Advanced Navigation secures £83 million Series C funding to catalyse next era of autonomous systems
Advanced Navigation, a global leader in navigation and autonomous systems, announced it has successfully raised £83 million (over €95 million) in a Series C funding round. The raise marks a definitive shift in the global autonomy race as national demand for alternative Positioning, Navigation, Timing (PNT) technologies reaches an all-time high.
Led by Airtree Ventures , the capital raise will allow Advanced Navigation to:
• Accelerate the development of sensors that can sense, adapt and navigate independently - without relying on GPS.
• Deploy its ‘Hard Tech’ approach to deliver new levels of precision, performance and mechanical advantage that cannot be replicated - for maritime vehicles, AUVs, ROVs, ASVs, among others.
• Establish PNT Centres of Excellence across Europe to drive supply chain resilience and on-the-ground support for global maritime partners and customers.
Chris Shaw (pictured), CEO and Co-founder at Advanced Navigation said: “As autonomous vehicles scale into contested and high-stakes frontiers, the world’s reliance on any single navigation technology has evolved from a technical limitation into a systemic vulnerability. To power the next generation of autonomous systems, Advanced Navigation is combining deep learning software with high-precision hardware to help systems conquer the extremes across sea, land, air and space.”
This ‘Hard Tech’ approach to navigation has made the company a trusted partner to the world’s largest defence and technology giants, including Anduril, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hanwha, BHP, Rheinmetall and Intuitive Machines. Following a year of triple-digit growth, the company is accelerating its global expansion, significantly scaling its deep tech operational and engineering presence across the European and U.S. markets.
In today’s landscape, GPS is no longer a reliable single source of truth. Challenges once considered ‘edge cases’ - electronic warfare threats, GPS spoofing, and infrastructure-denied regions - are now a daily reality.