In May 2015, it was announced that Apple had acquired Coherent Navigation. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Coherent Navigation Inc develops advanced satellite navigation hardware and software that brings precise, secure, robust positioning, timing, and communication solutions to. The firm has experience with precision navigation, differential GPS, hardware and software radio design, radio navigation, ionospheric physics, target tracking and sensor fusion, autonomous navigation and robotics, satellite mission operations and hardware development, and real-time embedded software development. The firm has developed solutions such as GPS + Iridium navigation, which uses navigation and timing techniques to deliver location-based services and information. The firm has a focus on the security of civil GPS receivers by closing security holes that threaten the worldâs financial interests and critical infrastructure.
