David Phillips at the NAVISP Industry Days 2026

During his opening remarks at the NAVISP Industry Days 2026, David Phillips, Head of the Future Missions Department at ESA, emphasised that positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) is critical infrastructure.

ESA's Navigation Innovation and Support Programme (NAVISP) celebrated its tenth anniversary in style during this year’s NAVISP Industry Days, which gathered ESA's NAVISP team, established industry leaders, emerging start-ups, public authorities and researchers from across the positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) ecosystem to explore key topics shaping the future of PNT.