en.Wedoany.com Reported - European semiconductor company Qualinx has announced that its QLX3Gx series of ultra-low-power GNSS receivers now fully supports Galileo OSNMA (Open Service Navigation Message Authentication), an integration developed with support from the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA). The QLX3Gx becomes the first GNSS receiver designed specifically for the ultra-low-power market, with native hardware OSNMA support as a standard feature across the entire product series. The chip is currently available for sampling, with mass production planned for the second half of 2026.

Previously, receivers supporting OSNMA were only used in high-end, high-cost, high-power applications, leaving battery-constrained devices such as wearables, IoT sensors, asset trackers, and drones without access to authenticated positioning. These are precisely the areas where positioning fraud, spoofing, and signal tampering are becoming increasingly common and consequential. Qualinx has embedded OSNMA support directly into the QLX3Gx hardware architecture without any compromise in power consumption, cost, or performance.

Qualinx CEO Tom Trill stated that authenticated positioning has long been out of reach for the devices that need it most. By building OSNMA support into the QLX3Gx at the hardware level, trusted positioning becomes a default option for wearables, asset trackers, and IoT devices, rather than a high-end choice. He also thanked EUSPA for its support throughout the development process. The development of OSNMA support on the QLX3Gx was carried out in close collaboration with EUSPA, reflecting a shared commitment to bringing Galileo's advanced security capabilities to a wider range of applications and markets.

Florent Koné, Market and Innovation Manager for Satellite Communications at EUSPA, stated that OSNMA is one of Galileo's most important contributions to positioning security, and its mission is to make this technology as widely available as possible. Qualinx has demonstrated that authenticated GNSS is no longer limited to high-power applications, opening the door to trusted positioning for the mass market. According to the 2026 EU Space Market Report, global GNSS revenue is expected to grow from €300 billion in 2024 to €580 billion in 2034, with mass-market devices accounting for the largest share of shipments and representing the greatest growth potential.

Through Qualinx's Digital RF (DRF) technology, the QLX3Gx consumes up to 10 times less power than traditional GNSS solutions. Integrating OSNMA natively in hardware eliminates the processing overhead typically associated with authentication, ensuring that security does not add a meaningful cost to the power budget of power-constrained devices. The chip's reconfigurable digital RF architecture allows functionality updates without hardware replacement, extending device lifecycles, reducing electronic waste, and lowering overall energy consumption. The QLX3Gx series is now available for sampling, with mass production planned for the second half of 2026.

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