. It will run until the end of 2026. The kick-off has taken place, and the first important results are expected in the fourth quarter of 2025. These will flow directly into the design of a dedicated safety segment for autonomous driving.
The SoLPOINT system will be tested in the second half of 2026 with validation drives on German motorways. The RSUs will detect disruptions such as jamming (signal blocking) or spoofing (deception through false signals) and transmit warnings to vehicles in real time so that driver assistance systems or autonomous driving functions can be secured in good time.
SoLPOINT builds on the successful results of the ESA NAVISP project "Nav 4 Future Mobility", in which the relevant PNT performance parameters were identified and tested in live operation – including the use of simulated LEO PNT signals. LEO-PNT aims to provide particularly robust and secure navigation services from low Earth orbits – a decisive step towards the safe introduction of autonomous driving functions. These findings form the basis for the service development that is now beginning. The need for such a system is underlined by recent warnings from international organizations such as NATO and ICAO, which are warning of an increase in GNSS interference. In the medium term, DiMOS intends to establish a national PNT safety centre in Germany that will systematically support comprehensive and continuous detection, evaluation and warning of PNT disruptions, thereby serving as a necessary building block for national digital resilience.