Skylight: the world's first dual-mode GNSS receiver for GPS M-Code & Galileo PRS

Safran Electronics & Defense proudly announces the launch of Skylight, a multi-mode military GNSS receiver designed to withstand electronic warfare threats. Unveiled at the Paris Air Show, Skylight is a compact, resilient, and high-integrity GNSS solution.

Skylight marks a major milestone as the world’s first GNSS receiver flight-tested with compatibility for Galileo PRS (Public Regulated Service). Its performance was validated during flight trials aboard a combat aircraft. This receiver delivers encrypted, spoofing-resistant PRS signals, significantly enhancing security for operations in contested environments.

The GNSS receiver is also M-Code compatible, ensuring interoperability with U.S. and allied military systems. It includes a certified civil GPS channel, enabling navigation in civil airspace when required. This eliminates the need for a separate civil GPS receiver, offering significant weight and cost savings for platform integrators.

Skylight incorporates the most advanced anti-jamming and anti-spoofing algorithms on the market, proven through over 16,000 operational cases.

Designed to operate with anti-jamming antennas and fully compatible with the SkyNaute inertial navigation system, Skylight integrates seamlessly into resilient Position Navigation and Timinig (PNT) architectures.

“We are proud to already count two leading aerospace manufacturers among the first adopters of Skylight, including Airbus Helicopters, who has selected the H225M platform to be equipped with our receiver.”, said Alexandre Ziegler, Executive Vice President for the Defense Global Business Unit at Safran Electronics & Defense. “In an era where PNT resilience is critical, Skylight delivers agility, precision, and reliability with a standalone, multi-constellation GNSS receiver whose robustness is strengthened by our expertise in defensive Navwar”.